How to read PDF files on Amazon Kindle? [more inside]
posted on Jul 21, 2008 - 6 answers

How do financial dominatrices make their money? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 8 answers

Connecting with your own wireless access point (AP) to another one that provides access to the Internet -- help me figure out the basics here. [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 6 answers

What should the dimensions and surface of a DIY ping pong table be? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 5 answers

A series of interrelated mental and physical illnesses turned my life (and the time I spent in law school) into what can best be described as an out-of-body experience. Four years later, I'm beginning to come out of it--I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not an oncoming train. It's pretty obvious (to me, if not to a few people who believe in me and/or my talents) that finding a position at a firm is out of the question. Which leaves another question: am I out of my mind to think that I can, via the magic of another graduate degree, reposition myself and get the career I'd hoped for before the psychological bottom fell out? [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2008 - 14 answers

Newbie--never thrown a punch before--wants to work out with a heavy bag... [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 10 answers

I want to teach myself computer science. I know that teaching myself is far from a university education on the subject, but I'd like to try. How can I teach myself? What are books/lectures/tools/websites/anything that I could use to do this? Covering everything from the programming languages themselves, to algorithms, software development, and the mathematics background necessary for this. [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 22 answers

I'm looking for multisubject howto info: deeper than eHow, less crafty than Instructables, more detailed than videojug, that isn't dead like SoYouWanna. Any single field's resources are fine too, so long as they are on the net. Thanks.
posted on Jan 2, 2008 - 3 answers

I love the whole Linux idea from start to finish. I've been using it for a year now, full time, and I want to go deeper. How do I contribute? [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2007 - 19 answers

I want to make a sponge relief à la Yves Klein, but I don't know how. [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 3 answers

How do I get the correct return code from a unix command line application after I've piped it through another command that succeeded? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2007 - 22 answers

How can we reset my mom's old PC laptop from Chinese to English? [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - 8 answers

How do you try new things? [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2007 - 16 answers

How do I set up Quicken without ending up with a negative balance at the end when I import historical account information? [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to know what to expect when my girlfriend and I break up. We've been together for nearly 10 years and we have a four-year-old daughter. I've been through breakups before, but never with so much time, energy, or property involved, not to mention a child. [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2007 - 15 answers

At the relatively old age of 29, I've decided to relearn* how to ride a bike. Bicycle, that is. What are the unspoken (ha!) rules and things I should know? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2007 - 36 answers

How does Clint Eastwood light matches on his stubble? I am really not cool, and learning this talent would make me cool. Thanks.
posted on Sep 9, 2007 - 20 answers

I could use some shaving tips, with regards to two specific questions: (i) how to achieve a much closer facial shave; and (ii) tips, anecdotes, etc. on headshaving. [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 28 answers

How can I set up Bugzilla 3.0 to receive bugs via email? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2007 - 4 answers

i would like to develop services that receive and send sms (text messages). how can i get started, playing around with my ideas? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2007 - 5 answers

Can someone with experience managing younger people (20-29), or young people with experience being managed, offer some helpful tips and some things to be mindful of? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2007 - 30 answers

What type of "How To" videos would you want to see on the Internet? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2007 - 11 answers

I just bought a big grill for my new backyard but I'm feeling bad that my wife does all the grilling (she's an amazing cook). I'd like to help out more but I don't know where to start. Are there any really basic books on how to get started cooking on a gas grill? Everything I find online is a cesspool of ads or nonsense, so I'm asking here. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2007 - 35 answers

"How to" write a web page. Easy advice for a n00b. [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 14 answers

How to FULLY backup/sync info on a Sidekick 3? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 4 answers

Please help me find resources for learning about PC hardware! [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 9 answers

How to build a posse, crew, entourage or social clique of men and women post-40s? [more inside]
posted on Feb 19, 2007 - 12 answers

Anyone who's ever worked in a bar... The science of pouring beer? How to master the "two-part pour"...without tipping the glass. [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2007 - 35 answers

Is it possible to remove Herman Miller Aeron arm rests? [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me not be scared of my kitchen. [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2007 - 49 answers

What's the best way to convert an existing Blogger blog into Movable Type? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2007 - 3 answers

the art of buying and selling aka whealing and dealing. How to improve? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2007 - 8 answers

What's the most compelling, narrative-driven (perhaps), "how to start your own business" book you've read? [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2007 - 11 answers

I broke my camera. So now how can I break my camera? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 22 answers

I want to restore pressed-steel Tonka toy fire trucks, but I haven't been able to find much information on how to do so. [more inside]
posted on Jan 10, 2007 - 3 answers

I've never gone skiing or snowboarding before, but I'm going on a co-worker outing in January to a ski resort for one day. I've decided to take beginner lessons in one - but which one? What would you recommend and why? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2006 - 34 answers

I'm thinking about being waterboarded, just to see what it's all about. How can I do it correctly, ie. not end up dead? [more inside]
posted on Oct 28, 2006 - 31 answers

Does one-coat paint really work? Or: What's the fastest and cheapest way to paint a red room white? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2006 - 27 answers

File transfer from mac to pc. How to SSH or FTP? Simple explanations please. (Alternate solutions accepted). [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2006 - 10 answers

Does anyone know any techniques for creating new habits. I find it fraustrating that the habits I do have and don't want, are hard to break, and the habits I want are hard to establish. Thanks [more inside]
posted on Sep 26, 2006 - 11 answers

What should I know when buying an engagement ring? [more inside]
posted on Sep 7, 2006 - 41 answers

How do I go from social scientist to engineer in a month? [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2006 - 11 answers

How would one go about publishing a children's book? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2006 - 8 answers

How should I go about implementing a (potentially sparse) mutable 2d array of NSObjects in Objective-C, using any frameworks that are part of the OSX Tiger world? [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I download google's entire cache of a website that has 137,000 hits? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2006 - 11 answers

Web development question: sending emails from a site with file attachments, can it be done? [more inside]
posted on Jun 8, 2006 - 9 answers

How can I make an anti-static bag? [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2006 - 10 answers

So i was kicking the old peanut around and wondered if anyone else ever thought about getting some old oil tankers and converting them into a floating nation. [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2006 - 45 answers

Linux noob Filter: Is there a linux with REAL good wireless support (integrated Broadcom) and either Enlightenment or KDE as the defalt desktop? I _REALLY_ wanna get into Linux, but it's hard without a wireless connection. [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2006 - 17 answers

I'm looking for more online descriptions of how various comic book, cartoon, and animation artists produce their work. [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2006 - 5 answers