What is that smell in High Line Park in NYC? [more inside]
posted by Jimmie on Sep 16, 2009 - 6 answers

How to set up a second phone number for a home office, cheap, in Canada? [more inside]
posted by ManInSuit on Jul 25, 2009 - 20 answers

There's a monthly raffle at work for 5 parking spaces out back. There are about 30 people in my office. There's no limit to the amount of tickets you can buy. You can only win once. Otherwise, parking costs about $4 a day, or about $80 a month. Raffle proceeds go to charity. What's the optimal amount to spend on this? [more inside]
posted by boghead on Jul 24, 2009 - 19 answers

I have two new iPhones. I also have a land line in my house. My cell signal in my house is poor at best. I like my land line so I'm going to keep it. I would like my cell phone to transfer to my land line when I'm home so I can get cell calls at home. I can't seem to find a product that will hand off my cell calls to my land line. Does such a thing exist?
posted by Thrillhouse on Jul 7, 2009 - 14 answers

Inexpensive standalone (non-computer) DVR solution for in-line video game recording? Preferably RCA in, RCA out, with 10+hours record time uncompressed/highest quality. [more inside]
posted by Quarter Pincher on Apr 4, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm looking for a program, or way to use a program I already have, that will make simple time lines. I'm studying for a history midterm that features lots of dates, and I want a way to display all of them in relation to each other. I don't need a lot of features, but I do need free. [more inside]
posted by MadamM on Mar 16, 2009 - 8 answers

Can anyone recommend a website that does stock technical illustrations such as line drawings of electronic circuits etc? [more inside]
posted by jacobean on Feb 25, 2009 - 1 answer

ID That Story: novel (novella? short story?) in which a man is standing in line. Pretty much the entire story is his experience while waiting in line. It's a future/dystopia story. The man is waiting in line to make a complaint. He falls in love with the girl in front of him, though she's not allowed to turn and look at him. It's a parable about overpopulation. It was probably written in the 60s or 70s. That's all I remember.
posted by grumblebee on Nov 20, 2008 - 8 answers

collection of memorable lines/paragraphs in english literature? [more inside]
posted by krautland on Nov 18, 2008 - 5 answers

I need to know which Planet of the Apes movie the line, "Your parents died 2000 years ago! (laughing)".... [more inside]
posted by foodybat on Oct 30, 2008 - 4 answers

What can I possible do about someone that is repeatedly calling my place of employment and hanging up? [more inside]
posted by hammerthyme on Oct 10, 2008 - 6 answers

Long Forgotten Mathfilter: I have a point and a line segment in 2d space. How do I find the closest point on the line to the point? [more inside]
posted by Ookseer on Oct 6, 2008 - 13 answers

My car is running at 4000 RPM at 25 mph. What is going on? [more inside]
posted by bend2squares on Aug 21, 2008 - 10 answers

On a random walk through the East Village in NYC last night, we came across a line of paint on the sidewalk. It went from Tompkins park down Ave B. to 4th St, over to 1st Ave, up to 10th or 11th street and then we lost it. This was not a line painted with a bush or a machine. It was random and wiggly - kind of like someone punched a hole in a paint can and let it drip as they walked around the neighborhood. The line is peach colored. Then we found that it continues at Astor Place and Stuyvesant Street. What does this line mean?? Why was it painted? Where does it go?
posted by pithy comment on Jul 4, 2008 - 6 answers

Television show, movie, cartoon, what was it that featured a character saying, "pour vous," in this particular way? [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Jul 2, 2008 - 9 answers

Line laundry smells awesome and rack laundry... doesn't. Why? [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Jun 5, 2008 - 14 answers

I want software which will allow me to capture text thoughts at work, to a remote web location - quickly, discreetly and privately. [more inside]
posted by therubettes on Apr 24, 2008 - 41 answers

How do I format an entire data series for a chart in Illustrator CS3? [more inside]
posted by special-k on Apr 23, 2008 - 4 answers

How do I calculate the slope of two points in three dimensions? For example, what is the slope of the line that passes through points A(-5,-5,7) and B(3,0,5)? Please show your work. This is not a homework question. [more inside]
posted by whatisish on Feb 8, 2008 - 16 answers

Two quick Thunderbird questions: 1. Outgoing mail filters (work-arounds). 2. Incoming mail line breaks. [more inside]
posted by zenpop on Jan 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Can you help me find a great tagline for my new ecommerce store? [more inside]
posted by adriana on Jan 2, 2008 - 17 answers

Can anyone recommend a good business line and phone service provider for Glasgow? [more inside]
posted by By The Grace of God on Nov 16, 2007 - 1 answer

Line spacing in international (Korean) versions of Microsoft Word? [more inside]
posted by washburn on Oct 5, 2007 - 4 answers

AsceticRSSFilter: I'm looking for a program I found by chance awhile ago that could serve as a perpetual, scrolling RSS feed that would cull news from various servers to be run on legacy OSes. [more inside]
posted by Lockeownzj00 on Aug 19, 2007 - 2 answers

vi cheat sheet, A4/letter sized, very dense, plus the odd cartoon? Rings any bells? [more inside]
posted by Leon on Aug 1, 2007 - 9 answers

I live on a street where the houses are not on the same ground level and so there are retaining walls between the properties. The house on my uphill side was built in the 1920’s and my house was built on a vacant lot between two houses from that era in 1961. Thanks to a brochure of the development in the 20’s, I have a picture of these two neighboring houses when my lot was vacant. The picture clearly shows the walls, or in actuality, the walls that are visible above ground level. These walls were built on top of the real retaining walls and were wood frame inside with chicken wire and plaster over the outside. [more inside]
posted by Leeman on Jul 9, 2007 - 5 answers

I have an average, zip-up, grey marle hoodie. I need to line just the inside of the hood and about 5 inches or so inside the zip each side. [more inside]
posted by taita_cakes on Jun 5, 2007 - 11 answers

Grocery store line etiquette - when someone abandons their cart to go get an additional item, do they forfeit their place in line? [more inside]
posted by marble on Apr 3, 2007 - 116 answers

I absolutely love Firefox Smart Keyword Searches. Beyond just the default preinstalled ones, I also use custom ones for easynews, rottentomatoes, metafilter, etc. Here's my question: Is it possible to launch these from the command line in OS X? For example, ideally I would enter (into a bash prompt) rt apple to open a new tab in firefox with a search result for "Apple" in rotten tomatoes, like this.. Similarly, I would like to be able to enter easy creative commons to have it launch the keyword bookmark "easy" which searches easynews global for "creative commons". Is this possible to do, preferably without using Applescript or Automator?
posted by crazyray on Feb 19, 2007 - 14 answers

What is this huge long line in Canada? A friend of mine was flying back from europe and saw this huge long grey line going across Canada. It looks to big to be a road. We're stumped! Does anybody know what it is? Look at it on Google Maps
posted by excitementMD on Jan 1, 2007 - 23 answers

Los Angeles Residents: Can anyone identify what the heck these birds are, hanging from power lines all over Hollywood and the West Side? [more inside]
posted by donguanella on Oct 19, 2006 - 8 answers

Property Line Dispute, with a neighbor who is selling. Should we resolve it now, or hope for the best with the new neighbor? [more inside]
posted by krudiger on Sep 25, 2006 - 24 answers

dictionary filter: Is there a word for the universal "no" sign, that circle with the line through it? You know, the red one?
posted by provocateur on Apr 26, 2006 - 17 answers

How can I change/append an extension of a large number of files at once? [more inside]
posted by Ekim Neems on Mar 2, 2006 - 7 answers

I use to play a pretty simple game on an old computer of mine - I even played it once on a game boy. I can not recall the name of it but the play is simple. You control an arrow that can move forward, back, left & right the object is to move this arrow and connect the line you produce before a ball that is bouncing around touches you. You advance to the next level when you cover a specific amount of the given area.. 50 % 60 % etc .. as you move up the rankings they add more bouncing balls to make the game harder.. What is the name (s) of this game?! and are there any free versions out there for my PC and or Treo 650. Thanks!
posted by crewshell on Dec 29, 2005 - 13 answers

I'm unable to connect to the Internet at home all of a sudden. [more inside]
posted by SoftSummerBreeze on Nov 28, 2005 - 15 answers

When did humans first have the idea to stand in a queue? And what were they waiting in line for?
posted by rajbot on Nov 3, 2005 - 16 answers

Can a network connection be killed from the command line in Windows XP?
posted by plexi on Aug 19, 2004 - 12 answers