When is a job listing considered too old to apply to? [more inside]
posted by NeoLeo on Jul 25, 2009 - 18 answers

Where do those star ratings for movies in TV listings come from? [more inside]
posted by RotJ on Jun 25, 2009 - 2 answers

What are some great resources, preferably online, of fringe arts (burlesque, cabaret, circus, improv, street theatre, etc) in the United Kingdom? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Jun 8, 2009 - 2 answers

There are lots of pages that display portraits of professional and amateur athletes next to their statistics. Where can I find portraits and statistics/rankings of the people who compete in more intellectual/less physical competitions? I'd love to see what the best (and not so great) chess, scrabble, and crosswords players look like.
posted by eisenkr on Jan 22, 2009 - 6 answers

Recommend to me event listing software or services for a website, that can list events by categories, allows user submitted listings, and is easily customizable. Bonus points if this can be easily integrated with Wordpress. [more inside]
posted by Unsomnambulist on Aug 10, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm working on a job application to work at a theatre and events company in the UK. It asks me for three websites I admire and to give the reasons why. What sites should I put down? [more inside]
posted by tapeguy on Jan 27, 2008 - 12 answers

Where are the best places/sites/calendars/listings/oracles to find out about art shows in San Francisco? [more inside]
posted by boygirlparty on Nov 4, 2007 - 3 answers

Looking for an event guide for San Jose! [more inside]
posted by TwoWordReview on Sep 30, 2007 - 6 answers

What are the best sites to find out what cool things are happening locally? [more inside]
posted by creeky on Aug 21, 2007 - 18 answers

Has anyone used rent-direct.com to get a list of apartments in Manhattan? [more inside]
posted by Frank Grimes on May 30, 2007 - 11 answers

I think the title explains it all: I'm looking to get a list of all files in a specific directory from a web server- www.site.com/docs/. The thing is, there's an index.htm file in that directory so if I browse to it, I just get the index file. Is there any way to find out the names of all files in that directory, scripting or otherwise? [more inside]
posted by newatom on Apr 20, 2007 - 13 answers

So I've been going through recruiting agencies for some time now and something always strikes me as strange with these people. [more inside]
posted by Botunda on Oct 4, 2005 - 9 answers