How can I get lists of all residential mailing addresses for a single town in the USA? [more inside]
posted by crapples on Oct 30, 2009 - 10 answers

What foods are commonly (or rather, uncommonly, i.e. not necessarily breakfast foods) served with a fried or poached egg? [more inside]
posted by CharlesV42 on Oct 28, 2009 - 56 answers

I have two lists of numbers. I would like assistance creating some kind of program or method to output a list of all numbers that are present in one of these lists but not the other. [more inside]
posted by sineala on Sep 28, 2009 - 16 answers

Help me find the website/youtube vids of this handwritten to-do list methodology, please! I can't remember it and can't find it in my saved links. [more inside]
posted by lucyleaf on Sep 28, 2009 - 3 answers

I'm going through a spreadsheet or a hand written list which requires me to check off each item as it's completed (common boring, repetitive work). I find that the process of switching back to that original list and checking/crossing out/deleting each item as it's done is the most time consuming part due to the context switch (having to move your eyes to a different interface/screen/paper). Are there any tricks (ruling out additional data entry to consolodate the data into a single interface) to minimize or eliminate this inefficiency?
posted by parallax7d on Sep 3, 2009 - 7 answers

Help organising complex, daily changing list [more inside]
posted by trashcan on Aug 26, 2009 - 4 answers

Show me the Best Online Science Fiction book list... Not a title, but a list! [more inside]
posted by samuel1613 on Jul 13, 2009 - 12 answers

Help me find a website/software for making lists about interests like music, movies, books, etc. [more inside]
posted by GrooveStix on Jul 9, 2009 - 5 answers

CSS Emergency: This seems so simple, but yet everything I've tried is failing. How in the world can I make an unordered list containing a thumbnail and caption display inline?! [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on Jun 27, 2009 - 19 answers

How can I generate a text list of image filenames and dimensions on OS X? [more inside]
posted by joshwebb on Apr 3, 2009 - 5 answers

I'm looking for help in finding good examples of interest surveys for social sites that match a user to a group/other users based on interest survey results (very much like StumbleUpon process but its focused on matching sites I might like). I'm looking for best practices, too, to decide on hierarchy structure (what is a considered a top level and second level category). [more inside]
posted by dael on Nov 17, 2008 - 1 answer

I'm building a record collection, and I want opinions on the records every audiophile and music lover should own. [more inside]
posted by Bageena on Nov 9, 2008 - 47 answers

Where can I get a comma or space-separated list of major U.S. cities? [more inside]
posted by bflora on Jun 28, 2008 - 5 answers

What's an easy way to efficiently find and contact many different bloggers at once? [more inside]
posted by Kibbutz on May 21, 2008 - 16 answers

I make a fairly large monthly to-do list, usually a few words per task. But I omit the vowels for each word and put a dash for spaces, example: "RFLL-CLLNG-CRD" would be "REFILL CALLING CARD", here's one I can't solve... [more inside]
posted by querty on May 18, 2008 - 54 answers

I want to be better at making to do lists. [more inside]
posted by afu on May 8, 2008 - 16 answers

There seems to be a million different online and software based To Do List and Project Management applications, and my brain is tired of trying to figure out the difference between them. It's the bells and whistles that get to me. Help me find the one that fits! [more inside]
posted by willmize on Feb 25, 2008 - 10 answers

Personal journal-keeping - something I've wanted to be consistent with, but haven't. So, what works for you journalers to keep you journaling or at least keep coming back to journaling? [more inside]
posted by lucyleaf on Feb 4, 2008 - 26 answers

Scriptfilter: I want a list of filenames dumped into text file and put somewhere. How!? [more inside]
posted by InsanePenguin on Dec 1, 2007 - 10 answers

What else can be sensed passively? [more inside]
posted by viewofdelft on Jul 17, 2007 - 17 answers

I want to make a couple of lists . It's a pretty simple format, but I have no idea how to go about it. [more inside]
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew on Jun 18, 2007 - 6 answers

Google Apps: I transfered my URL from one registrar to another. Google apps (hosting) isn't working. [more inside]
posted by filmgeek on May 5, 2007 - 2 answers

I am looking for movies about summer camp, movies about people lost at sea, movies about private school, and movies about World War I. Thanks for any suggestions.
posted by hampton on Jan 2, 2007 - 40 answers

Can lists be copyrighted? [more inside]
posted by null terminated on Jul 30, 2006 - 11 answers

So I'm a fan of movies. A little over a year ago I watched the top 100 of IMDB's top 250. I enjoyed almost all of them. I've since looked through many other lists, but I can't decide if any of them are worth working through (although I have seriously considered the writer's guild's top 100 screenplays). Are there any other lists out there that any of you have enjoyed? Are there any I should particularly avoid?
posted by ztdavis on Jul 2, 2006 - 34 answers

How do I end a sentence that's a list item? [more inside]
posted by pdb on Jun 14, 2006 - 20 answers

Easy list-making software? I'm looking for a program that will let me generate a simple packing list that I can reuse every time I travel. [more inside]
posted by CunningLinguist on Mar 19, 2006 - 15 answers

Assume you had a list of different animal species, and you wanted to order it from most intelligent species to least. (1) What measure of intelligence would you use to compare different species--average number of neurons, for example, or ability to solve certain kinds of tests? Or something else entirely? (2) Can you give some examples of how some common farm, food, or pet animals might rank on the list? [more inside]
posted by yankeefog on Jan 25, 2006 - 17 answers

I there such a thing as a global best-sellers list? Every country has a very detailed best-sellers list, generally on a weekly basis, but is there a real global list, or at least a compedium of all lists from the world? Do I have any way to know, for example, if Ian McEwan's Saturday was a best-seller in Brazil or in Greece?
posted by dov on Jan 23, 2006 - 5 answers

Better to-do list for Palm OS? The bult-in "tasks" is good for singular, date-based items, but is there anything similar to Ta-da Lists for the Palm? Ideally I want to be able to create multiple lists of to-do items ("Books To Read" for example) and have checked items move to the bottom of the list or disappear. (Just bought a T|X and am having fun playing around) [more inside]
posted by Robot Johnny on Dec 29, 2005 - 4 answers

For no particular reason, I am looking to compile a list of what people consider to be the best history books available. I'm looking for non-fiction, but I'll take anything. I am particularly interested in the opinion of people who've studied history at a graduate level, but if you're just an armchair historian, like myself, I still want to hear what you have to say. [more inside]
posted by feloniousmonk on Oct 17, 2005 - 28 answers

Looking for a link I saw a while back (maybe a year agoish?), it may have been posted on the blue but I'm not sure. It was something like the 50 (100?) best parts of songs ever. It described the best ~10 second long sections from songs. [more inside]
posted by rorycberger on Aug 19, 2005 - 7 answers

I am compiling a list of large gemstones in movies. Anything to add to the following list? [more inside]
posted by lalalana on Jun 13, 2005 - 31 answers

What (preferably good) songs shift back and forth between fast and slow? I'm trying to put together an iPod playlist for a workout that goes back and forth between slow, steady jogging and spurts of sprinting. (Yeah, I know--I could just alternate slow songs and fast songs--but then the tempo would only shift every 3 minutes or so.) All genres are welcome, although I have a slight bias towards either jazz/swing or indie rock for this particular mix.
posted by yankeefog on Apr 27, 2005 - 49 answers

I'm trying to market cool events happening at my (reputable) workplace to families with young children, and some other cool events to young professionals. We have a lovely and responsibly kept email list here of our own constituents, but we want to expand into new territory to promote events. [more inside]
posted by By The Grace of God on Mar 17, 2005 - 2 answers

Looking for the best non-alcoholic mixed drink recipes. Most of the sites and/or books I've seen are lacking in the QA department. [MI] [more inside]
posted by ontic on Jan 3, 2005 - 9 answers

Librarianfilter: My girlfriend is "wondering if anyone could recommend good websites containing lists/reviews for educational books/videos/software for children (ages 5 up through high school)? I recently acquired the responsibility of selecting materials (I'm a librarian) for our University's Educational Resource Center and don't have an education background so I'm new to this. I know about the Parent's Choice Foundation. I was wondering if there is something similar for librarians/educators? I get tons of catalogs but want lists/reviews, preferably online. Thanks!"
posted by adamkempa on Oct 13, 2004 - 3 answers

Book discussion mailing list? I want to find a mailing list that discusses books. I'm not comfortable with like in-person reading groups because I am afraid of other people. They are weird, you know? I also like the intimacy of mailing lists as opposed to like bulletin boards. Anyone?
posted by xmutex on Oct 6, 2004 - 2 answers

What are the ten best books available from Project Gutenberg?

One rule: if someone's listed one of yours, pick another!
posted by mwhybark on Sep 1, 2004 - 18 answers

Has anyone used notifylist to manage email lists? I've used it for a small number of people and seemed to work fine. But now, I have about 90 people signed up and none of the group messages seem to go through.
posted by turbanhead on Jul 20, 2004 - 2 answers

Keeping lists of things at hand: For example, I want to buy music. Not just any music, some specific music. But I don't always keep all of it in my brain at any one time. What's the best site or app for keeping lists of things. Not necessarily to-do things, just... things.
posted by daver on Jun 12, 2004 - 27 answers

MTFilter: I want to track several lists of items (movies to be watched, books to be read, music listened to) as side-bar items on my MoveableType site. I suspect I can do this by creating blogs for each type of item but I'm a bit lost as to the details. Pointers?
posted by daver on May 2, 2004 - 11 answers

Because I only know pidgin HTML, I'm not sure if what I'm about to ask is Web Design 101 or Web Design 665, but: If I want to have a collapsible list, such that if someone clicked on "Words that start with B" in the following:

Words that start with A
Words that start with B
Words that start with C

the page would then reformat to show

Words that start with A
Words that start with B
balustrade
brickbat
bumptious
Words that start with C

without the whole page having to reload. Can someone please point me to a resource or study-able example?
posted by blueshammer on Mar 30, 2004 - 7 answers