Where Can I Buy A $80-$120 Espresso Machine in San Francisco (I live in SOMA) Tomorrow?
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posted by Spurious
on Jul 10, 2008 -
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Can anyone recommend a good home serger? A few desired features: coverstitch, rolled hem, 4 thread. Thanks!
posted by pantufla
on Jun 13, 2008 -
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Why does my Windows XP machine keep trying to route my computer names to capiqcorp.net
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posted by benjh
on May 2, 2008 -
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My FrancisFrancis X5 espresso machine has water coming out everywhere except where it's supposed to.
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posted by veggieboy
on Apr 6, 2008 -
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Am I crazy, or is there a book about a man trying to voyage to the afterlife?
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posted by gc
on Mar 14, 2008 -
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I'm looking for images that combine human bodies with machine heads.
Two examples are the Freaky Flicks
mascot and Andrzej Klimowski's cover illustration for Faber and Faber's 1992 edition of Vargas Llosa's
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
Do you know any more?
posted by sushiwiththejury
on Dec 28, 2007 -
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Ever made slushy cocktails? We're renting a slushy machine for a party in a week. We're looking for recipe ideas...
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posted by sycophant
on Nov 17, 2007 -
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I have a really squeaky printer. I tried WD-40, but the squeakiness comes back. One of my engineering friends suggested that I needed something similar to sewing machine oil, but perhaps a little thicker, since the gears are plastic. Any ideas on what kind of lubricant I should get? And where I could get it? Aside from the squeakiness, this REALLY is a good printer (Canon MP130), and I really don't want to get another one.
posted by ssnickerer
on Sep 27, 2007 -
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I need to purchase a new washing machine and I am considering a front loader but I need some advice.
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posted by bluesky43
on Aug 7, 2007 -
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I put a roll of film in the washing machine (by accident). Is it destroyed?
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posted by lou
on Jul 28, 2007 -
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Find me the Fantastic Plastic Machine arrangement of "Get me to the church on time" (or whatever it's called) from My Fair Lady, featured in the
Uniqlock (
recent FPP). The Googles, they do nothing!
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posted by grobstein
on Jul 27, 2007 -
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Can any sewing people answer this: How can I "recycle" sewing machine needles? It irritates me that after I've sewn some clothes or worked on a quilt, I have to toss the needles or my machine will get all huffy and start bollixing the thread -- especially the bobbin side. Can machine needles be resharpened or used for something else? I live in a small Texas town and it costs a lot (gas prices, you know) to travel over 100 miles to the nearest city to buy a new supply of sewing machine needles. Thanx.
posted by Smalltown Girl
on May 25, 2007 -
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Coffee Filter: I was given a small espresso machine for Christmas. How do I get rid of the "new machine" smell?
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posted by ninazer0
on Jan 25, 2007 -
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I'm looking to buy a drum machine/sampler for general programming needs with an emphasis on hip-hop.
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posted by defmute
on Jan 16, 2007 -
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I've been very kindly offered a new sewing machine of my choice as a belated birthday present but I've no idea what machines (new or old) are any good these days.
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posted by gaby
on Nov 14, 2006 -
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Is there a “standardized” chart of accounts setup that is widely used among machine shops/small manufacturers (USA)? Working with other industries in the past (veterinary and restaurants), I have found that many choose to use a standard industry-specific chart of accounts – often established by a national industry association, etc. I have googled, etc. but have not found anything worthwhile for machine shops/small manufacturers... Any accountants or shop owners out there?
posted by randex8
on Nov 2, 2006 -
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What are the characteristics and drawbacks of 208Y power? Specifically will it run my industrial sewing machines that want 220v?
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posted by Jawn
on Nov 1, 2006 -
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I'd like to use my bike to power simple household items, such as our hand-cranked coffee grinder or the electric chargers for my cell phone and laptop. I'm thinking of this as a home-build project which I could use with
my regular road bike. Where would be a good place to find mix & match machine parts, such as gears, chains, or axles? Does such a catalog exist, or would it be necessary to go to a real machine shop and get parts made? As a kid, I was handy with
Lego Technic, and I'm looking for something at about that level of difficulty (adjusted +16 years for age, of course).
80-20 and a simple training stand would do part of the job, but I'd still need gears and axles.
posted by migurski
on Oct 2, 2006 -
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There's a dance club in town I want to go to. How do I avoid embarrassing myself?
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posted by brett
on Aug 30, 2006 -
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How can I prevent the vibrations and noise from my Juki DDL-8700 sewing machine from bothering my downstairs neighbors?
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posted by pantufla
on Jun 25, 2006 -
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computer vision: i need an algorithm to extract statistics about the diameters (in pixels) of some roughly-circular objects from an image file.
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posted by sergeant sandwich
on May 20, 2006 -
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What does 4-40 mean when I'm looking to buy some machine screws? How big is that in real units?
posted by anonymoose
on Feb 2, 2006 -
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What is the best way to go about cleaning a very dirty pasta maker?
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posted by teem
on Dec 10, 2005 -
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I just moved and got a new phone number that I'd rather not change. Twice every night at 4am, the phone rings and there's a fax machine on the other end. The caller ID shows "Unknown name, Unknown number." Besides leaving the phone off the hook or hooking up a fax machine (that I don't have), what can I do to stop these calls?
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posted by Gudlyf
on Sep 1, 2005 -
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Please help me find a picture (or the name, or the site) of a surreal scandinavian forestation machine. It's a huge machine on 6 or 8 legs -
looks just like a spider - with the cabin nested in the middle and one huge scorpion-like arm for lifting tree trunks. Rings a bell?
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posted by ruelle
on Aug 7, 2005 -
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What is the absolute minimum number of states required in a Turing Machine (that uses binary tape) for it to be able to serve as a Universal Turing Machine?
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posted by -harlequin-
on May 1, 2005 -
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When using my sewing machine, large loops and tangles of thread are generated on the bottom side of the fabric. What am I doing wrong and what do I need to do to remedy the problem?
posted by kc0dxh
on Apr 12, 2005 -
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Telephone message software. What are some good voicemodem-telephony programs for Windows? I need a program where callers who enter a certain PIN (via touch tone) can hear a recorded announcement that I provide. I've seen some telephony software but I don't recall any support for touch tone entry. Seems something that theater movie lines use would be perfect.
posted by rolypolyman
on Apr 9, 2005 -
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Does anyone know how to wind the bobbin on a Singer 328K sewing machine? Can anyone give me simple instructions please?
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posted by sconbie
on Mar 27, 2005 -
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We've recently bought a manual type pasta maker. Looks like fun and operation mostly make sense. One thing though: when I'm rolling sheets of pasta how do I determine what the proper thickness is for the type of pasta I'm making? The machine has seven settings. Some things are obvious: angel hair at the thinnest setting for instance, but how thick should fettucine or linguine or plain ol' spaghetti be?
posted by PinkStainlessTail
on Feb 20, 2005 -
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