Where can I order or obtain paper (not PDF) mass transit maps for Milan and Venice? [more inside]
posted by patrad on Sep 28, 2009 - 3 answers

Stupid physics question from a implied bet about fitness... [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Sep 8, 2009 - 22 answers

Help a skinny guy shape up! more after the jump! [more inside]
posted by freddymetz on Jul 31, 2009 - 24 answers

ExcelMacroFilter: Writing a macro that imports a series of .csv files into their own worksheets in the same workbook in Excel 2007 would save me ridiculous amounts of time. I have written a macro to import the files and rename the worksheet accordingly, but I'm new to VBA and can't for the life of me work out how to get Excel to automatically repeat the import from File_1.csv to File_x.csv. Help please? [more inside]
posted by cholly on Jul 30, 2009 - 4 answers

Would it be possible to have a planet with significantly more surface area than the earth and similar gravity (at ground level) by decreasing its density? [more inside]
posted by blue_beetle on Jun 18, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I change the generic name "USB Mass Storage Device" in my Vista system tray "Safely Remove Hardware" dialog? [more inside]
posted by msbrauer on Dec 30, 2008 - 6 answers

Manhattan Church filter: My partner's sister is coming for Christmas Eve, and would like to attend mass. [more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen on Dec 16, 2008 - 8 answers

What is a reputable mass email service? [more inside]
posted by crapmatic on Oct 19, 2008 - 13 answers

Is there an easy, and free, way to send group voicemails and SMSs? [more inside]
posted by cocoagirl on Sep 19, 2008 - 10 answers

Help me with this Urban Planning problem. I live in your typical bedroom community on the perimeter of a large metropolitan area. We have about 30,000 residents and a lot going for us in terms of community and location. We're going to get hooked up on the regions new commuter rail system, but it's on the far side of the community and I don't see it getting much use without a feeder system of some kind. Our regional mass transit system sucks otherwise; so we're on our own to develop an intra-community system that will keep our community vibrant, green, and support commuter rail. [more inside]
posted by IndigoSkye on Aug 22, 2008 - 14 answers

I need a crystal-clear transparent liquid that is as heavy (dense) or heavier than water, not dangerous, and not difficult to obtain. The heavier the better. The catch - it can't be water-based. [more inside]
posted by -harlequin- on Jul 18, 2008 - 23 answers

I am planning a trip to Chicago this weekend, and my goal is to learn the L by picking fun stops across the city (my husband and I are ex-New Yorkers who love mass transit.) What are some suggestions for fun places to shop/eat/sight-see that are close to L stops? Our starting point is Diversey and N Clark, but we hope to cover a lot of territory. Please include descriptions about your recommendations and (of course) the nearest L station name.
posted by elgalan207 on Jun 18, 2008 - 26 answers

Our company has been using Gmail’s SMTP servers without issue for the last couple years for sending our ecommerce clients emails that read “A customer has placed an online order on your web site. To access it go to https://www.sometime.com/.” - Well, this week Gmail started blocking our outgoing messages as spam. [more inside]
posted by B(oYo)BIES on Jun 17, 2008 - 9 answers

Built a little website, and now would like the world to see it. How best to do this? [more inside]
posted by littlerobothead on Jun 4, 2008 - 9 answers

Need advice/color regarding bulk email processing ASP's/ service providers [more inside]
posted by geoffbart on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

Need mechanic recommendations near Burlington, MA. [more inside]
posted by disaster77 on Mar 10, 2008 - 6 answers

What's a "mass" doing on my dad's brain? Does anyone have any idea how I start researching this or what I can expect to see from all this? [more inside]
posted by bash on Feb 23, 2008 - 12 answers

My in-laws are Catholics. My husband and I are not raising our daughter in a religious household. How can we effectively counter-program my in-laws' religious activities? [more inside]
posted by crazycanuck on Dec 30, 2007 - 53 answers

Looking for books about destruction. [more inside]
posted by BackwardsCity on Sep 30, 2007 - 26 answers

Help me find an interesting website I've forgotten the name of. [more inside]
posted by nile_red on Aug 19, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm moving from Ohio to Connecticut this year, and need help with figuring out my commute. [more inside]
posted by benjh on Jul 12, 2007 - 8 answers

Over a year ago, MeFi users described how it was possible to mass import addresses into MySpace from your address book. Now, scouring the site as described in the original post, I can't find this function. Have they removed it? Is there an automated tool / hack I could use to check if anyone from my address book has a MySpace profile? I'd raher not do it manually. address by address.
posted by skylar on Feb 15, 2007 - 3 answers

I've searched and searched, but everyone has albums. I'm the one whose been downloading singles off p2p networks for ages. I've never owned an album/cd. Which is why this is slightly hard for me.. Now, some of them have whacky tags, and some of them have whacky filenames. [more inside]
posted by Devileyezz on Nov 20, 2006 - 7 answers

Agronomy / save the planet question: Since vast stretches of land are owned by the government running right beside the interstate highways what plant groups could be used there to provide ongoing good bio mass to harvest using those wonderful paved lanes right next to the ..er..side of the road?
posted by Freedomboy on Oct 8, 2006 - 18 answers

I am looking for sources that give the weight of the earth, volume of all the oceans, total acreage on the planet, total current population and guestimated total weight of said population. [more inside]
posted by goalyeehah on Aug 21, 2006 - 11 answers

Is there any way to mass-grab photobucket galleries, instead of Save-As'ing ever image? Like something that you can put a URL into and it'll dump all the large images into a directory for you? [more inside]
posted by vanoakenfold on Jun 25, 2006 - 15 answers

I'm attending a Catholic funeral in a couple of days. I'm not Catholic. I know that I shouldn't take communion or recite the Nicene Creed, but what about the rest of the service? Do I stand and kneel when everybody else does, or do I stay seated? What's the proper etiquette for the whole affair?
posted by waldo on Apr 2, 2006 - 42 answers

Help me devise a fitness and weight-gaining plan for the summer. (Los Angeles - area specific suggestions much appreciated, too) [more inside]
posted by sirion on Mar 30, 2006 - 15 answers

I'm trying to register my van in Boston Mass. and the insurance laws are crazy. I have insurance already with my car in Colorado but it won't due in Boston. I really don't want to pay an arm and leg to insure and register this van because I will probably sell it in the next year or so. What is the most inexpensive way to go about this?
posted by Viomeda on Nov 7, 2005 - 9 answers

Does "data" have mass? I'm defining "data" here in the computing sense, transfered electronically. Do electrons serve as a means to alter the storage in a USB drive, or are they physically added to it? [more inside]
posted by deep_sea_diving_suit on Aug 11, 2005 - 29 answers

Something I've never understood. It takes a giant rocket to achieve escape velocity and leave the Earth. The Apollo mission made it all the way to the moon. But in all the pictures I've ever seen, the only thing they've got on the moon is a lander, a small capsule on legs. Where's the rocket they used to get off the moon? How did they get off the moon? I know the moon is much smaller and has almost no atmosphere, but is leaving it really as easy as firing a few booster rockets? Why is the rocket to leave the Earth so much bigger?
posted by scarabic on May 18, 2004 - 29 answers