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

Try out your web meta-search skills: can anyone help my good friend find out where to get this Bob Dylan T-Shirt? [more inside]
posted by quickasfoxes on Apr 7, 2009 - 2 answers

[Statistics Filter]: What's the best way to calculate a meta-median? [more inside]
posted by lord_yo on Feb 23, 2009 - 4 answers

I have a MediaWiki wiki that I've started. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to automatically generate meta keywords and meta descriptions from the articles. What is the best solution for this? I tried to find out how Wikipedia does it, but my Google Fu is weak.
posted by entropicamericana on Oct 2, 2008 - 1 answer

What are the components that make a successful Meta site? [more inside]
posted by watercarrier on Jul 30, 2008 - 15 answers

I'm looking for narratives (books, movies, games) in which the protagonist is dead, dying or unconscious, and discovers they are not in the 'real' world at all, but Hell, heaven, purgatory, a coma, a nightmare, memory, or similar. Examples which contain spoilers below the fold. [more inside]
posted by unSane on Mar 28, 2008 - 63 answers

Narrative/fiction movies with unexpected elements of "reality" or fourth wall breaking or other interesting metaness? Illustrative examples inside (without spoilers): Sling Blade, Bamboozled, Shortbus, Timecode, South Park, etc. [more inside]
posted by lorimer on May 3, 2007 - 77 answers

Creatives Asset Management: Any suggestions for organizing creatives, mostly photos but some otherwise, across a network that doesn't cost thousands of dollars? [more inside]
posted by [insert clever name here] on Jan 3, 2007 - 5 answers

TattooFilter: I'm going to get a tattoo of the word "Tattoo" on my bicep. I have a few aesthetic questions: most importantly, I need a good font suggestion. [more inside]
posted by Kwine on Sep 1, 2006 - 39 answers

What are cellphones good for? I just got my first one and I certainly love it. The phone part and everything, but what more can I do to it? [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Apr 3, 2006 - 16 answers

I have constant skin outbreaks and I don't know why. Sometimes I will be clear for a week and sometimes I break out. I know it must have to do with what I'm eating but I usually keep fairly consistant on how I eat. [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Mar 13, 2006 - 20 answers

Does a meta index of books that reference each other exist? [more inside]
posted by MrMulan on Feb 23, 2006 - 12 answers

My apartment has had no heat (which is included) since the beginning of the month. Basically the landlord has had no furnace for about a year and has only this past month started installing everything. I'm not sure how to proceed with compensation. [more inside]
posted by Napierzaza on Oct 27, 2005 - 21 answers

Does anybody know the backstory behind this image of a guy with many computers plugged into a streetlamp? [more inside]
posted by thedevildancedlightly on May 7, 2005 - 17 answers

re : this. This has been bugging me for a while - is there any way to use Google (or another search engine) to search Metafilter for the exact string "Metafilter: "?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Jul 25, 2004 - 5 answers

how many levels of meta are possible, in practice? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by andrew cooke on Dec 15, 2003 - 15 answers