Should I apologize (or otherwise acknowledge our "oops") for cooking my Jewish co-worker's family a decidedly non-kosher dish following the birth of their first child? [more inside]
posted by QuantumMeruit on Nov 22, 2009 - 40 answers

Please help me repair natural slate tile. [more inside]
posted by rinosaur on Nov 19, 2009 - 3 answers

There's wet carpet around my water/steam radiators and I'm not sure why. [more inside]
posted by ayerarcturus on Nov 10, 2009 - 10 answers

Stupid computerfilter: I didn't back up, and now the external drive seems dead. Options? [more inside]
posted by neewom on Oct 10, 2009 - 6 answers

Unexpected pregnancy. Are we crazy? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 19, 2009 - 103 answers

I just inhaled a piece of cereal. I think I can feel it in my windpipe, just around collarbone level. Is there anything I can do to get it out? [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on May 27, 2009 - 10 answers

Is an user-editable EULA/TOS binding on the company that issued it, after I've changed it? [more inside]
posted by nomisxid on Mar 12, 2009 - 6 answers

Sensitive information left out on a desk...uh, hypothetically. [more inside]
posted by Spyder's Game on Feb 5, 2009 - 10 answers

What else could I have said in this situation? (NSFW) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 3, 2009 - 67 answers

Floor levelling compound + rain = ? [more inside]
posted by DarlingBri on Dec 17, 2008 - 6 answers

I was working on someone's laptop and all of their data has been overwritten. How do I break it to them gently? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 26, 2008 - 29 answers

Can anything interesting be done with a broken SLR zoom lens? [more inside]
posted by logic vs love on May 28, 2008 - 10 answers

So I sync'ed my Google calendar and my Outlook calendar, and now I need to unsync fast. Is there a way to unsync them without deleting each event and appointment one by one? [more inside]
posted by LiveToEat on Mar 27, 2008 - 1 answer

How can I safely remove candle wax from metal baking sheets so that a) the surfaces of the baking sheets don't get scratched, and b) they're food-safe again? [more inside]
posted by mudpuppie on Feb 14, 2008 - 17 answers

Here's something that Mrs. Jammer and I were wondering about this morning; it's proven really hard to google any information, but I'm sure someone's studied this somewhere at some point. Can anyone help me find out what percentage of conceptions in the US (or elsewhere in the Western world) are "accidental" vs. intentional? Bonus points for stats on accidentals in actual relationships vs. party-babies.
posted by jammer on Feb 3, 2008 - 5 answers

I sent a letter domestically in the mail (USPS) one cent short on postage. Will it get there?
posted by thirteenkiller on Aug 31, 2006 - 18 answers

So, my friend's harddrive got wiped. Lost a year's worth of high-res artwork. Does anyone have experience with using a data recovery service? I'm looking specifically for price information, how much data was retrievable, and potentially a recommendation. [more inside]
posted by still on Aug 28, 2006 - 18 answers

Installing a pre hung door. Or rather filling the hole you put in your new house when you decided to replace the door. [more inside]
posted by iamabot on Jun 25, 2006 - 6 answers

I was using GRUB to dual boot a linux partition and a winXP partition. I set this up ages ago and recently needed to remove the linux partition. I used Partition magic because I was feeling lazy. Now when I boot I get some grub error. I can boot using a morphix liveCD and selecting "boot from first partition" or whatever it actually says. WinXP doesn't have fdisk so I can't fdisk /MBR, and I'm not familiar enough with diskpart to want to mess around. Although I feel like an idiot for asking this question, what simple and probably obvious command will restore the MBR to it's pre-grub state? Thanks.
posted by Grod on Jun 11, 2006 - 8 answers

Have my prescription tranquilizers been damaged by exposure to cold? [more inside]
posted by S.C. on Nov 28, 2005 - 5 answers