How to repair a weather balloon, in the context of aerial photography? How to do aerial photography at all? [more inside]
posted by Tufa on Oct 21, 2009 - 8 answers

Suggest a good tailor in Toronto? [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on Apr 26, 2008 - 3 answers

What would happen if you wore an eyepatch on a perfectly healthy eye non-stop for 2-3 years? [more inside]
posted by Lucinda on Mar 31, 2008 - 7 answers

I want to play Bully: Scholarship Edition on my Xbox 360. There was just a patch released for the game, but my console is not hooked up to the internet and never will be. How (and when) can I know that the physical copy of the game I buy is a post-patch version?
posted by BitterOldPunk on Mar 22, 2008 - 16 answers

I'm extending an wired ethernet LAN to a nearby house. I'm planning to connect a 50m patch cable to the existing bridge router, run it through an existing underground pipe to the other house where it would meet a switch and serve internet via two shorter patch cables (25m?) to two laptops in that house. Can anyone see a problem with this setup? [more inside]
posted by dance on Feb 1, 2008 - 14 answers

In the movie "Thank You For Smoking", there is a scene of kidnapping and attempted murder by nicotine patch. Could this really happen, and if so, has it actually been used as "murder weapon" before? [more inside]
posted by twiki on Aug 17, 2007 - 15 answers

How can I patch an EXE not to call a certain function ? I have an EXE which displays a certain message as a result of certain function call. I need to find out which function it is calling and then patch it so as not to call it. Is it possible ?
posted by inquisitive on Apr 7, 2007 - 21 answers

Did an update to my iMac last night without thinking and now Apple's DVD player won't recognize my external DVD drive. [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Oct 1, 2006 - 3 answers

I just got back from the Touch n Go party in Chicago and I very badly need a Killdozer patch for a jacket of mine. Did anybody ever make one? Maybe I can create my own, high-quality iron-on? If so, how?
posted by NoMich on Sep 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Do "the kids these days actually "do" the nicotine patch to get high? [more inside]
posted by dersins on Jun 2, 2006 - 24 answers

I need some help brainstorming ways to keep my transdermal patch from falling apart. [more inside]
posted by MadamM on Mar 14, 2006 - 20 answers

Where can I find an RSS based replacement for Windows Update? [more inside]
posted by jojopizza on Nov 26, 2005 - 5 answers

What do you do with the assortment of cabling and other electronic doodaddery (especially that not currently being used and not wanting to throw away!) that one tends to accumulate in the course of lifetime when you have a love of almost all things electronic? [more inside]
posted by dgeiser13 on Jul 21, 2005 - 34 answers

I finally took a spill rollerblading and tore out the knee of my jeans. Does anyone know of any iron-on patch vendors with a Threadless sensibility? [more inside]
posted by o2b on Oct 27, 2004 - 5 answers

You are building a new home. What networking will you provide between your office/computer/router and a media closet in your living space? Between your office and a living room desk? Between that desk and the media closet? Details ? [more inside]
posted by Dick Paris on Feb 3, 2004 - 6 answers