We're trying to find the rules for a Lord of the Rings themed playing card game, and we can remember about 90% of the rules. [more inside]
posted by spiderskull on Jul 20, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm interested in writing one history book in my life, over a long period of time. I'm not, and most likely will not be getting, any sort of degree in history. I'm currently pursuing another career, and would like to research this over a long period, on the side. What would I be doing now to make this happen? [more inside]
posted by sully75 on May 3, 2009 - 19 answers

Help me identify some beautiful ear-pleasing guitar pieces to learn and play at random. [more inside]
posted by gwpcasey on Mar 24, 2009 - 35 answers

Can anyone help me navigate this web site? I am looking for piano pieces that a beginning to intermediate pianist can play. [more inside]
posted by wittgenstein on Jan 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Is there a great, free website where a child with no prior experience can learn to tune and play her new guitar? [more inside]
posted by daisyace on Jan 13, 2009 - 2 answers

Investing/Day Trading -Why is it bad to pick stocks off the losers of the day assuming they will rebound? [more inside]
posted by SirStan on Oct 27, 2008 - 29 answers

Inspired by this question: I have the sheet music to Steve Reich's MUSIC FOR 18 INSTRUMENTS. I bought it to understand the piece better. But, the individual parts played by themselves sound nothing like the actual piece. I am not a good enough pianist to create a full piano transcription of the piece. Does anyone have any advice as to how to play excerpts from this score but still have it sound like Reich? ( Maybe someone who knows the piece better than I do.)
posted by wittgenstein on Aug 6, 2008 - 5 answers

I am dressing up as a sexy sheriff to role play with my husband and I would like to get suggestions on what naughty things to say as a sheriff or something a sheriff would say to someone he pulled over for speeding?
posted by turkishLola on Oct 29, 2007 - 25 answers

I'd like to rip my CD collection and be able to listen to them when I'm not at my computer. I want to be able to listen to them in the living room or kitchen. I've got several hundred CDs. And I don't want to spend a ton of money. [more inside]
posted by GernBlandston on May 23, 2007 - 22 answers

I was just musically abused without my consent. Can you identify the perpetrator? [more inside]
posted by koshka on May 10, 2007 - 13 answers

Is it possible to record a tv show on to a pc and then later replay the recorded show on to my regular tv set, not my computer monitor but my actual tv. I know its possible to record a tv show on to a pc hard drive but I don't know for sure if its possible to replay that same show with out making a dvd.
posted by Noodles on Mar 9, 2007 - 17 answers

How do I get my cat to stop biting my other cat's ears? [more inside]
posted by scazza on May 1, 2006 - 5 answers

Impressing people with piano music. [more inside]
posted by chronic sublime on Mar 26, 2006 - 26 answers

Does anyone have any advice for calming squabbling infants? [more inside]
posted by davehat on Feb 17, 2005 - 15 answers

I have a Pioneer DVD-ROM drive and it was quite good at playing DVDs. I didn't use it for playing movies for a long while and eventually installed a DVD-burner (Pioneer too, actually). Now I can't play movies on my original DVD-ROM drive. It just spits them back out with an unceremonious "No Disc Detected". Data discs, even burned DVD-Rs work fine, as I use the drive for my main drive. Playing them on the burner works fine. Is this copy protection at work or just a strange coincidence? [MI] [more inside]
posted by ontic on Jan 29, 2005 - 10 answers

I've played the regularly guitar for eight years now and find that bar chords tire my hand/wrist/forearm *very* quickly. If the ratio between them and other chords is more than 50%, I just can't get through a whole song. This isn't terribly limiting overall, but it does make certain styles inaccessible. So I need some help. [more inside] [more inside]
posted by weston on Dec 27, 2003 - 17 answers