Best practices on home canning? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 17 answers

I'm looking at buying a Playstation 3 pretty much only so I can have a really good Blu-ray player. It's highly unlikely I'll ever buy any PS3 games beyond GTA4, Rockband and maybe Little Big Planet. Given this, should I just buy the 40GB model of the console or are the extra features of the 80GB model (flash card reader, SACD support etc) worth the extra cash in the long run?
posted on May 7, 2008 - 16 answers

I have a long-winded question about deleting zombie messages from Apple's mail.app. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 4 answers

A big problem and a small problem with my home made ice cream ... [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 25 answers

I am applying for a small travel grant to fund a trip to a semi-local conference. The problem is that I have no idea how to write one! [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me identify a fish that washed up on a Pacific Ocean beach in Oregon. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 6 answers

So, is anyone else out there a frustrated wannabe Croissant Chef? [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 17 answers

I have just uploaded my very long Amazon wish list into librarything (neat!). I would like to see if these books are available at the Mid-Manhattan library. I know I can search for them one by one in Leo (the NYPL search engine). Is there a more efficient way for me to do this? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 5 answers

As summer approaches, how about some nice suggestions for alternatives for cola/sodas? I want to save money, bottles, and empty calories. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 40 answers

What is probably a very naive question about stream audio ... [more inside]
posted on Mar 22, 2008 - 5 answers

I dropped out of a course and extended the time my degree will take, partly in order to avoid a difficult fellow student. She wants to know if she's got anything to do with it. Should I tell her? Why? [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 42 answers

So just how bad is the TSA these days? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 35 answers

Can you help me identify this song? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me choose a new phone to replace my beloved dead P800. [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 5 answers

My Drivers License is expired. So are my car's tags. A lot. How do I renew both without getting arrested on the spot? [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 26 answers

My daughter is a huge Ruff Ruffman fan. She really wants a t-shirt with Ruff on it, but such a thing does not exist - well, at least there's no 'official' Ruff shirt from PBS or WGBH. I have been given a Dad Mission: procure a shirt by any means necessary. Can anyone find a Ruff graphic large enough to print on a shirt? (Format doesn't matter.) Have I missed a secret stash of RuffWear for sale somewhere? Does anyone know anyone who knows Ruff? Help me, Ask, my squeaky toy has lost it's squeak!
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 12 answers

I haven't watched The Simpsons regularly since about season 12 or 13, but in those episodes I did happen to catch on TV, I have never seen them directly attack President Bush. I do remember back in the 'golden age' they used to regularly poke fun at Clinton (to name but one example, Clinton playing the sax and Moe telling him to "get back to work"). I'm wondering if regular watchers of The Simpsons can point me to episodes from season 13 onwards where they did directly parody or attack Bush.
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 19 answers

My boss, the professor, has accepted the challenge of starting a new electronic academic journal to be self-published by the professional organisation that she currently heads. She is, understandably, very busy, so she has asked me to find out everything we need to do to make this happen, with, of course, a limited budget. [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2008 - 14 answers

What's the best bra shop and bra fitting you can get in Ottawa? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 5 answers

I remember reading this sci-fi book a long while ago, but I can't remember anything easily googleable. Can anyone help identify it? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 2 answers

So exactly what is crawling about our bedroom at night and how can we catch it, exile it or kill it? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 35 answers

[high-school-debate-filter] "Resolved" is a documentary by One Potato Productions about high school debate. Where can I find/see this? The trailer is available on One Potato's web site but I can find no information on where to see the movie itself. Help!
posted on Feb 9, 2008 - 9 answers

Treatment for mouth ulcers. I've been using Bonjela since 1837, and it's only just now struck me that medical science must have come up with something better in recent years. So what do you find works well?
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 28 answers

Is there a word that means "knowing something solely by references to it?" [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 21 answers

What is this fruit tree in my back yard? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 13 answers

Water damage to our hardwood floors - what can/should we expect? [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me identify a movie which contains this scene: A woman and a man are on a moving train. The woman's breasts are painfully full of milk; the man is hungry. The woman breastfeeds the man, satisfying both their needs. What I know: This is similar to the breastfeeding scene at the end of The Grapes of Wrath. What I think I know: The scene I am thinking of is not from the movie of The Grapes of Wrath itself. The train is moving (unlike the stationary wagon/barn in TGoW). The movie is Russian, or of a Russian novel. The scene is presented as a parable, with a solemn voiceover. The scene is at the beginning of the movie, and the movie is from the 60s or 70s.
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 16 answers

I am looking for the source of the music in a time-lapse video. [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 3 answers

How to get rid of this scrapheap in Port Phillip, VIC, Oz? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 6 answers

How do I avoid paying customs on a package I'm shipping back home? [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me fit my new monitor to my crappy old computer. [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2008 - 17 answers

Applying for a university summer school program, which requires a personal statement of 150 words. What could I say with such few words? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 12 answers

All the screw holes on my video card are corroded. Is it worth my time to return it, or should I just clean it off? [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 10 answers

How do you judge large horizontal or vertical distances visually, with no (or few) other objects around to compare as a reference? [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 14 answers

Help me diagnose my Powerbook’s power supply woes. [more inside]
posted on Jan 16, 2008 - 11 answers

I burst into tears in front of a professor today. I need to learn how to relax. Please help. [more inside]
posted on Jan 14, 2008 - 27 answers

How do you change the speed on an old belt driven drill press? [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 10 answers

What are some ways to get rid of (i.e. use up) a lot of fancy vinegar? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 22 answers

Do you know of any free or cheap infant CPR classes? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 9 answers

I have a Canon Ixus 65 and I want to get the photos off the camera and onto my iPhoto-less Mac (10.4.10). I tried to go to Canon's website to download their Image Browser software but I can only find an update that works if you have a previous version of Image Browser on your computer. I don't have the discs that came with my camera and Image Browser is not installed. I refuse to believe I'm screwed. [more inside]
posted on Jan 2, 2008 - 5 answers

Do you know of a place open today (New Year's Day) in Los Angeles where I can adopt a cat? [more inside]
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - 7 answers

Starting January 13th, the retooled Masterpiece Theater is showing adaptations of all six Jane Austen novels. Does anyone know in what order they're being shown, along with air dates? I thought it would be fun to read or re-read each novel in advance of the movie, but I can't figure out when each novel is going to be shown. [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2007 - 5 answers

I just landed in Italy. Help me find the Florence and Rome that no one writes about. [more inside]
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - 11 answers

Best place to get a stainless-steel propane grill TOMORROW in northwest Chicago suburbs? I'm talking about the big honkin' type you put on your patio. [more inside]
posted on Dec 21, 2007 - 6 answers

Could you recommend books similar to The Name of the Rose and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell? There's something about the tone, the mashing of genres together, and the over-immersion in details that is unbelievably appealing to me. (But don't recommend Tolkien!) [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2007 - 49 answers

ObviousFilter: What current hip-hop song has a chorus that goes "I'm rich, can't help the money I spend, (something something) car I'm driving..."? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 6 answers

Why do my banana muffins go so mouldy so quickly? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 14 answers

Inspired by this answered question, I'm trying to remember another clip. It involved a Rube Goldberg type machine that eventually put cherries on ice cream sundaes. [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2007 - 13 answers

PanicFilter: Gmail disabled my account, I don't know why, and I'm expecting very important emails tomorrow morning. What do I do? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 17 answers

Where could I find the exact dates of the last ten (1997-2007) Macworld keynotes by Steve Jobs, done in San Francisco? I thought some apple history sites would list it, but rampant googling has only turned up info on the last couple years of shows.
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 4 answers