For a while, Amazon had a service called "Eyes." You could type in an author's name and they would email you when a new book by that author was published. It was great if you were following, say, a couple dozen detective series at once and wanted to stay on top of new additions. Then they discontinued it.
Does anyone know of an equivalent service? Google Alerts doesn't work because you get a ton of stuff not related to just-published books. And i can't find anything that was as simple - and effective - as Eyes.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 7, 2013 -
10 answers
I'm taking a former boss to the Labor Board (in California) next week. He owes me back wages, some or all of a bonus (he never provided me with the bonus criteria, as he said he would do in the offer letter, despite my numerous requests), he never paid two years of payroll taxes - another story, involving an ongoing IRS investigation.
Next week is the preliminary hearing. I'm wondering what to expect. Should I have all of my material (offer letter, testimonials, emails) for this meeting? Or is this simply to determine whether an amicable solution can be found before a proper hearing?
I would appreciate hearing about similar experiences - and lessons learned from these experiences.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Mar 25, 2013 -
7 answers
A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with arthritis in my left knee (no surprise there: ultramarathons, century bike rides, fiendishly long hikes). I've been taking glucosamine chondroitin for a couple of years. The pain flares ever so rarely and when it does, its tenure is brief; and so, it's totally manageable.
Now, lucky me, the right knee, the one I had cartilage taken out of 15 years ago, has decided to antagonize me. This while I was taking the glucosamine chondroitin.
I've read of the benefits of Omega 3 oil (capsules, serum) for joint pain. I'm writing to inquire if anyone out there has any actual experience, good or bad, with such oil.
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Mar 4, 2013 -
18 answers
I'm considering an offer to teach English in Libya. And I'd like read as much as I can about all aspects (political, economic, cultural) of it's new society. I'm consulting articles (especially those in The Economist) as well as books. Has anyone read anything along these lines or can anyone otherwise provide me with suggestions? Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Feb 1, 2013 -
3 answers
this is driving me crazy. at least ten years ago, i remember a commercial for jeans. levis, lee, wrangler, i looked for them all on youtube, to no avail. it's about some white dude, t-shirt, jeans, picking up some african-american woman for a date at her family's home. it makes a big deal about how he's white and he's definitely seen by the neighboring dudes as an interloper. can anyone remember this and/or provide a link? thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 15, 2013 -
6 answers
I accidentally (and deliciously) created and then named a drink that's catching on at a university and I was wondering if I could copyright or patent its recipe and name.
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Oct 25, 2012 -
10 answers
How do I get my Apple wireless mouse to work? I was typing away on my iMac (18 months old, software up-to-date) when I got a message to change the batteries. I did. The batteries are new. Nothing. I tried another set of batteries. Still nothing. I've looked at all the forums and can't figure out what's wrong.
Any thoughts, please???
posted by holdenjordahl
on Oct 1, 2012 -
6 answers
I don't eat a lot of meat. I'm always combining grains and legumes because their combination gives you the protein your body needs.
In his new book "Eat & Run," ultramarathoner Scott Jurek says you can eat, for instance rice at one meal and beans at another and still get all the protein. In other words, they don't have to be consumed at the same meal.
I don't have any reason to doubt Mr. Jurek but I'm just double-checking, is this true?
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jul 30, 2012 -
10 answers
As I get older and, perhaps, wiser, I'm looking for smarter ways to train for triathlons. I've had wonderful success with Chi Running and Terry Laughlin's Total Immersion swim program. Are there any similar programs for cycling?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 12, 2012 -
4 answers
This morning about 108 gmail inbox messages vanished. I can find them under "all mail" but i don't know they would leave the inbox. Also, someone's been trying to add an event to my google calendar, with no success.
are these two things related? is there evidence of a hack?
thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 13, 2012 -
9 answers
I was eligible for a sizable bonus on February 1, 2012, the one year anniversary date of my start date. The offer letter said I'd get an email listing the criteria on which the bonus would be based by the end of February 2011. I never got the email. Requests for the criteria went unanswered. So have emails and phone calls since November.
Is this something I could present to a Labor Relations panel for resolution? I have tons of qualitative and quantitative data on the work I've performed, essentially in a vacuum.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 5, 2012 -
13 answers
I work at at a non-profit art museum on a state university campus. Though it's officially (legally, too, I guess) a museum, it feels more like a commercial art gallery.
Does it violate our non-profit status when the founder buys a large number of art from each of the shows we do? I want to know so, when I begin to write grants, and if a potential funder asks, I can answer knowing where the question is going.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 11, 2012 -
14 answers
My young nephew spelled his name wrong when he opened his Facebook account. He's had it up for a month or so. Is there a way to change it or does he have to start over again? Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 3, 2012 -
3 answers
To get over a broken heart (me all in, she in 65%), I'm compiling a song list on Spotify. So far, I've got "In Too Deep" by Genesis and "Some Other Time," by Bill Evans and Tony Bennett.
Now I'm stuck. It seems that falling-in-love songs were more accessible to my mind than falling-out-of-love songs.
Any suggestions would be greatly if not sorely appreciated. If they help anyone out there, all the better.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Aug 5, 2011 -
53 answers
Is there some way to transfer text messages from a blackberry to my mac in either Word or PDF format?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jul 5, 2011 -
3 answers
Can Facebook get buggy?
This morning (and since) I hit the icons for messages, notifications and they white out. I hit account to log out; it whites out too. I restart the computer, ditto.
No other program seems affected.
If it's useful, I use Chrome on Mac 10.6.7.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 22, 2011 -
10 answers
Does anyone else have trouble with Delicious bookmarks suddenly disappearing from their tag bundles on the browser? I use a Firefox browser. Though they're still in their proper tag on the Delicious site, the bookmarks will vanish and then reappear on the browser days later, for no apparent reason. Wikis and tech support have proved fruitless.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 8, 2011 -
3 answers
Is this something I should call the State Department about or is it just a tempest in a teapot?
I just got my renewed passport. In the back, where it plainly says to write in pencil, I wrote
the wrong name in pen. I'm thinking I can't white it out (or whatever the 21st century equivalent is) because that would raise all sorts of red flags at customs. It would, right?? And what about just crossing out the wrong name and inserting the right one, in pencil, above?
Anyone have any experience in this? Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Feb 23, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm considering a Jamis Bossa Nova bike. Does anyone have any experience (good, bad, neutral) with disk brakes?
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 21, 2011 -
9 answers
I'm giving my 1GHz Power PC G4 Mac to a charity because I'm getting a new Intel-based one. What's the best way to restore it to factory settings, so there's no trace of my personal data or installed programs on it?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Nov 29, 2010 -
5 answers
I want to format my Office Outlook Professional 2003 edition to include a watermark for each outgoing email. I searched around and found ways to insert graphics into the signature part but nothing on creating a watermark over which we can send email. Is it even possible?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Nov 4, 2010 -
4 answers
1,100 songs suddenly disappeared from iTunes! Any ideas why or, better yet, where they might be hiding on my computer?
thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Oct 26, 2010 -
9 answers
There is centennial and there is bicentennial; is there a word to desdribe the 150th anniversary of something?
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Oct 7, 2010 -
9 answers
does anyone remember - in german - the rest of a short poem by ernst wichert that begins "wir wissen wann kommt der taifun..."?
as i recall, it was about how one can tell a storm is coming because their neighbors, even before the storm comes, are losing their heads, and the expression, "losing their heads" means the same in german as "losing their roofs."
thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 16, 2010 -
2 answers
i use mac os 10.4.11.
i recently upgraded my opera browser to 10.53. the documentation says it's compatible with os 10.4 as well as a power pc processor.
now each time i open the browser i get an "application unexpectedly shut" message. i hit retry, get the same message, hit retry again and it opens.
i've re-installed 10.53 twice, with no different results.
any ideas, please?
thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 21, 2010 -
4 answers
Suddenly, my Word and Excel for Mac OS10 open as read only, with a command to save them with a new name. I haven't advertently (is that the opposite of inadvertently?) fiddled with anything. Anyone have a clue why? Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Mar 26, 2010 -
8 answers
Suddenly no one gets MMS photos i send (their screen's blank). i sent one to myself and it worked. it doesn't matter what carrier they have. my tech support (verizon) said it was an issue with the other carriers. i read through other posts here, took the battery out for 30 seconds, to no avail.
any suggestions?
thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Feb 19, 2010 -
4 answers
Finally realizing that competitive cycling (for me, triathlons), like swimming, is as much a matter of skill as it is of cardiovascular strength, i've been studying the science behind pedaling.
To date I've come to the conclusion that there are "mashers", those who grind the downstroke, and there are "spinners," those who try to keep equal pressure on the pedal throughout it's revolution.
I ask fellow cyclists (those who even think about these things) whether one style is preferable over the other. There's no general concensus.
My question is this: to get into a spinning mode with a big gear, don't you at least have to mash to build up momentum, at which time the spinning takes over? In other words, is there a
transition?
I do all the drills (one leg pedaling, the push-your-toe-to-the-end-of-your-shoe at about 11 o'clock on the stroke, the 9-and-3 focus) and I can't get the hang of one (mashing) or the other (spinning).
Anyone have a similar experience and, hopefully, a provisional answer?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Feb 5, 2010 -
16 answers
Is it simply possible that, because I have a 4-year-old Powerbook - OS 10.4.11, one month old new hard drive, memory and RAM maxed out, only used 1/4 of memory, system checked regularly with Onyx (with no problem) - I keep getting "program not responding to, especially, my Opera and Firefox browsers, as well as programs like Word, iPhoto, and iTunes?
Plus, more than half the time my Powerbook won't close down when I ask it to and have to do a hard turn off, which can't be good for it.
I've asked a couple of Mac forums, a Mac Genius, and my so-far trustworthy Mac guy whether having a PowerPC processor, instead of the newer Intel one, should make any difference. I got a resounding no.
Still, does anyone have a contrarian and, perhaps,
right, explanation?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 22, 2010 -
6 answers
Can someone please tell me how to find the size of my iPhoto and iTunes files? I go into Library, find iPhoto and iTunes and then find bunch of subfiles, divided by date; but they don't seem to include all the pictures and songs. It doesn't make sense and Apple documentation doesn't clarify the matter.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jan 14, 2010 -
4 answers
i can't see a specialist for three weeks but i've got a marathon coming up and i need to know before that.
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posted by holdenjordahl
on Dec 26, 2009 -
3 answers
I'm training for a marathon and I use a Garmin GPS watch. I'm wondering: of course it transmits to the satellites as I move forward; but does the fact that my arm (with the watch attached) moves back and forth - as opposed to my entire body moving forward as a single unit - have anything to do with the accuracy? I apologize in advance if this sounds vague or else is even irrelevant.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Dec 17, 2009 -
11 answers
It's the holiday season and I'm feeling nostalgic and I'm wondering if there are any Norwegian (not Scandinavian and certainly not Swedish) restaurants in the Los Angeles - Long Beach - Orange County areas? Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask suggest no but I can't believe that's possible. Thanks!
posted by holdenjordahl
on Nov 18, 2009 -
7 answers
Does anyone know who might be continuing Marcel Marceau's lovely work in mime?
posted by holdenjordahl
on Oct 16, 2009 -
4 answers
Can anyone please suggest a program that can take a body of text from Word and calculate how frequent each word is used and then rank the citations from most-used- to least-used?
Thank you.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Sep 30, 2009 -
6 answers
Does anyone know how to remove the formatting (for lack of better expression)
column borders that accompany text when I paste it from Excel to Word?
I've checked both Word & Excel help to no avail, probably because I can't frame the question very well.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Sep 9, 2009 -
8 answers
Does anyone know of a free, online program that, for lack of a better phrase, I'll call a random sentence scrambler? I see there are a lot of anagram makers but I want one for about 500 word bodies of text. Theoretically I could paste in the text and it would spit it out with all the words intact, the sentence structure preserved, just arranged into a new sequence. Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Aug 16, 2009 -
10 answers
Hondas and recommended service maintenance schedules, do you believe in them? I've got a 1991 standard Hatchback, 169,000 miles. and i've done every single schedule maintenance. never had a problem with anything unexpected happening (which is why i do it). Now i'm wondering if there's a better (read: cheaper) way to do this, without sacrificing quality? I don't know any mechanics, don't want to it myself, but am curious if there's an alternative.
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 17, 2009 -
14 answers
It's summertime and that means detective stories. I've read ALL of Simenon, Agatha Christie (Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot), Dorothy Sayers, John Sandford, Denise Hamilton, Lee Child, Edward Wright, Henning Mankell. Tried but didn't like Tony Hillerman.
Any suggestions for another engaging series?
Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Jun 8, 2009 -
63 answers
Does anyone know of a Google Maps equivalent for bicycle route-finding in the greater Los Angeles area?
You type in starting and ends points, and it gives you a bike-safe route, off busy streets?
Thanks
posted by holdenjordahl
on May 2, 2009 -
9 answers
I'm thinking of a Czeslaw Milosz poem I read a few years ago in either a magazine or a book. It's written from the point of view of an old man, looking back over his life. He realizes that all the good things, all the bad things he's done in his life can be boiled down to one word: desire. I think it includes descriptions of the various things he's desired (food, women, et cetera). Any ideas?
posted by holdenjordahl
on Mar 11, 2009 -
4 answers
Anyone know of a way to quantify (by region, nationally; individually, collectively; percentages, ballparks numbers, quotes, et cetera) how non-profit theatres are faring, say, from the past year year or two to now, in the pursuit of foundation money? Assiduous though my efforts have been, I need to put my to-date dismal efforts into perspective for myself and soon, methinks, for others. Thanks.
posted by holdenjordahl
on Mar 1, 2009 -
1 answer
