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Help me find a particular gluten free pizza recipe?

vortex genie 2 — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:05:40 -0800

I have made a gluten free pizza dough from a blog recipe that tasted amazing, and now I can't find it! Hope me. Made of flours, water, olive oil, and yeast and maybe a couple of other things, it also happened to be vegan-friendly. The most distinctive characteristic was that the dough was fermented in the refrigerator overnight. Reader, it tasted like real pizza. I am so sad that i can't seem to find it on the google. Any ideas?

Lat pulldowns inconsistency...what's the deal?

blnkfrnk — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:03:32 -0800

My gym has two lat pulldown machines that I use. The bar-attached-to-a-cable version is much harder than the two-handles-that-meet-in-the-middle version-- the difference in what I can lift is about 30 pounds, with the cable version being much more difficult. My trainer tells me they are equivalent, and has checked my form and says it's correct. What's the deal?

Trying to remember a specific college that emphasizes career placement

edgybelle27 — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:53:26 -0800

Once I read about a small college that had excellent career placement rates, and almost solely focused on computer science, software design, and IT. I vaguely remember it being located in Colorado, but I'm not confident about that. Can someone help me remember the name of the school?

New York hotel recommendation, activities for a few days.

HuronBob — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:35:22 -0800

So, spouse and I snagged an invitation to the "Man of Steel" premier (at Lincoln Center) and after-party in New York. But, I've never been to New York and don't have a clue about the place. I have a couple of questions. I've tentatively booked a room at the Empire Hotel (price and location, along with reviews seemed reasonable), my question for you folks is: Is there a compelling reason why I SHOULDN'T stay there? And, if the answer to that is "Do Not Stay There!!!", what other options are there (close to Lincoln Center, room cost $300 per night or less)? The second half of the question is: I'll have from Saturday evening (June 8th) until later afternoon on Monday to experience New York... What should we do?

Young adult novel with nuclear pool?

Jahaza — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:36 -0800

I'm trying to remember the name of a young adult novel I read (in the 80's or 90's) where a character is forced to do some work with radioactive materials at the bottom of a pool.

Planely Lost

tilde — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:23 -0800

How do I go about finding a plane crash that took place involving a small engine plane, in which 3-5 people died, in a specific US city at the intersection of a major road and interstate highway, that took place in a span of time I can narrow down to within six months or a year (about 25 years ago)? I started searching and just got news reports about all kinds of small engine plane crashes with fatalities in the last few months and years. Overwhelming in the amount of data returned, and difficult to weed through without reading more than I want to (even on preview only) about plane crashes and fatalities.

I don't want to read about all kinds of planes falling out of the sky, I want to know specifically what happened for this flight as a result of the crash investigation (if there was one), officially.

I found this search site for the NTSB, but it only goes back to 2002.

Thoughts?

I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it.

burnfirewalls — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:21 -0800

What are the Netflix engineers currently doing to make sure that this weekend's release of Arrested Development Season 4 will go off without a hitch? When Simcity 5 launched in March 2013, the network connection required to play caused scores of problems, not the least of which were server outages. This is a recent example of many high-profile game launches that received mass negative backlash based around server availability and performance.

With the hype and excitement and sheer data required for Netflix to stream the 4th season of Arrested Development into the devices of thousands of fans this weekend, what preparation are they likely doing to make it a success and avoid the pitfalls of so many game launches?

Does the dot suffix of a website's name matter?

letstrythis — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:13 -0800

How important is having a .com suffix to the perceived legitimacy of a website? How does it affect traffic/success, etc? Does holding onto .com as the ideal make sense in this world of domain squatters? Can we make a list of good and bad choices?

ISProblems

eviemath — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:16 -0800

What is it with CenturyLink, and some ISP in Hong Kong whose name I forget, that every so often it will decide that it can't "find" a web page... usually one that I was just at, and often including metafilter! Instead of going to the page I want, it redirects me to a CenturyLink search page, like this, which has the link I want at the very top (www.metafilter.com in this example), yet when I click on that link from their completely extraneous search page, it just goes back to the same search page?! I am travelling, and this is not my home ISP. I am using Firefox, with NoScript. But I only have this problem with certain ISPs (namely, CentruyLink, and whatever it was in Hong Kong).

So. Itchy.

pikeandshield — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00:00 -0800

YANAMD. I have many mosquito-bite like pimples on my arms, legs and parts of my back, which typically become itchy in the evenings. As I'm currently abroad and travelling I'm paranoid that it's the symptom of some rare tropical disease and I'm harbouring a parasite or something. Please put the mind of this hypochondriac at rest! They look almost like acne when they're settled down, but sometimes become itchy and flare up like a mosquito bite. I can count about 15 on my arms and another 10 on my legs. (Pics: arm back forearm wrist)

They've appeared about 3 days ago, 2 days after returning home from SEA (Bangkok and Siem Reap) - initially I just thought they were hives so would go away in a few hours, but they're still here in the same spot 3 days later (albeit not as itchy or swelled). I'm currently in transit in a third country (Japan) before going back home in another fortnight. I have travel insurance with medical cover, but I want to know whether I can just wait for 2 weeks until I get home, or whether this seems like something worth going through the arduous admin for to get treated here in Japan.

I have no fever or anything but do have general malaise (which I attributed to tiredness from my trip), plus some stomach aches and gastro (but not overly out of the ordinary). Is this bedbugs? Hayfever? Heat? Hives? Tapeworm? YANAMD, but just asking for some reassurance or insights into what this is/isn't.

Mission Impossible?

Gringos Without Borders — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:48 -0800

Can I make my connecting flight, DC edition. I arrive in Dulles at 12:30 PM on Saturday, May 1 on an international flight. My connecting flight takes off from DCA (Reagan National) at 2:47 PM. Will I be able to make it given distance and traffic?

I am considering not checking in any luggage so that I can get out of Dulles quicker. I will be taking a taxi if that matters.

Daft Punk - Contact sample source

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:33:18 -0800

Contact by Daft Punk supposedly "contains audio from the Apollo 17 mission used by courtesy of NASA and Capt. Eugene Cernan". The sample says: "Hey Bob, I'm looking at what Jack was talking about and it's definitely not a particle that's nearby. It is a bright object and it's obviously rotating because it's flashing, it's way out in the distance, certainly rotating in a very rhythmic fashion because the flashes come around almost on time. As we look back at the Earth it's up at about 11 o'clock, about maybe ten or twelve diame...Earth diameters. I don't know whether that does you any good, but there's something out there." When I Google this I find only Daft Punk references. Is it a genuine soundbite from the Apollo 17 mission or did those wacky French robots make it up?

How do I say "Psst...I'm still available for that 9-to-5..."?

slightlyamused — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:05 -0800

I interviewed for this position over a month ago, and it went really well. According to a family friend who also works there (and informed me of the available position to begin with), I was a top contender for the job, but they ultimately went with another person with experience, whereas I had none (even though it was entry level - but I get it, experience is better than lack thereof. No hard feelings here). PLOT TWIST: Two days ago, I find out via friend that they just discovered this new person lied about having a degree, so she's as good as gone. Friend suggested I send a nonchalant email to remind them of my existence, hinting at the fact that I'm still available. How do I do this subtly without it sounding awkward as hell after over a month? I don't think I'm supposed to know about this turn of events because friend was pretty hush hush about it, and I certainly don't want to throw friend under the bus or get him in trouble. How do I go about this? Extra details:

- they never called me to say I didn't get the job (friend gave me the update when he saw the new person on her first day)

- I admittedly didn't send the interviewer a thank you note for interviewing me because... Shoot, to be honest, I don't know why I didn't. Before this, I'd never really interviewed for a job that was this grown-up and formal and "interview etiquette-y" - my past job interviews had been for more casual part-time jobs in high school and college that I'd usually hear back from either on the spot or soon enough thereafter that I never really had time to send thank-you notes. This job interview, however, was probably one in which a follow-up thank you note would have been nice... Is it too late to use this opportunity for that?

I so very much appreciate any ideas or suggestions from you lovely folks. Also, 'tis my first on-the-books question (though I'm a regular lurker), so I'm so sorry if I've done anything that goes against the code of question-posting... I don't think I have though..

Shiren the English-speaking Wanderer

ignignokt — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:44:05 -0800

I'm trying to play the SNES version of Shiren the Wanderer, with the English translation patch, on a Mac. The ROM without the patch works fine. When I put the patch in the same directory with the same base filename (the procedure for using a patch), the ROM loads and hangs. I'm using SNES9X as my emulator. Has anyone gotten this working? I'm willing to try any emulator.

to clemp? to climp?

komara — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:07:32 -0800

I'm looking for a set of five verbs in the English language that each A.) have only one vowel and B.) share all the remaining letters in the same order. The closest example I can think of off the top of my head is [bag / beg / bog / bug] but big isn't a verb. If no such set of five verbs exists I'd be happy to hear of sets of four, or even the sets of three that you can think up. If a set of five nouns exists I'd like to know though I won't be as excited about it. Finally, if you do find a set of five verbs that fit that criteria I'd love to know how you came across them. Just thought about it until you worked it out? Did a web search? Used a program like The Electronic Alveary?

Order of names in a letter signature matter when sent from a couple?

Arandia — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:08:16 -0800

My wife and I were writing a brief thank-you note to some friends, and she was helping to edit. I then signed it off as 'Arandia & Wife' -- only my wife says that it should be 'Wife & Arandia', since *I* wrote the letter and it is coming from my email address. I have never heard of this rule before, but she claims that it is a grammar rule that she remembers from English class. This isn't a formal business letter, just a note between friends -- but ever since 'fixing' it I've become a little curious.

Google has proven marvellously unhelpful here but as the saying goes -- 'absence of evidence is not evidence of absence'. I can't find anyone talking about this 'rule' but that doesn't mean it isn't out there. So, my fellow mefites, I turn to you. Have any of you ever heard of this before?

How to safely mod minecraft?

H. Roark — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:17 -0800

My kid wants me to install a bunch of mods to minecraft, I'm confused about the process. Installing mods seems much different then say on Steam games where its integrated into the application. I'm uncomfortable just following sketchy links on message boards to download and install jars/executables, but thats the process as I've seen it described. Is there a more obvious way to do this? Given a named mod like the "more animals mod" are you really supposed to go to a place like this and just trust the links? Is there some kind of registry where you know you are getting some non-malware code? Some examples that seem overly complicated: how to mod 1, example2. Thanks.

It's from Vivre sa vie.

MiaWallace — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:09:48 -0800

Can someone who speaks French tell me exactly how this quote should be formatted? A friend wants to get the following quote tattooed on herself:

Click me!

What we're not sure about is which manner of accent marks there are in the words "preter" and "soi-meme." If someone could be awesome and type it out for her, we'd be much obliged. No one likes a mis-accented tattoo.

Desert garden plant I.D. help, please

faineant — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:57 -0800

This very pretty flowering plant lives in a cultivated desert garden in south-western Arizona; I don't think it is a native plant (although I could be wrong!) but it was purchased in a garden center for planting in the area. Unfortunately, the tag on the plant was lost - can anyone tell me what plant it is? Thanks for any help!

Did 26F do the right thing to 30M?

starsatnight — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:53:40 -0800

26F have been seeing 30M about 1x a week for almost three months with no conversations about what it is. His actions suggest that his interest level is moderate but not high, my interest level is high but that has not been expressed, though the last few times I have been the one to initiate plans. Most recently, he suggested an alternate plan to my invitation, but feeling frusterated, I never responded. Not sure what action I should take from here... am I wrong to think he will contact me again if his interest level is higher than I percieve? Or wrong to go radio silent when he has never done the same to me?

ID this tree

ditto75 — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:48 -0800

Picture here. The flowers give off a mild, sweet smell and are kinda sticky at the white, hollow ends. The shells on the left open into halves, and those halves are divided in half, so I doubt they are nutshells (unless those nuts come pre-cut into quarters). This all came from a tree with wide green leaves, here in the southeast USA. That's all I remember about it. Any ideas what tree this might be? Any help would be appreciated!

How do insurance companies test for tobacco use?

deliciae — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:07 -0800

Someone asked me this this morning, and I have no idea so I thought I would throw it out to the green. I was asked: "In every insurance application I have ever filled out, there is a question about cigarette smoking, and smokers are charged higher rates to reflect the higher rates of related health issues. How do insurance companies test for smoking? I am sure insurance companies have ways to figure out if you've lied on the application so they can find a reason to deny your claims, but what are they? Are there ways to get around the test results as there are with marijuana tests?"

For the record I am not encouraging anyone to smoke, or to commit insurance fraud by lying about smoking - I am wondering about this because I have never thought of it myself before today.

Thanks!

Name that pre-teen book!

hmo — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:38:03 -0800

I read this sometime in the 80s. It was a chapter book, just shy of YA. And it's title was something like "The 45th Thing I Love About Amelia" or "The 45th Best Thing I Love About Anastasia" (wrong number, wrong name). Oh, and at the end, the mom opens a closet door and there's a dead dog inside or something. I think it was first person, told from the title character. It was primarily about a girl, her family and friends. Throughout the story, her mother (and possibly other characters?) list off things they love about her or something similar, which is where the title comes from.

A pet or some animal dies, and some of the characters hide the body in the closet. At the end of the book, the mom is saying something like, "the 85th thing I love about you is that you BLAH BLAH BLAH" as she is opening the closet door to investigate the smell that has been growing in the last half of the book, and then BAM -- book ends.

Becoming Mr & Mrs Fish when we're split between two continents

nerdfish — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:29 -0800

Mr Fish popped the question last Friday and we're getting married and ZOMG and oh shit weddings. Only problem is we've put down roots in another country. How did you negotiate getting married when there are 16 hour flights involved? We're in the Netherlands but are from Australia/Canada. We've lived here for more than three years and have a lot of good friends here. We've only been back to Australia once, and with the exception of family and a couple of very good friends I feel like our ties there have kind of weakened.

So here's my question: where on earth do we get married? My first gut impulse is that I'd be uncomfortable with two ceremonies - it would feel too fake and weird. I'd be glad to elope, but our parents would be devastated, and if we're going to have a wedding I'd prefer to see it as a gift for our friends and family than something totally focused on us (if that makes sense). The only wedding-related decision we've made is that we want to do it next year to allow time to deal with logistics. If you were in this position, how did you handle it? What solution worked for you?

Mac/iPhone filter: picture to GPS coordinates, as few steps as possible

chrisinseoul — Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:19 -0800

I'm a travel blogger - the sort that tries to give *good* directions to places I've traveled. Here in Thailand, there's no easy way of figuring out the address system (the locals barely seem to use them - and the Thai script is admittedly still a mystery)... The solution has been to snap a picture with my iPhone's built-in camera app, with the GPS turned on. The idea is to provide the GPS coordinates and a URL to those coordinates on Google Maps. This captures the place, but then involves loading it onto the computer, matching up features on Picasa's map to Google Maps, then right-clicking the 'What's Here?' to get the coordinates. What I'd love is a website or an app on the iPhone or for the Mac that can look at a picture and display the GPS coordinates - bonus points if it shows the point on Google Maps... Is there anything like that out there? :)