I'm looking for a way to extend home WiFi into an adjoining building, where laying cable is not an option and packaging/LOS is a concern. I'd also like to reduce equipment cost, while not compromising endpoint throughput. Specific details inside.
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posted by TheNewWazoo
on Jun 3, 2013 -
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Earlier this week, Mrs. Zooropa gave birth to our son, Elias (we call him Eli). He is our first, so of course, we are taking all sorts of photos and video on our phones, and have received a ton of requests from grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.
Here's my question: what's the best and easiest way to share photos and videos with all these folks?
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posted by zooropa
on Feb 24, 2013 -
30 answers
For a research project, we’re asking ~24 high school and college students to log their experiences with homework by sending us text messages and photos over the course of about two weeks. Is there a site where they can send those messages so that we could see them from a computer? There are particular features we’re seeking... What comes closest to satisfying them?
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posted by daisyace
on Feb 19, 2013 -
5 answers
I've been offered first dibs on renting a super nice house. Unfortunately I need to find at least 1 and ideally 2 people to rent it with me. Just asking around my network if they know anyone hasn't worked out. I'm pretty sure Craigslist is the next best option...what should put in my post, and ask potential people in person, to weed out the crazies?
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posted by genmonster
on Jan 27, 2013 -
21 answers
Hubby says we should get an iPad for Christmas and share it. How many couples do this and find that it works out ok? My first thought was that a mobile device is usually personalized. What if I put my books and tons of apps on and he thinks its too much and gets in the way of his finding stuff? Can we each have different "home pages" or am I just being selfish? I'm more techie and experimental than he is. How do we decide who gets custody of the iPad and when? I dunno maybe I'm over thinking this.
posted by sandra194
on Dec 6, 2012 -
39 answers
Can Ipad (or any other tablet) be used to browse and view a folder of documents (mostly PDF/Office) on a shared drive over Wifi without actually downloading the file to the device?
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posted by djfreex
on Apr 4, 2012 -
9 answers
What's a good way to give a class full of people the opportunity to share email addresses?
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posted by ManInSuit
on Feb 25, 2012 -
12 answers
Looking for an equivalent to Songza as it was in jukebox format, not internet radio/streaming/build your own station format. Essentially, I want to be able to link to any specific song and share that link with anyone. Bonus if the link is compatible with most social networking sites (Google+, Facebook, etc).
posted by monichacha
on Aug 7, 2011 -
6 answers
What's the name of that song that you play on your running playlist that makes you push yourself further? You know the one - you're jogging at a decent, steady pace and then it comes on and mentally you go "Oh, YES!" and suddenly everything seems to get a lot more awesome and you are running full pelt with a huge grin on your face.
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posted by longbaugh
on Jun 15, 2011 -
104 answers
What is "Yaza Kilolardan Kurtularak Girmek İstermisin?" Has The Onion's Facebook sharing section been hacked, or is it my computer?
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posted by Jorus
on Apr 20, 2011 -
2 answers
OK, facebook started doing this thing where every time I click the Like button on any website, it generates a facebook post on my behalf, complete with wrongly selected thumbnail. Anybody know how to deactivate this?
posted by Silky Slim
on Feb 28, 2011 -
13 answers
Your at a conference. You brought a laptop for people to see photos and share a picture they like to FB, Twitter &/or Email. Can be from a photo gallery on the laptop (preferably) - or web based.
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posted by livin4u
on Nov 19, 2010 -
3 answers
I have a Blogger blog. People other than me have been semi-regularly sharing my blog posts on Facebook. Neat! But I don't like how Facebook
previews the content of my blog post. It shows a photo of my face (from my Blogger profile) and the permanent text from my blog's banner. I wish it would preview the beginning of the blog post (and, ideally, not show my face). This issue seems to be Blogger-specific.
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posted by John Cohen
on Sep 20, 2010 -
16 answers
I just want to upload some files that other people can then download. Evernote and Dropbox require passwords or emailing. I just want the files available to anybody who knows they're there.
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posted by largecorp
on Jun 30, 2010 -
19 answers
What is the best way of splitting the rent for a 2 bedroom place where a couple share one room and a single shares the other?
posted by teem
on Jun 17, 2010 -
25 answers
Is there a method or inexpensive tool that will allow me to use two internet connections at the same time across a network?
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posted by letitrain
on Apr 21, 2010 -
8 answers
I've been told I can legally share my personal copy of packaged software (in this case MS Office) with a non-profit organization as long as they only install it on one machine. Is this true?
posted by carriest
on Mar 15, 2010 -
10 answers
I'm looking for a place to share audio files with friends and family. Nothing copyrighted; mainly voice memo recordings, for my parents of their grandchild.
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posted by snarfois
on Feb 14, 2010 -
9 answers
Hotel/Hotspot wifi question: Is it possible to share the same connection on many devices? say my laptop/ipod/SIP phone without paying incrementally for each device?
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posted by london302
on Feb 6, 2010 -
8 answers
Knowing that two of my housemates plan to leave the third one high and dry, while he has no idea about it, do I tell him? Or is this a breach of trust to them?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 14, 2009 -
25 answers
I have a 1TB secondary drive in my desktop computer that I have the root of shared over my local network. Inside are 5 folders, all but one of I want to be accessible over the network (one is a backup folder I don't want accessible to other network computers). Before I reinstalled my OS I had figured some way of changing the permissions so that if I was on the desktop itself I could get into the backup folder, but if I was on any other computer on the network I could see the shared drive and modify any folder but the backup one. I just recently reinstalled Windows Vista (Went from 32 bit to 64 bit) and now I can’t remember how I had set the permissions.
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posted by token-ring
on Aug 23, 2009 -
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I own some UK stock which is listed on the London Stock exchange. The companies' shares aren't registered in the United States and cannot be sold in the US.
I would like to sell a portion of these shares, so I would like to find the name of an English bank and a telephone number for the appropriate person at the bank.
posted by Daddysugar
on Apr 28, 2009 -
4 answers
Two SMB shares on OSX with same/similar names causing big headaches. Is there a way to force mount points?
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posted by furtive
on Mar 25, 2009 -
1 answer
How would one go about creating a playlist akin to a mixtape (ie with specifically ordered songs), to share with a friend via thumb drive/zip file?
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posted by miss_scarlett
on Feb 25, 2009 -
3 answers
On a Windows share with a complex file tree, is there any way to lock down the tree so that folders can be added by all, but the directory structure itself can't be changed?
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posted by bartleby
on Oct 13, 2008 -
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I have a project I just completed for my MEdu program. As part of that I created a video. I recorded it on my Panasonic SDR-H18 camera, edited it with the ImageMixer3 crap software that came with the camera and joined two clips into the movie I wanted. The problem? The end result seems too large to upload anywhere. The video is just under 1 GB. So I broke the video up into parts 1 and 2, 790 MB and 227 MB respectfully. I still can't upload even the smaller clip.
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posted by sisflit
on Aug 12, 2008 -
16 answers
Scary roommate situation. I want to leave and I'm trying to figure out if I have any way of getting my money back, which I really need to help me get another room.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 5, 2008 -
32 answers
Ideas for creating a website for a campus TV station; basically a blog with embedded videos but I still need ideas and guidance.
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posted by the_dude
on Mar 24, 2008 -
3 answers
Where can I find a standalone device that has a female DB-15 VGA port on one side and a female Cat-5 on the other, with a VNC server in between?
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posted by yellowbkpk
on Feb 8, 2008 -
17 answers
Help a new OSX user love his Mac. How do I share my pictures folder with another user on the same computer?
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posted by sauril
on Sep 12, 2007 -
4 answers
Can you please tell me about the strengths and weaknesses of the following database: MorningStar , Value Line , Standard & Poor's , Lipper ?
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posted by cluelessguru
on Aug 23, 2007 -
2 answers
How do I integrate several sub-networks for Windows/Samba compatibility in a rather complicated home-office environment?
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posted by loquacious
on Aug 12, 2007 -
5 answers
looking for Online real time webbased share monitoring services specifically for the footise
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posted by complience
on Jun 14, 2007 -
1 answer
Here's what I know: I can access my smb share without difficulty via the Finder/Network or by mounting it manually, but what I can't seem to do is automount my samba share on boot/login. There's a
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posted by furtive
on Jan 2, 2007 -
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