Please help me identify the author and exact text of a quote. To paraphrase, "Man is a complicating creature, which only simplifies under duress." [more inside]
posted by degrees_of_freedom on Sep 11, 2009 - 3 answers

Simplifying life and purging my junk. I'm exhausted and I haven't even started. How to make it easier, less painful, and maybe even profitable? [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster on Dec 26, 2007 - 57 answers

MeFites: Share with me your favorite math tricks, truisms and formulas that clarified and simplified math problems and made life easier in high school and college. [more inside]
posted by dropkick on Feb 24, 2007 - 59 answers

What are some cheap and effective ways to make your life easier? [more inside]
posted by 0xFCAF on Jun 12, 2006 - 42 answers

Fellow graphic designers: I need help thinning out my collection of samples and portfolio materials. What should I keep? please hope. [more inside]
posted by whatnot on Jan 18, 2006 - 8 answers

Is there a mathematical technique for simplifying ratios/fractions? [more inside]
posted by lunkfish on Dec 17, 2005 - 21 answers

I'm paring down categories on a website and I'm looking for a single phrase that can be used to replace "Contact Us" and "Locations." The info on each page is too similar, so I'd like to create a single page with contact info and location maps. It's for a medical practice with two offices. Limitation: around 12-15 letters maximum, to match the other categories and stay within the limitations of the menu. Thanks!
posted by letitrain on May 26, 2005 - 19 answers

Simplifying eps vector drawings. I'm looking for a way to eliminate overlapping paths in complex line drawings. Almost all of the lines are made up of multiple independent, straight paths sitting precisely on top of each other. To shrink the file size and make editing easier I'd like to get rid of this redundancy. Is converting to raster then back to vector the best solution? [more inside]
posted by shoos on Jan 25, 2005 - 17 answers

My father, though a very iintelligent and respected lawyer, says he often has trouble accepting the idea of macro-evolution, because he says to him the idea is too vast to take in. Can anyone suggest some books on the topic that can explain evolution better than my feeble attempts?
posted by Sangermaine on Jan 16, 2005 - 22 answers