http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/something Questions tagged with 'something' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:47:53 -0800 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:47:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/132235/Have%2D125%2Dromance%2Dnovels%2DWhat%2Dcan%2DI%2DBUILD%2Dthem%2Dinto RedGreenShowFilter: I've got a bunch of crisp paperback romance novels I've scavenged from dumpsters around town, and I'd rather turn them into something than read or try selling them. What can I <i>build</i> using them? I'm thinking clear box tape instead of duct, so the corny covers will still be visible. Bonus points for something handy. There's about 125 of them, at 4.25" x 6.25 " x (varying thickness, avg .75"). I can get hundreds more at local used book shops for less than $.50 each. <br> <br> No idea too crazy, as long as it's feasible with 125 books, or more within reason. <br> <br> That pretty much eliminates a giant Gundam, alas. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.132235 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:47:53 -0800 backs box build diving duct dumpster green novels paper paperbacks red redgreeshow romance romancenovels show something tape Quarter Pincher http://ask.metafilter.com/91422/nice%2Dchair I want to buy two <a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/classics/barcelona-chair.do?search=basic&keyword=barcelona&sortby=ourPicks&page=1">Barcelona® chairs</a>, but $5000 each is ridiculous. Is there a physical or online store that sells modern and classic modern furniture at reasonable prices? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91422 Wed, 14 May 2008 15:39:39 -0800 and between Corbusier Ikea Le something plexi http://ask.metafilter.com/37147/arrgghhh Just got fired from my teaching gig... need directions to somewhere cool. I graduated college last year with a poli sci degree, just spent a year teaching social studies at my old high school and love(d) it. I found out yesterday they won't be renewing my contract due to pretty strong philosophical differences I have with the administration. <br> <br> I don't know what to do or where to go now. I'm very open to teaching high school again and the Pacific Northwest or Australia/New Zealand are on my mind... it seems like a great chance to get out my hometown. I want to be somewhere relatively urban (in a bike-able and cultural way) yet laid back and open to mavericks and free-thinkers. Somewhere where trends aren't so deeply imbedded into the culture and where someone can just kinda walk in and fit in pretty quickly. San Francisco, Eugene, and Portland are high on my domestic list.<br> <br> I was thinking of continuing with my summer travel plans by buying a Greyhound pass then hopping around the Pacific Northwest dropping in resumes...<br> <br> I've got awesome letters of recogmendation from the other teachers and head of the department... Any ideas on what I should do? Where should I go? How to get a job across the oceans or country? What's the first step in getting out of the seas of ambiguity?<br> <br> This is a very open-ended thread... just suggestions for someone with no other skills than writing, thinking about things, knowing about things, and getting things done when motivated, and taking pictures of garbage cans. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.37147 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:01:13 -0800 eugene fired francisco next? or portland san something teaching to where trinarian http://ask.metafilter.com/11710/Does%2Danyone%2Dknow%2Dwhat%2Dhappened%2Dto%2DTaco%2Dthe%2DWonder%2DDog%2Dthat%2Dused%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dhosted%2Dby%2DSomething%2DAwful Does anyone know what happened to Taco the Wonder Dog that used to be hosted by Something Awful? Or if the artistic genius behind TTWD has moved onto bigger and better things? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.11710 Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:59:39 -0800 awful dog something tac TTWD wonder Satapher