My new apartment's buzzer works by dialing a phone number. My girlfriend and I both live in the apartment. We each have cell phones, no land line, and the buzzer will only accept one number. What should we do? [more inside]
posted by PercussivePaul on Aug 11, 2009 - 22 answers

Can I split internet from one cable modem to 2 routers or is there better approach for what I am trying to achieve? [more inside]
posted by fx3000 on Aug 11, 2009 - 15 answers

Mattress-filter: I recently took a trip to Germany with my wife and was fascinated by some of the hotel beds there. Unlike some other parts of Europe, there were not two single-person beds, but seemed to be two combined. [more inside]
posted by anjiro on Jul 24, 2009 - 4 answers

Help me setup a dual-monitor XP desktop at work with minimum fuss/cost. [more inside]
posted by forwebsites on Jul 17, 2009 - 10 answers

I have a large .iso file to transport. If I split the file and burn it onto two DVDs, can I combine them again once they're on the target machine? How? [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Jul 9, 2009 - 10 answers

Having run split tests on the e-commerce website at work, how do I extract meaningful conclusions from the raw data? [more inside]
posted by gi_wrighty on Jun 24, 2009 - 2 answers

My roommate asked for me to lower his rent. I said OK. But now I'm not so sure I should have. What should I do? [more inside]
posted by wuMeFi on Jun 22, 2009 - 10 answers

How to say goodbye to someone you love? [more inside]
posted by Direwolf on May 19, 2009 - 21 answers

Is a split term mortgage a good idea? [more inside]
posted by bluefrog on May 8, 2009 - 0 answers

I have hundreds of text strings entered through a form in a Google Spreadsheets which look like 4*3 9*2 17*3 22 37*4 52. I can easily substitute " " for "+" and concatenate a "=" in front =4*3+9*2+17*3+22+37*4+52. Now I have a text string which looks like a formula but isn't one. How can I make Google Spreadsheets interpret this string as a formula? [more inside]
posted by Akeem on Mar 12, 2009 - 3 answers

Looking for a Mac text editor that can do a horizontal split pane (i.e. two panes showing the same document, side by side) [more inside]
posted by electric_counterpoint on Mar 2, 2009 - 10 answers

Should I ask my roommate to pay her share of the utilities when she was gone all month? [more inside]
posted by bluefly on Jan 16, 2009 - 26 answers

Looking at the earlier soup post, I thought I might make a nice split pea soup. Alas, I have no ham bone. I then thought I might like to try a good vegetarian version, but one of my favorite parts of the split pea experience is the salty smokey part of the soup-- which it gets from the ham. Does anyone have a good meatlovers vegetarian split pea soup recipe (if that makes sense)?
posted by oflinkey on Jan 11, 2009 - 23 answers

14 years ago I was given a baby grand piano for Christmas, where it lived at my mother's house until now. She recently remodeled and sold it (with my full agreement) since I have no room for it and interstate moving would cost as much as a new piano. She wants to give me the proceeds since it was my present, but I think we should at least split it since it was a really expensive gift and it has remained at her house. What do you think? [more inside]
posted by true on Dec 25, 2008 - 13 answers

How can I get from Venice to Dubrovnik to Athens on a backpacker budget? [more inside]
posted by the duck by the oboe on Sep 25, 2008 - 17 answers

Is Obama/Palin (or for that matter McCain/Biden) possible? [more inside]
posted by birdsquared on Sep 4, 2008 - 14 answers

Software that allows you to split up screen area for different programs in windows Vista? [more inside]
posted by Mave_80 on Jul 2, 2008 - 5 answers

What's the fairest way to split gasoline and other costs between riders on a roadtrip? [more inside]
posted by biwa-shu on Jun 23, 2008 - 12 answers

How can I split an mp4 video file in two (or three or four) on my Mac, preferably without a lengthy re-encode? [more inside]
posted by raygan on May 23, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I make my landlord tell me what I owe for bills? [more inside]
posted by jclovebrew on Dec 9, 2007 - 21 answers

Is there a free/cheap program for PC/Mac (preferably PC) that will split a .MOV into separate files? [more inside]
posted by chason on Nov 3, 2007 - 9 answers

Do relationships between the same people ever work a second time round, after a long period of time in between? [more inside]
posted by Dillonlikescookies on Oct 10, 2007 - 30 answers

DoobieFilter: Is buying Marijuana seeds legal in Canada?
posted by stungeye on Apr 19, 2007 - 8 answers

Can you help identify this split-screen movie? It's from at least 8 years ago, featuring a man, his wife/girlfriend, and their baby. Detailed description inside. [more inside]
posted by shortfuse on Jan 11, 2007 - 2 answers

What is the best way to split large amount of files on a DVD-R into CD-Rs. [more inside]
posted by rabbitsnake on Oct 24, 2006 - 5 answers

How to split a flash movie (.FLV) file? [more inside]
posted by suedehead on Jul 26, 2006 - 3 answers

Any recommendations for books, movies or other where the main character is split – either along Freudian lines (Ego/Superego/Id) or just the simple Good Guy/Bad Guy divide (whether clearly stated or not)? [May contain mild spoilers on any number of things inside] [more inside]
posted by Gucky on Jun 7, 2005 - 26 answers

I'm trying to split up big mp3's into smaller ones and my usual tricks aren't working either because either the track information I have is wrong or the CD is not listed on freedb. Do I have to suffer some number crunching or is there a better and easier way to break them up? [more inside]
posted by ralawrence on Mar 22, 2005 - 1 answer

SafariFilter or AppleScriptFilter: I very often collect bookmarks of pages I'd like to look at in Safari, through the double magic of NetNewsWire and Saft. The problem is that I end up having one folder with 180+ bookmarks in it. I often then manually split them into chunks of 20 using cut and paste, but it strikes me that there's got to be an easier way to do that automatically via AppleScript. However, my google-fu fails me in that respect. Anyone know of a link to an AppleScript that takes one bookmark folder and splits it into folders with x number of bookmarks each in them? Or any AppleScript master and MeFi resident out here savvy enough to whip one up for me? I'll send you a cute picture of my cat sunning himself in a sunbeam, if you want. :)
posted by WCityMike on Mar 15, 2005 - 4 answers

Can anyone recommend some good online resources that might help someone going through the breakup of a long term relationship? More along the lines of emotional support rather than legal.
posted by btwillig on Apr 20, 2004 - 20 answers