What are some fun, quick, quirky, or otherwise compelling ways to memorize the times tables?
posted by serazin on Oct 9, 2009 - 26 answers

How can I find sales stats and chart statistics for books released over the past 30 years? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

I am looking for a quality free fantasy football site that offers a live draft where I can adjust the drafting to allow each player to take 24 hours to pick. Essentially an email draft. AOL has one but I abhor AOL and will only use them as a last resort. I like Yahoo's fantasy football interface but they don't offer an email type draft.
posted by zzazazz on Aug 8, 2008 - 4 answers

How do those overhead signs on expressways know how fast traffic is moving in order to calculate a travel time estimate? And when the traffic is light, do the estimated times on those signs reflect the legal speed limit or the current speed of the traffic? [more inside]
posted by SuperSquirrel on Apr 29, 2008 - 15 answers

Where can I find royalty free footage of new year's even in times square? The times square alliance was of no help. Preferably footage that shows the countdown/ball dropping/confetti/people/etc.
posted by ndicecco on Feb 14, 2008 - 3 answers

How long are the check-in/security queues at Gatwick Airport & Dublin airport now, BAA site seems to be down.... help Mefites? (MI) [more inside]
posted by Wilder on Aug 23, 2006 - 8 answers

How can I circumvent the NYT Op-ed wall? [more inside]
posted by willbaude on Sep 15, 2005 - 34 answers

What is the origin of the phrase "good times, good times..." (said in a mock wistful tone)?
posted by mkultra on Apr 27, 2004 - 25 answers