Google Wave question: does anyone know the technical details of how blip editing works? [more inside]
posted by ook on Oct 29, 2009 - 4 answers

Cinephile seeks THE book on early film, including dissections of films by Godard, Truffaut, Bergman, Fellini and the like. Lots o' pretty pictures are great, too. Can you help?
posted by heather-b on Jul 30, 2009 - 15 answers

Why are sine waves considered "pure" tones? Why do we consider sinusoids the building blocks of periodic functions? [more inside]
posted by phrontist on Jun 28, 2008 - 35 answers

Where does the phrase "more [whatever] than you can shake a stick at" originate? [more inside]
posted by informity on Jan 30, 2007 - 12 answers

Who did the Pet Shop Boys-esque cover of Take Me, I'm Yours? I thought I heard a spacey, warm new wave version of it awhile back, but it definitely wasn't the bouncy Squeeze version. Maybe I'm imagining things. The Wiki article says there were several covers done.
posted by rolypolyman on Jan 28, 2006 - 11 answers

How do I make the settings in Nero Wave Editor 3 persist? [more inside]
posted by the cuban on Nov 12, 2005 - 0 answers

What is "modified sine-wave" power, and what will it do to my electronic devices? I have a portable Xantrex battery, and it came with a warning that certain rechargeable devices may not be compatible with its modified sine wave output. [more inside]
posted by Caviar on Jun 16, 2005 - 9 answers

Whose style did The Human League's "Don't You Want Me" video clip bite? [more inside]
posted by kuperman on May 23, 2005 - 7 answers