I'd like to transfer several hours of audio from old cassette tapes to CD for my mom and to iPod for me. Of course if I can get them to CD I can take it from there. [more inside]
posted by dawson at at 7:19 PM - 9 answers

How do industrial and product designers or human factors engineers or ergonomics experts talk about the safety implications of redundant controls? [more inside]
posted by gum at at 1:32 PM - 3 answers

At the end of a badass and beautiful backpacking trip, my digital camera's memory card suddenly read "format error." My camera is a dinosaur Sony Cybershot with merely 3.2 megapixels. I downloaded Photorec and tried to recover the photos, but all I ended up with was a 13.9 Meg mpg file... [more inside]
posted by punkbitch at at 12:34 PM - 4 answers

Is there any way to modify or use an external part to get an Alesis Micron to run on batteries? [more inside]
posted by Mali at at 11:23 AM - 3 answers

I'd like to get a German dictionary/language program for my Blackberry Curve. Any recommendations or caveats? [more inside]
posted by foxy_hedgehog at at 10:08 AM - 1 answers

Where can I buy some Philips SBCH5385 headphones? [more inside]
posted by tnuocca 2 at at 9:04 AM - 2 answers

The g/f is starting her hospital rotations in 2 months, and apparently they must have a PDA. Any med students/doctors care to recommend a make/model, or software for it once we pick one out? Thanks.
posted by R_Nebblesworth at at 6:54 PM - 8 answers

Cannot find "Creative Suite Color Settings" under edit in Bridge. [more inside]
posted by willy_dilly at at 5:44 PM - 1 answers

I wish to insert a namespaced XML document into an (X)HTML web page. The "XML Data Island" trick is verboten. There appears to be two ways of accomplishing this. Both continue to elude me. [more inside]
posted by five fresh fish at at 5:44 PM - 15 answers

Hot glue: I need a REALLY INDUSTRIAL hot glue gun. Something that puts the glue out like nobodies business. Something that won't make my fingers tired either if I'm doing it all day, if possible. I can spend up to $150. What works?
posted by Murray M at at 3:04 PM - 5 answers

Are there any websites that allow you to upload photos and get paid for people printing them? [more inside]
posted by sliderjc at at 11:20 AM - 11 answers

Can someone help me understand the relationship between the bit size of an SSL certificate and the size of the session key used? (If any). [more inside]
posted by cayla at at 11:19 AM - 3 answers

Has anyone been able to successfully run Nethack or any roguelike on the Blackberry (8830)? I've exhausted my ability to find anything relevant from google later than 2004. Thanks!
posted by lyam at at 7:54 AM - 4 answers

Portable radio antenna is loose and falling over. Can I fix? [more inside]
posted by JanetLand at at 5:39 AM - 1 answers

Adobe Indesign: I'm getting weird lines on my images when i export in Jpeg. [more inside]
posted by herbiehancock00 at at 12:03 AM - 10 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for a Digital Video Recorder for Australian Free to Air TV that also gets information from an EPG of some type. [more inside]
posted by Admira at at 11:38 PM - 6 answers

How common were broken-off knobs on old TVs? [more inside]
posted by Tube at at 11:10 PM - 29 answers

So I just realized I've lost the GPS I bought thanks to a previous AskMe. Presuming I don't miraculously find it, what should I replace it with? [more inside]
posted by wierdo at at 10:38 PM - 4 answers

If I've got a Blogger-hosted blog with multiple contributors, is there any way to easily see how many posts each person has submitted, short of counting them all manually?
posted by TheTelf at at 2:50 PM - 3 answers

Where can I get a mod chip for the original Playstation? [more inside]
posted by bradbane at at 2:05 PM - 6 answers

Will a UK DVD player have enough power, using an adaptor, to work properly in Canada? [more inside]
posted by sabotagerabbit at at 1:09 PM - 8 answers

I used to use a program called DU Super Controler to limit bandwidth to World of Warcraft and keep it from crashing my DSL modem. This doesn't appear to work with Vista. What will? [more inside]
posted by dagnyscott at at 12:20 PM - 2 answers

I've been tasked with finding an e-commerce consulting company to help guide us (we are a wing of a fortune 500 company) through the entire e-commerce process. Not so much creating it necessarily, but more guidance/consulting. My google-fu is yielding all fluff. Ideally, looking for "Company X helped Barnes & Noble switch to an online storefront" type of info, so I can back up any suggestions I might be able to make.
posted by cha4 at at 8:40 AM - 9 answers

LCD vs Plasma displays for displaying text? What's the difference? [more inside]
posted by ThomThomThomThom at at 8:17 AM - 5 answers

Swapping a car's stereo head unit: I would really like to replace my car's ailing Blaupunkt CD player with a more modern head unit, ideally one with a front aux-in for my iPhone. Before I embarked on this I thought it would (should!) be as simple as popping out the old HU, slotting the new one in and simply reconnecting the connector block. [more inside]
posted by dance at at 2:18 PM - 11 answers

TyperwriterFilter: Why is my manual typewriter's type "dirty"? Can I clean it up by technique or maybe a different ribbon? [more inside]
posted by long haired lover from liverpool at at 1:28 AM - 20 answers

So I connected my iPod Video (60 Gb, Windows formatted) to a friend's PC and iTunes wiped it clean. Is there any way I can recover my music? Please help! [more inside]
posted by harhailla.harhaluuossa at at 2:16 PM - 10 answers

Canon PowerShot got wet in a rainstorm. I can view pics, but I can't take pics. When switching to record mode, the viewfinder goes black and I get a small error message reading 'E24'. Does anyone know what this means or if it's fixable? Camera is out of warranty.
posted by gnutron at at 11:00 AM - 7 answers

What is the ideal size for a browser's disk cache? [more inside]
posted by wastelands at at 9:08 AM - 11 answers

How Do I Load a Color Mgmt. Profile into Photoshop CS2? [more inside]
posted by philmas at at 8:48 AM - 3 answers

How do I get my Xbox 360 to use my laptop speakers? [more inside]
posted by MostHolyPorcine at at 10:57 PM - 4 answers

Is iphoto the best choice to produce a cross-platform movie of a slide show? [more inside]
posted by bchaplin at at 3:33 PM - 6 answers

Is there an e-book reader that comfortably displays PDFs made by scanning type (i.e., PDFs that are images and don't have plain text data)? [more inside]
posted by grobstein at at 3:28 PM - 6 answers

Twitterberry on my blackberry curve gives a network request failed error message when trying to update or access the public timeline. What's going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated. [more inside]
posted by quaisi at at 11:28 AM - 12 answers

I am considering buying a Wii. If I do, what accessories and games should I get to go along with it? [more inside]
posted by bove at at 10:24 AM - 34 answers

What kind of scratch does a wind turbine technician make?
posted by parallax7d at at 10:02 AM - 4 answers

Can I create a PDF that shows one footer when displayed on screen, but prints a (slightly) different one? [more inside]
posted by toxic at at 9:46 AM - 3 answers

How to pay for a computer programming class? [more inside]
posted by bob bisquick at at 7:11 AM - 1 answers

Is there a service that will give me a "throwaway" phone number in another US area code (of my choice) that will ring on a second (US) phone number I specify? Looking for a solution that's dead simple, and free or very cheap.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at at 6:21 AM - 5 answers

How to remove minor battery corrosion from the positive end of the battery compartment on my Polaroid Land Camera. [more inside]
posted by spicynuts at at 1:25 PM - 10 answers

Will VMWare Fusion allow me to run Microsoft OneNote smoothly? [more inside]
posted by boubelium at at 9:42 PM - 6 answers

On my external monitor (dual-monitor setup with a laptop), "maximized" windows do not take up the entire screen. How can I fix this? [more inside]
posted by DMan at at 8:47 PM - 5 answers

I'm looking at buying a Playstation 3 pretty much only so I can have a really good Blu-ray player. It's highly unlikely I'll ever buy any PS3 games beyond GTA4, Rockband and maybe Little Big Planet. Given this, should I just buy the 40GB model of the console or are the extra features of the 80GB model (flash card reader, SACD support etc) worth the extra cash in the long run?
posted by Effigy2000 at at 5:07 PM - 16 answers

Is there a way I can connect a 4 line RCA 4 Line Executive Series phone to my PC to automatically log incoming and outgoing calls to measure phone productivity? Also if it came with an autodialer that would be great. The phone has a data port so I'm thinking I can connect to it some how. Thanks for the help!
posted by bsexton at at 11:23 AM - 1 answers

The colors on the right-hand side of my projection HD-TV are slightly out of phase ... what can I do? [more inside]
posted by jbickers at at 10:12 AM - 4 answers

I need a new hobby programming project (preferably something web based but not necessarily). I want it to be useful to someone (well preferably more than one person) but non-commercial in nature. Can you suggest one? [more inside]
posted by monkeyx-uk at at 9:28 AM - 5 answers

Is there any easy way to use my nokia phone to control my (ubuntu) laptop via bluetooth? [more inside]
posted by sliderjc at at 8:46 AM - 2 answers

Does anyone know of good, free, and easy to use screen sharing applications? [more inside]
posted by xammerboy at at 8:39 AM - 13 answers

CyprusFilter: Where on the island of Cyprus are these large satellite antennas located? They belong to CYTA, the telecommunications authority of Cyprus. [more inside]
posted by thewalrus at at 7:18 AM - 6 answers

I'm a photographer looking for a scrapbooking/note-taking software for OSX. I visit alot of photographers' sites and study their photos and would like a software in which i can easily copy and paste the image and tack notes on the pictures for review later. I've been using word processor but it's too unorganized and inconvenient.
posted by willy_dilly at at 5:37 PM - 10 answers