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My son and daughter-in-law asked me to query the MeFi Hive Mind. Here's their question regarding their son, my grandson, who is 3½, very bright, with relatively sophisticated language skills. He loves books and being read to (I read to him over Facetime). Their question: [more inside]
posted by angiep at 11:28 AM - 7 answers

A couple of years ago I read two volumes of a comic that was a very clear expy of Dragonball Z. An alien world where invincible martial artists glow and shoot beams. Very vivid use of colour, almost James Stokoe-like, but with oranges, greens and purples everywhere. [more inside]
posted by Lorc at 10:56 AM - 0 answers

Is it legitamite to pay to play as a vocialist? [more inside]
posted by anonymous at 5:56 AM - 9 answers

I've got part of what I think is an English folk song stuck in my head. What is it? [more inside]
posted by rustybullrake at 11:35 AM - 4 answers

Inspired by not being able to watch the bulk of the clips in this FPP, what other great streamable Canadian content will be available to me when I visit Canada next week that I'm not usually able to watch at home in the US? [more inside]
posted by juliapangolin at 8:35 AM - 13 answers

I have noticed that voice actors in Spain and in Germany use what I describe as an "anguished" manner of speaking. Why is this, how did it originate? Does it exist in any other languages? [more inside]
posted by sefsl at 10:33 AM - 4 answers

I'm trying to find nonfiction books about people who defected from their home (or host) countries without that country's knowledge. [more inside]
posted by Elle_Dee at 9:16 AM - 16 answers

My final product will be TikTok-type videos. [more inside]
posted by DMelanogaster at 12:21 PM - 12 answers

In preparation for a trip to Argentina and Chile, I'd like to start following the news. What's a good, English-language source for headlines? I'm not going to become an expert but I want to have nodding familiarity with the big names and issues.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:53 AM - 3 answers

OK, so I got a DJI Osmo Pocket 3, specifically for a project where I want nice-looking super-slow-motion footage. My ideal would be 4K/240fps. Unfortunately, the Pocket 3 can only do either 4K/120fps or 1080p/240fps. I’m mulling the idea of either upscaling the resolution or stretching out the frames per second. All things being equal, which of these solutions would look better?
posted by flod at 7:08 PM - 4 answers

Librarians & Project Managers of MetaFilter: do you have any words of wisdom for us? I work for a publication that publishes on newsprint. We have a room full of newspapers and we are finally about to embark on an ambitious sorting, scanning and archiving project. newsprint hoard snowflakes inside. [more inside]
posted by wowenthusiast at 12:50 PM - 5 answers

Help me figure where this movie/TV line is from. [more inside]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:59 PM - 5 answers

I’m looking for a designer’s account of creating a font. Any length is good, but the more detailed the better. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 6:30 AM - 8 answers

So I would like to download Hollywood Girl by J.P. McEvoy from Hathitrust.org. However, due to their rules, as a Google Scanned book, "If you are not affiliated with a member institution, whole book download is not available." And while the member institution list has a large number of American universities, my alma mater is not among them. Non-members can only download a page at a time. The book is the second of the Dixie Dugan novels, the first of which Show Girl, is downloadable from Google Books directly, even though similarly restricted at Hathitrust. [more inside]
posted by fings at 3:05 PM - 8 answers

i.e. The Arsenio Hall Show. I assume it must go back at least as far as radio, if not vaudeville.
posted by Lemkin at 1:37 PM - 11 answers

I'm trying to diversify my podcasts and listen to more CanCon? Whatcha got? [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 10:31 AM - 11 answers

I keep the closed captioning, i.e. subtitles, turned on while watching TV. Some of them are laughably bad and I'm hoping I can find some compassion for the poor working stiffs who have to generate them. [more inside]
posted by JimN2TAW at 7:11 PM - 8 answers

Can you recommend any children's novels that feature an elementary-school-age boy with both an older and younger sister? [more inside]
posted by potrzebie at 2:06 PM - 20 answers

For how a vision of the future always seems an obvious product of the era that created it? Like how 2001: A Space Odyssey, Logan’s Run, and Blade Runner are unmistakably products of the 60s, 70s, and 80s respectively?
posted by Lemkin at 7:27 AM - 18 answers

What other songs sound like this one? I am looking for other songs with similar music/tempo/melodies, they can be about absolutely any topic, I'm not looking for a subject match.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 6:09 AM - 10 answers