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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| How can I motivate myself to clean and organize?What's a good replacement for iTunes on my Mac?If I have previously bad credit, when is it a good time to start applying for new cards?What's your monthly grocery budget and grocery list look like?How can I automatically convert Word 2007 files to pre-07 docs when they are dropped in a folder? |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| What's a good place to find a word's etymology?How do I build a data warehouse that scrapes data from public websites for my own use?How can I improve my interview skills?How can I successfully intoduce a cat into my household given the presence of a high strung dog?Why does iTunes hang when my wireless is wonky? |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: August 2, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| Is there such thing as a stand-alone editor for browser bookmarks files?Where do you go for occasional computer help? How can I start using tags and labels (a la Gmail) for my everyday files?What's the cheapest way to turn my jpegs into glossy, frameable wall hangings?Is there a program that can automatically monitor and analyze my broadband |
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| Soldiers Vs. Party Line in NYT |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 10:33 am |
| Tags: Iraq Sucks, The Hive Mind |
| The claim that we are increasingly in control of the battlefields in Iraq is an assessment arrived at through a flawed, American-centered framework. Yes, we are militarily superior, but our successes are offset by failures elsewhere. What soldiers call the battle space remains the same, with changes only at the margins. This according to an |
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| Mine Threat Overblown? |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 9:23 pm |
| Tags: At Sea, The Hive Mind |
| “My city’s fine outer harbor and its intergral network of connecting waterways are ideal targets for mine warfare,” writes New Yorker Arthur Cappabianca in the most recent issue of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine. Cappabianca, co-founder of a port security consulting firm, says he believes terrorists might |
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| WaPo Pulls Cartoon Because It’s Relevant |
| Published: August 26, 2007, 4:27 pm |
| Tags: Comic Strip Tease, Reporters Terrorists, The Hive Mind, Ideas For Idealists |
| The Washington Post pulled an Opus cartoon making fun of radical Islamists. Stoke the jihadist fire by clicking through to the full cartoon, published at Salon.com: |
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| Experts Say Experts Can’t Be Trusted |
| Published: August 29, 2007, 11:05 pm |
| Tags: Brainiacs, The Hive Mind, Ideas For Idealists |
| For some reason, I’m reminded of something an officer friend of mine, a recent Iraq veteran, said in a bar one night. ”If you ask anyone who understands Iraq if they understand Iraq, they say, ’No.’ Anyone who knows anything about Iraq know they don’t know anything.” (Before you go flaming me in |
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| Good News, Bad News in Lebanon |
| Published: September 3, 2007, 9:19 pm |
| Tags: Lebanon S Lame, The Hive Mind |
| The good news is that after three months battling Al-Qaeda-allied Sunni Muslim militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, Beirut can finally declare victory in this particular fight. On September 2, after a Lebanese army assault that killed 39 Fatah Al-Islam fighters, the surviving militants fled the Nahr El-Bared camp |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 11:30 am |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| About to venture into the world of online dating. Any norms/rules/trends I should know?What's the best way to start a family web page or blog?How do I hide names in Gmail?What's the best freeware DVD to .AVI or .MPG ripper for Windows XP?How do I make my TV a monitor? |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| Can I set iCal to repeat to-dos at regular intervals?How can I deal with my company's new "no headphones" policy?What can I do to fix my router if someone else's Wi-Fi network is interfering with mine?How can I get into better shape when I'm starting from absolute zero fitness?Does anyone have suggestions for a killer ultraportable laptop? |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: October 4, 2007, 11:32 am |
| Tags: Hive Mind |
| How can I keep other people in my office building from stealing our newspapers?What widescreen monitor will work well for me?I have two old PC's. Which are best suited for these tasks?What does it mean when the people who interviewed for your job you start ignoring you?I'm going to my first conference. Veteran conference-goers, any advice?How do |
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| Book Review: The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr |
| Published: October 7, 2007, 6:36 pm |
| Tags: Iraq Sucks, The Hive Mind, Wib Reads |
| For decades, Shias who like low church Christians embrace a more personal, emotional and sacrificial faith than Sunnis were effectively suppressed even in nations such as Iraq where they accounted for a majority of the population, owing in part to European preference for the orderly Sunnis during the period a hundred years ago when |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 3:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| What are some affordable, non-permanent ways we can winterize our apartment?How can I maximize fuel economy in a car with an automatic transmission?What are some good headphones that don't leak sound so I can crank it without annoying my coworkers?What's worse, being at a job for too long or not long enough?How much money would I need to live in |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 11:45 am |
| Tags: Hive Mind |
| How can I learn not to fear needles?I have a legitimate XP key but no disc, a FUBAR OS and no PC friends. What do I do?Are there any web sites or online communities in which people submit their 'ideas' for public use?What inexpensive web hosting would you recommend for my super small business?Are there tricks for getting used to high heat and |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| Which is the most hackable portable media player out there?Do I deserve my own work-related web page?How can I set up a folder whose contents are automatically printed when a new file arrives?How can I kill my introversion before it kills my relationships?How do I make my two computers and two iPods love each other? |
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