Performing in Deutschland?
I'm an American, planning to visit Germany for the first time in a few months; I'll be there for about a week, mostly in Berlin. I'm a musician (I do electronic pop -- I had a track on MeFiComp!), and...
View ArticleMy apartment is suddenly in a state of electrical chaos
I just installed a new lightswitch in my bathroom. Now, when I turn my living room air conditioner OFF, the power in most of my apartment goes out. And even when the AC is on, the power level is...
View ArticleHelp me buy a part that Dell doesn't want to sell me
I need to add a 3rd hard drive to my Dell Precision T1600 workstation. I want to buy this bracket to mount it in an optical drive bay. But unfathomably, Dell only sells that part in the UK and Ireland...
View ArticleHow to focus when my asthma inhaler makes me jittery and distracted?
After 8-9 months of escalating breathing problems, I saw a pulmonologist this week and was diagnosed with mild persistent asthma. He gave me a Dulera inhaler, to be used 2x daily. It's a mix of a...
View ArticleWho's compressing my JPEGs: Gmail, iPad, or WordPress?
The other day I discovered that some JPEGs I'd posted to my (self-hosted) WordPress blog had been compressed. The subject of my blog happens to be anaglyph 3D photos... and if the images are not saved...
View ArticleIs my data written to a TrueCrypt volume only when it's dismounted?
I'm very interested in TrueCrypt, and am experimenting with moving some of my files (especially stuff I keep in my Dropbox) into TrueCrypt containers. But there's one possible scenario that concerns...
View Article"Survive for long on the streets and you're a warrior." Name that tune?
In my early clubbing days, at the start of the 1990s, I used to hear a ravey/housey/techno song with a repeated refrain (possibly a vocal sample lifted from elsewhere) that sounded like "Survive for...
View ArticleDo you remember this short antiwar animation from the early 2000s?
I'm thinking about a short film -- maybe about 5 minutes long, maybe shorter -- from the early 2000s. It consisted of highly stylized animation, with a color palette which I believe was mostly...
View ArticleWhat interesting stuff can I do in D.C. on a Monday?
I'm taking a weekend trip to Washington, D.C., very soon. I plan to attend some of the city's great museums on Saturday and Sunday. I was hoping to tour the Capitol as well, possibly on Monday... but...
View ArticleHow to add/change Instagram bio link without using the app?
Instagram is now insisting I must use the app to add or modify a bio link! Is there a workaround? I avoid social media apps like the plague. In general, I avoid putting more apps on my phone than I...
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