Have Computers invented new real-world games?
Are there games that were invented as computer games and then became popular as real world games? Many computer games today are computer versions of games that can be played using physical objects....
View ArticleUK TV license: Streaming from a private TV in a foreign country?
Do I need a UK TV License to watch a foreign TV using a slingbox? This may sound like a trick question but its not. We don't have a TV license because we have no TV and do not watch live TV on our...
View ArticleRecommend me a Stage piano?
Stage pianos: My old Roland RD-100 stage piano has given up the ghost. Does anyone have recommendations for a replacement? Requirements within. I am really looking for the most minimal replacement for...
View ArticleIs this Google tracking?
Once in a while, when trying to load a page, I can see that my browser (Chrome) is telling me that its accessing csi.gstatic.com. What is this? Searching for this seems to imply its Google-related but...
View ArticleDumb Excel question
Excel-Filter: I am using Excel 2011 (for Mac, if it matters). I want to create a simple X-Y chart of two columns. That's it. Should be simple. But I must be missing something. So, I have two columns. I...
View ArticleWhere was I in Vietnam or Laos?
Five years ago, while either in Vietnam or Laos (memory is hazy), I was taken out to a remote working Buddhist monastery. We went by taxi and walked into the monastery at night. I managed to snap this...
View ArticleLouis habla Espanol?
The comedian Louis C.K. is Mexican, having grown up in Mexico with Spanish as his first language. His family is still in Mexico too. Can anyone help me find audio/video of Louis actually speaking Spanish?
View ArticleIt's an honor to be born in Sampencisco.
What is the native San Francisco accent? That is, the accent that San Franciscans had in the middle of the 20th century. Was it as distinctive as a Boston or New York accent? This is a question that...
View ArticleWhats wrong with Apple Mail IMAP
Migrating from Thunderbird to Apple Mail (on OSX Lion). Apple Mail takes about an hour to get messages from the IMAP server whereas Thunderbird gets them instantly. What may be going on? Same IMAP...
View ArticleBreakfast spots in Berlin?
I'll be in Berlin for about a week and would appreciate recommendations for cafes/breakfast places. I'll be staying on the border between Kreuzberg and Neukölln so places near there would be especially...
View ArticleDo the Rails not buckle in Spain?
One one of the hottest days of the year here in the UK, train delays and outright cancellations are being explained as due to Hot Rails and the threat of rail buckling. Can someone explain this to me?...
View ArticleWhy was I cooled down as a newborn baby?
My mother has always told me that after she gave birth to me, the doctors snatched me away in a hurry. She wasn't clear why. Later they took her to where I was - inside a small cold bed by myself where...
View ArticleHelp me turn a candle into a coffee mug
So we bought a candle that comes inside a ceramic coffee mug. We thought we could use the candle and then have a coffee mug at the end of it all. But things are not so easy. The wick seems to be...
View ArticleMaking best use of an unused ticket
We both have an upcoming (return) flight scheduled. We both flew out but only one of us is flying back. She can make it. I can't. The flight is non-refundable, non-changable. How can she best make use...
View ArticleMusical Note?
Is there a transcription of this musical postcard by Debussy? Or, better yet, has anyone recorded it?
View ArticleMad Scientist stories
Recommend me Mad Scientist stories you have read. More details inside: One outstanding example is William Sloane's The Edge of Running Water. These stories may fall into different genres: Mystery,...
View ArticleUS Service to send my mom a printout?
Occassionally, my mom needs a hardcopy of things. She doesn't have a computer nor does she want to deal with printers anyways. Is there a reliable service I can email a document to and have them...
View ArticleI want to go to the Getty Museum (complication: no car)
Can you help me get from San Diego North County to the J.Paul Getty Museum in LA? Due to driving license mixups, I won't have a car and cannot rent one. Please help me LA-savvy mefites! Options...
View ArticleRapid Covid Test in San Diego?
We are in San Diego. As per new requirements, we have to get a negative Covid Test before boarding our plane back to Portugal later this week. I don't know how this works in the US. Where and how is...
View ArticleMexican Food Express
Any chance my mom can bring homemade Mexican food with her when she travels from California to the Netherlands - direct flight - next year? That's the question. I miss her homemade tamales and she...
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