MetaFilter

Nightbreed, although you should look it over first. It's probably on the edge.

ParaNorman / Coraline

Hocus Pocus, The Witches, and Bedknobs & Broomsticks are likely fine.

Maybe Fright Night, but possibly too violent.

Maybe Signs or The Innkeepers? Might just be boring for a young person, though.

The Changeling, The Devil's Backbone, and Tigers Are Not Afraid are… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 6:19 PM on April 22, 2024

Yeah, RARBG is a victim of Russian/Ukraine conflict. The pirate community considers The Pirate Bay to be low quality and high risk at this point. It is not recommended as a public tracker anymore.

Piracy today, at least outside of niche and special interest, is usually done on demand via Stremio, Kodi, or similar. These applications then get hooked into torrents or debird to search and stream content on demand. Pirates usually prefer debird services to torrents now.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:41 PM on April 3, 2024 marked best answer

Tsawwassen<>Swartz Bay will be *very* busy on a long weekend, but if you are walking or cycling on to the ferry then you will probably only have a 0-1 sailing wait unless a ferry breaks down or something. You won't have trouble taking your bike on a BC Transit bus.

Saltspring is nice, if very busy on spring/summer weekends (especially Saturday due to the market). If you bring your bike it is pretty easy to get to/from Ganges or the rest of the island. Just make sure you… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:36 PM on March 19, 2024

I prefer dried cherries to raisens or cranberries in most recipes, assuming they aren't sweetened dried cherries. For example, a stuffed squash.

I might try rehydrating and cooking them with some vinegar, brown, sugar and spices to make a ketchup type sauce if I had a lot I didn't know what to do with. Fruit ketchups are often surprisingly great. A bit labor intensive with the cooking, blending, and straining though
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:41 AM on March 16, 2024

Try searching for non-foaming creams. I can't attest to the quality, but Billy Jealousy seems like they have a product that fits your description. They even call it a "shaving lubricant".

For what it is worth, you may have more luck looking at products targeted at people shaving their heads bald. I think those are usually much slicker and thin than face or leg creams.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 3:56 PM on January 18, 2024

It's a combination of the two cliches: "tears running down my face" and "chills running down my spine." We can't know exactly what Ochs intended by combining them without asking, but I find it hard to believe Ochs is unaware of the cliches or simply being lazy.

The song is from the point of view of a character that Ochs is skewering with the song, so it's likely intended as an insincere and confusing turn of phrase from the narrator. Ochs may be… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:40 PM on January 14, 2024 marked best answer

Synthesizer. Maybe something like the Medusa Black or a Torso T-1 midi controller (this is just a controller, you need to hook it up to other hardware or into a computer to use software synths).

Plenty of other options out there and also... modular, if you want to go really crazy. Synth hardware is probably the the buttoniest, knobiest, and fiddliest type of object you could ever get your hands on.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:08 PM on December 20, 2023

Coffee and Espresso machines. Braun did make one during Rams' tenure, but it allegedly doesn't make great coffee. Plenty of machines and related equipment with functional and minimal design in the coffee space, though. You might like what Fellow puts out. For actual espresso machines, I can't think of any that are particularly Rams-esque. I personally think lever style machines are the most beautiful. If you have a stupid amount of money to spend, there's the Manument Leva.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:21 PM on December 20, 2023

Agree with wenestvedt on using good quality blades. Plenty of guys are reluctant to get off of the cartridge razors, but going with an old fashioned safety razor gives you a lot more options in blades and it is so astronomically cheaper that it is no big deal to try different blades or change them as soon as they begin to dull.

Hot water, shaving soap, and a badger brush is also worlds away from shaving gels and foams from a can. Proraso cups are very good for the price… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 7:33 PM on November 22, 2023 marked best answer

Famous hunter/outdoorsman/television personality Jim Shockey converted an old public school in Duncan, BC, Canada into a museum filled with an overwhelming amount of taxidermy. There are entire rooms filled entirely with animal skulls.

Educational value is a bit limited for it to be called a museum, in my opinion, but it does have a closet of animal furs/skins/hides specifically for leafing through and touching. Y'know, in case you wanted to touch a snow leopard pelt. To… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:48 PM on September 17, 2023

I think you are better off doing a Static Site Generator and GitHub Pages kinda thing. You could still use the home computer to sync to to the GitHub repo and keep all your website development stuff, but doing it this way is easier to secure while also being a more modern approach to having a personal/vanity site. If the goal is to help your kid develop some skills then learning how to use GitHub and this kind of project structure will be very valuable.

A home server is… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 11:05 PM on August 23, 2023

Apple music is going to use ~40-70 MB per hour, depending on selected audio quality. (Assuming you are not streaming lossless. Lossless can get into the 100s of MB per hour.)

If you're the kind of person that regularly has music playing in the background as you go about your day (or while you work and commute) you can easily get to 1GB per day if you're doing that all through your mobile data plan.

Best practices for streaming is to always… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:25 PM on August 13, 2023

Mid to late October is usually the beginning of the salmon run at Goldstream. That would be worth checking out if you haven't seen it before. Plenty of day hiking to do in that area as well.

As for tour operators, they usually operate into October and close up in November. For example, Maple Leaf Adventures has a tour of Desolation Sound that still has spots available. You'd have to be able to get to North Vancouver Island, though. A lot of these kinds of tours are out… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:23 PM on August 8, 2023

https://obsidian.md/ It is by far the best note taking/bookmark/web clipping tool available right now.

There are multiple web clipper extensions and plugins that work with it. There is also a recipe grabber. That isn't exhaustive, either. There are more and something will probably agree with you.

That said, Obsidian may require more initial setup than you are willing to do. It's not too tough, especially if you're willing to pay for convenience… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:25 PM on July 26, 2023 marked best answer

I've done the winter season many times and I personally think it is the nicer time to go. That said, It will be very wet. Maybe not snowy, but there's a risk. If you have good rain/winter gear then it can still be pretty good for hiking even in the winter.

Wickaninish is very nice and the dining room is pretty spectacular during storms. If you're can get a room facing out over the rocks then you'll be in a good spot. It is also easy to find, so it's a very good choice… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:04 PM on July 24, 2023

On my android the emergency broadcast messages respect the do not distrub function. No sound or vibe, but if I look at the phone it is there.*

That said, these don't happen often. You can opt into text/email ones sent at the city level, but these provincial level ones using the EMS we see only a handful of times a year and usually just tests of the system.

There is some controversy about using this system for amber alerts. Some think child… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 12:40 AM on July 20, 2023

I will second The Host, Colossal and Big Man Japan. I can see why folks are suggesting Shin Godzilla, but I found it very frustrating so YMMV.

What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? Wasn't received very well, but I liked it. It's similar to Shin Godzilla in that it is about human (lack of) response to a crisis. It is more of a comedy where Shin Godzilla is very serious aside from the satirical elements. I don't think this has had a western release so might not be easily watched… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:57 PM on July 10, 2023

I use Obsidian for this.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 7:03 PM on July 7, 2023

Something more people should consider is Bandcamp. The cost of a streaming service will buy you 1-3 albums per month, which gets you DRM free files that you can do what you want with in addition to unlimited streaming via Bandcamps app. The app, by the way, has been getting some love lately in the form of feature updates and is worth revisiting if you wrote it off previously.

For anybody willing to run their own server (or pay for a hosted one) then Plex is actually… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:45 PM on June 30, 2023

You'll probably have to order from Amazon Japan, but Sony makes a personal cooling device that isn't snake oil. Sony doesn't sell them outside of HK/JP for whatever reason. Here is an article from The Verge talking about the first generation of it.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 7:23 PM on May 24, 2023

Find and befriend an extrovert. Every introvert needs at least one in their life to drag them out to things and connect them with other folks.

Also, don't be afraid to go solo to things that interest you. Be open to talking with strangers while you're there. Art events, markets, etc are usually full of people that would love to talk about their special interest
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:32 PM on May 23, 2023

Yellowbrickroad
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:07 PM on April 21, 2023

I believe this is The Fern Girl, published in An Illustrated Treasury of Fairy and Folktales. It’s a Mongolian story and I don’t remember all the details but it definitely included a witch stealing a girl’s skin. The skin doesn’t quite fit and everything the witch touches wastes away. The illustrations for this story scared me when I was little so I didn’t read it as much as the others in the anthology
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3247248-an-illustrated-treasury-of-fairy-and-folk-tales
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:32 AM on March 20, 2023 marked best answer

My recommendation these days is using Publii as a static site generator and host it via CloudFlare pages. No cost aside from from the domain name and you will never run into the limits of the free plan.

I recommend Publii because unlike every other static generator it has a user friendly CMS so you can use a WYSIWYG or block editor if you want to.

Publii and CloudFlare both have good documentation. I think an average person could set it all up in… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 3:06 PM on March 19, 2023

Search has been getting worse for ages. Part of that's SEO, part of it is people putting their content behind paywalls or in walled garden networks (Facebook, Discord, Patreon, Substack, etc), and part of it is the search engine priorities changing.

Check out some of the newer search engine projects like Kagi. They really are substantially better, but pay-for-search may not be something you can get behind. They can also only solve some of the problems with modern search… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 2:56 PM on March 13, 2023

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) has a plot where Nicolas Cage is asked by the CIA to go along with a billionaire's plan to make a movie because he is an arms dealer suspected of a political kidnapping.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 11:33 PM on March 7, 2023

There is, imo, a really cool project from the University of British Columbia called Phylo. It is an opensource and crowdsourced trading card game about building ecosystems (and sabotaging your opponents). Rules, downloads, and instructions for creating your own stuff are here.

Another interesting, if less structured, game I know about is Dvorak. This is played with index cards and the game evolves and changes based on what people add and remove from it over time.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 12:09 AM on March 5, 2023 marked best answer

Sounds normal. Edibles are really difficult to dose right and, in my experience, always give more of a full body stone than the light head intoxication people are looking for.

I know people are resistant to smoking, but you will probably have a much nicer time by taking a few puffs off of a pre-roll and then stubbing it out to finish later (usually they are too big for a beginner to do in one session without getting very stoned.)

Vaporizers kind… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:21 PM on February 23, 2023

1. Lawyer. They aren't just for messy divorces. Find one that will work with you to untangle your finances without being combative.

2. Do a budget. You need to figure out how much you have coming in, how much is needed to service debt and support your ex and family while the lawyer figures out how things should be divided. Once you have done this you'll know your budget for getting a place to live.

3. Housing. Find somewhere that fits your… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 12:21 AM on February 7, 2023

Has anyone spot cleaned that location? Some cleaning products can do this, especially if it is a synthetic carpet.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 11:24 AM on January 23, 2023

I don't have an answer for you, but I'm curious if you can replicate the problem in Cardinal? I've found it a lot more stable, especially for recording, than VCV Rack. It might be worth giving it a try just to see if it behaves differently, although I suppose since Cardinal is a fork of VCV that runs as a DAW plugin it will ultimately record differently. In any case, if you can't make it happen through Cardinal it is probably a VCV Rack bug and not a hardware problem.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 1:53 AM on January 8, 2023

Nestea's ingredient list is:

FILTERED WATER, SUGAR/GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE, CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED TEA FROM TEA LEAVES, POTASSIUM CITRATE, NATURAL LEMON FLAVOUR

It is probably the added citric acid that is giving it the mouthfeel you like. Citric acid contributes a "wet mouth" feeling in soft drinks and is added because it gives a refreshing satisfaction. You can buy powdered citric acid from amazon for very little and you can experiment… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:32 PM on January 2, 2023

How much is that froggie in the window is correct, my unit above is wrong. It should be ~100g/L. That 'm' must have shifted when I was scaling the thing up from the 341ml nutritional label since nobody is making that amount of nestea at home.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 4:59 PM on January 3, 2023

I think hot water bottles are the way to go, if you can. I've never had to do it, but that is also the recommended way to keep aquariums warm if no heater is available. You either place heated bottles directly into the tank/sump or periodically take water out, heat it, and pour it back in.

Another thought: Candles? A standard (not tealight) paraffin candle produces ~80W of heat and you can expect them to give off a steady heat (and light) for about 1 hour per inch.… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 12:48 PM on December 21, 2022

The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul. Non-fiction published in 1954 that explores the relationship between humans, society, and technology (well, technique but no sense splitting hairs.) If it weren't for the fact that Ellul didn't have the words for what technology would become you'd think he was a time traveler.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 6:28 PM on December 20, 2022

Short answer: no.

Long answer: no, but you could screen cast.

1. Run/install and Android emulator on your computer. (Like Bluestacks)
2. Install the Google Home App in your virtual android instance.
3. Make sure that your phone and laptop/virtual android are connected to the same wifi network.
4. Use the Screen Cast option from your phone to the Google Home App.
5. Navigate to the Netflix video and… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:11 PM on December 19, 2022

You can probably do it with brid.gy, but it ultimately depends on your website and how motivated you are to get it working. Could be very easy or could require some new plumbing on your own website. In any case, this should give you a good place to start. Indieweb types are usually very helpful as long as you've made an effort, so don't be afraid to reach out if things aren't working.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:27 PM on December 8, 2022

Oh another way to do this would be to feed your feed to Masto, assuming your website (or whatever platform you migrate to) supports RSS.

I'm not sure about what to migrate to if you do need to do that. If I were to make a new blog/regularly updated website I'd do it via a static site generator but ymmv.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:46 PM on December 8, 2022

Have you considered a live, potted tree? There are many evergreens that look the part and won't grow too tall, especially if they are container grown. You buy a potted tree of your choice, decorate as usual, and water it like a normal house plant. It won't drop many needles, won't be a fire hazard, and will be carbon negative. Once the season is over you can either keep it as a house plant for next year or go plant it somewhere.

If you do decide to do this remember to… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:48 PM on November 24, 2022

Ask your boyfriend if you can see some photos of previous thanksgivings so you can get an idea of how the family dresses and then match the level of dressiness/casualness with your existing style. Essentially the same thing you do if you are going to a club or nice restaurant: scope out the photos and dress to match the culture so you don't end up under or overdressed.

You could also ask him how his family usually dresses, but I suspect he hasn't really consciously registered it before.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:43 PM on November 23, 2022

This sort of thing is normally called a "duress system" and I suspect many of the security and alarm companies in your area offer a solution. There is quite a range of pricing on these systems depending on whether they are monitored (i.e. does the alarm go directly to on-site security, a security alarm company, or as a push notification/pager/text message to phones/computers carried by regular employees) and how accurate they are (the alarm is coming from (Building/Floor/Specific… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 3:54 PM on October 14, 2022

Seven Days by Sting was famously written in 5/4 because Sting was sick of hearing 4/4 in pop music.

Supertramp uses mixed meters a lot in their music. They are a pretty good compromise between pop and prog.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:59 AM on October 5, 2022

I tie and untie knots. Specifically, I like to tie long daisy chain knots. These are basically just a braid of slip knots, so once you run of of cable/rope/shoelace/whatever you just pull it to unravel in a single satisfying pull.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:07 PM on September 21, 2022

Have you looked at Sunbeam's phones? They meet all of your requirements and many of the extras, depending on phone model.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 8:41 PM on September 20, 2022

There is always new stuff, but most of it is either made by starry eyed people new to the industry (motivated caregivers, student capstone projects that grow a bit more than typical, etc) and they are either way underbaked or re-inventing wheels in more expensive, less reliable ways. There is some legitimately cool stuff starting to show up at the institutional level that uses cameras and AI/Machine Learning to model the types of movements that can act as fall predictors and detectors, but… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 12:21 AM on September 14, 2022

Pizza? You should easily be able to make that fit your budget, teenagers like it, and you can accommodate different diets and preferences by making sure you have a mix of different pizzas (veggie, gluten free, dairy free, etc).

...although if the coach vetoed fried food for health reasons I'm not sure that pizza is much of an improvement.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 10:30 PM on September 12, 2022

I just want to add a dissenting voice about sweeteners, creamers, and other additives. I thought I hated coffee for years because whenever someone tried to get me to drink it they would stuff it full of not-coffee. A coffee snob friend one day told me to just try it black and and that did turn out to be the secret for me. I love black coffee, but do not love old, stale, or burnt black coffee.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:30 PM on September 7, 2022

Tomato paste mostly add umami. It won't taste exactly the same in the end results, but you could try something like an equal amount of olive paste. Another option might be miso paste or soy sauce.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 9:37 AM on August 28, 2022

I'll second Ucluelet, especially in storm season. It is rockier and cliffier than Tofino and I think that is much better for watching waves crash. Accommodation books up fast, though. If that is somewhere you would like to go you will need to book soon.

Keep in mind that the 3rd floor of the RBCM is currently closed, so it isn't quite as good as it usually is. Rotating galleries and stuff are still good, though. Also, they're on strike right now. They might not be come… [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 5:26 PM on August 18, 2022 marked best answer

Stephen Root?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by forbiddencabinet at 7:31 PM on August 3, 2022