What is the best non-iron shirt in 2018? I have previously purchased Brooks Brothers shirts, based on a recommendation from Metafilter several years ago. I have been purchasing these, but noticed a drop in quality in recent years. They don't last. They rip after a year or two of use
posted to Ask MetaFilter by metasunday at 5:42 PM on October 14, 2018 (8 comments)

It turns out that implicit bias makes it harder to do many things when you're not a white male, including getting interviews for jobs, riding the bus, and even getting restaurant recommendations from your hotel. How do you actually deal with this?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by chernoffhoeffding at 11:35 AM on September 15, 2018 (11 comments)

Lately, I've found that there are few activities as enchanting as watching candy being pulled. Includes Korean yeot, American taffy, Turkish macun, Japanese amezaiku, and Nepalese chaku.
posted to MetaFilter by Lexica at 7:31 PM on April 22, 2017 (21 comments)

I'm looking for some recommendations from some classical music heads of two or more performances of the same piece, both which differ from each other and are good (or great) versions of the composition they're representing. I realized I don't know what kind of variances occur, and I'm looking to understand that.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by neuromodulator at 6:14 PM on March 3, 2018 (29 comments)

Where can I find plans for cardboard construction projects? Ideally a community that I could contribute to?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by freyley at 12:16 AM on February 27, 2018 (4 comments)

I use both Firefox and Chrome on my windows 10 machine, usually only having one open at a time. Each instance has way too many tabs. When I click a link from an email or some other source, my default browser opens. If the default browser isn't the one that I happen to have open at the time, then there's an explosion of new tabs and a spike in memory usage as the other one tries to start.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by softlord at 2:14 PM on February 2, 2018 (13 comments)

Hey folks! I have a book dilemma. We're reading 1984 for my Mass Media class and I'm not in the mood for misogyny this week, so my professor said I could read something else because they're great. However, I have to come up with some sort of alternative.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by dysh at 3:31 PM on February 1, 2018 (50 comments)

For years I have been told that I write with a lot of passive voice, but I have never really understood what this is and why it is so bad. Is this just a bunch of baloney, or is there something really wrong with using the passive voice that I do not appreciate? Assuming that I really should stop using the passive voice, how do I learn to avoid it? What worked for you?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by mortaddams at 5:15 PM on January 5, 2018 (34 comments)

I have an idea for a household product with an artsy nerdy design - the kind of thing that you might have seen on ThinkGeek back in their heyday. It might be an even better fit for art and design museum stores. As far as I can tell, ThinkGeek doesn’t accept unsolicited submissions, and they abandoned their IdeaFactory user submission process years ago. Are there any other pop culture nerdy retailers I could approach, or designer/manufacturers who sell to museum stores? Or should I just put it up as a print-on-demand product on society6 or something?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by moonmilk at 5:09 PM on January 2, 2018 (6 comments)

I want to make my own wind-up toys, by which I mean I want to make things and stick wind-up mechanisms inside them. Metal visible parts strongly preferred, but other than that I don't need anything fancy - fancy things I don't need include antique parts, expensive kits or wholesale quantities. I just know there are lots of cheap wind-up toys, so I'd like to think there's some way to buy the mechanism for a similar price.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lgyre at 7:06 PM on December 17, 2017 (4 comments)

My husband and I are considering letting an acquaintance & her daughter (we have mutual friends) park her RV in our driveway and live there for six months to a year in order for them to save some money. We want to help her out, but we don't want to put ourselves in a bad situation. What should we be thinking about before saying yes or no to this arrangement?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Jaclyn at 9:32 AM on November 8, 2017 (58 comments)

Anatomy of a Thousand Typefaces is a nifty online tool that helps you find fonts to use by implementing some of the ideas in Cole's Anatomy of Type book. As explained in this post, it uses objective ways to classify fonts by things like the height of the "x" character and the proportions of letters, which make it easier to find similar (or different) fonts. Turn on advanced filters to see the cool area charts.
posted to MetaFilter by blahblahblah at 10:58 AM on October 23, 2017 (12 comments)

I am trying to improvement my DIY electrical skills. I have replaced a few plugs and switches as long as the wires are a obvious match to the new fixture. But to complete my project of updating all the plugs, switches, and added fan timer switches in the house. I need to improve my understanding of wiring. I signed up for a adult continuing education class for electrical but they canceled it due to low enrollment. Youtube videos are helpful but I have some wiring in my house that is not standard due the house being built in 1976. So, I need to learn to use a voltmeters to identify the correct wires in some fixtures. I have some handy co-workers but everyone is too busy to impose on them every time I run into a odd setup. I need recommendations for books, classes, etc... I am even pay someone for one on one instruction.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by KaizenSoze at 8:53 AM on September 15, 2017 (10 comments)

What are the best ways to get to working immediately, whether it be at the office or at home?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Nieshka at 12:31 AM on September 8, 2017 (10 comments)

Weirdly, thinking about Graham’s number has actually made me feel a little bit calmer about death... On coming to grips with g_64.
posted to MetaFilter by klausman at 11:59 PM on April 24, 2017 (66 comments)

What are some fiction books you've read that changed your outlook on daily life after you finished them? I'm thinking of books that have the potential to make daily life seem more interesting and adventurous, or to give a new perspective on the seemingly mundane. Maybe they cause you to adopt a new persona, or envision yourself as a character involved in some sort of intrigue. Non-fiction will be considered, but I'm not looking for self-help books so much as inspiration to see things in a more exciting light.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by iamisaid at 3:54 PM on March 16, 2017 (51 comments)

What's the most efficient and effective way for a middle-aged person to get into it (with the mostly unrelated experience sketched below)?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by cotton dress sock at 5:09 PM on February 3, 2017 (16 comments)

Pnut has Greasy Fingers
posted to MetaFilter by the man of twists and turns at 9:53 PM on January 2, 2017 (15 comments)

After Trump's victory, I feel the need to study, reflect, examine my assumptions about the world, and seek insight and solace. I'm looking for books that will help.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by tempythethird at 4:20 PM on November 20, 2016 (33 comments)

How would I go about printing high-quality greeting cards at home?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by damn dirty ape at 9:18 PM on March 22, 2008 (11 comments)

I realized recently that I like nonfiction books that are about things -- books that don't have an obvious narrative, but that are exciting to read nonetheless. Any suggestions?
posted to Ask MetaFilter by heavenknows at 3:59 AM on October 25, 2016 (42 comments)