Whitechapel - ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) Mon, 20 May 2013 23:32:20 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326126#Comment_326126 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326126#Comment_326126 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:33:10 -0800 Horrible Warning Si y’know the one, it’s on the tip of your tongue, what the fuck is that word, oh god oh god.
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Horror, horror, only horror, pure horror, unmitigated horror, constant and endless horror, for those who Fail To Follow Instructions. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326138#Comment_326138 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326138#Comment_326138 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:41:34 -0800 Littlepurplegoth
Dear Whitechapelens

Which would you prefer to think about/hear someone talk about/hopefully laugh about...?

The day I blew up a landrover
How I take my coffee
Well known scifi/fantasty books/series misunderstood
Goth by the M5
or Musicians...

?

Help me... you're my only hope ... well OK not my only hope but quick and useful (and utter, utter darlings each and every one of you (batseyelashesineffectively, gives up grins and offers gin/scotch/vodka/beer/cyder) mwah! ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326139#Comment_326139 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326139#Comment_326139 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:44:56 -0800 Finagle
Landrover. No question. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326140#Comment_326140 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326140#Comment_326140 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:53:14 -0800 Wood
Also Landrover. The other stories might be more fun, but this is the one that _looks_ more fun. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326141#Comment_326141 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326141#Comment_326141 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:55:06 -0800 Wood
I'm looking for a way to purchase old issues of the UK Deadline Magazine (remember the 90's). I don't live in the UK myself (I'm in France). I've already bought a few from ebay or amazon, do you know any other online retailers who might sell them ? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326152#Comment_326152 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326152#Comment_326152 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:48 -0800 Littlepurplegoth
If I specified that the misunderstood scifi started off as a treatise on how Dirk Gently sounds more like a porn star than a detective...

Does that change anyone's mind?

(landrover is the most written/rehearsed of the lot though - it involves a teenaged girl (me!) and some fertiliser) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326153#Comment_326153 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326153#Comment_326153 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:23:23 -0800 Oddcult
I think I have some Deadlines somewhere. I'll look them out for you. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326158#Comment_326158 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326158#Comment_326158 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:26:56 -0800 Corey Waits I'd recommend always going for the piece that is the most rehearsed (unless you're sick of it and/or the crowd will have heard it before). Not having to actually read during a 'reading' makes it much easier to be engaging. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326160#Comment_326160 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326160#Comment_326160 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:27:15 -0800 shannon.gilly.3
Explosions always win, especially if the person telling the story was involved in some way, so definitely go with that.

As for the Dirk Gently bit, if I'm not mistaken, the fact that it sounds like a bad porn name was part of why Adams chose it for the character. Could be interesting, but H2G2 related conversations have a bad habit of circling in on themselves and turning into endless debates on the significance of the number 42. A pleasant way to waste an evening, but rarely productive.

As for how you take your coffee, if you can beat the maker of this stuff, you might have a chance. Otherwise, "So, this one time, I kinda sorta blew up a Land Rover." ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326165#Comment_326165 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326165#Comment_326165 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:59:42 -0800 Littlepurplegoth
Well that scraps the dirkgently theme nicely...

But that link is a-maz-ing (devoured, bookmarked, yes the sort of thing I was going with...)

I really have blown up a landrover... :-) (in the 80's. aged 15... with fertiliser... about 5 miles from a nuclear power station...) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326189#Comment_326189 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326189#Comment_326189 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:37:01 -0800 Greasemonkey
I'm amazed you even had to ask! Explosion! ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326203#Comment_326203 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326203#Comment_326203 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:41:00 -0800 jonah
I'm jamming out on my music gear. How much should I worry it'll explode? I just switched to battery power, but some are dying and I'd like to plug stuff in. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326218#Comment_326218 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326218#Comment_326218 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:46:39 -0800 Kay Orchison
Land Rover! Asplode! Can you share here? Are there pictures? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326221#Comment_326221 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326221#Comment_326221 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:19:57 -0800 Littlepurplegoth
I'd assume the royal navy have pictures, but I don't have access to those...

(plot thickens doesn't it!) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326228#Comment_326228 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326228#Comment_326228 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:20:02 -0800 Kay Orchison
Put us out of this misery! Tell! Please! ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326236#Comment_326236 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326236#Comment_326236 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:47:29 -0800 Jason A. Quest
Don't worry. It's just a solar flare. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326241#Comment_326241 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326241#Comment_326241 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:33:43 -0800 Finagle
If anyone suddenly develops superpowers from the flare, I trust we will hear about it here first. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326252#Comment_326252 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326252#Comment_326252 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:30:46 -0800 Littlepurplegoth
Where do I stand to obtain these 'superpowers'? Can we chose what or are they just randomly assigned?

Mind you I already have a couple... maybe I shoudn't be greedy?

#fiveminutes

If you are in or near London next Monday (12th) you can come and hear for yourself... Or wait until later next week... (might be Tuesday if I was OK, or later in the week if I've had to drown my sorrows and completely unpick the act and start again...)

Oh heck... expect to see me on the vile hugs thread in the wee small hours of tuesday morning (here) then... ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326293#Comment_326293 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326293#Comment_326293 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:50:50 -0800 DavidLejeune
I'm pretty sure I've got shin splints from jumping rope every night for the past ~two months (pretty severe pain after a couple minutes of jumping now, and applying pressure to my shins also hurts like hell). I'm going to take a week or so off of that to let the muscles in my shins unfreak themselves, but I don't want to do without any sort of cardio in that time period. Running is obviously out. Does bicycling further irritate/whatever shin splints? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326313#Comment_326313 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326313#Comment_326313 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:55:54 -0800 Finagle
Hi all;

Can anyone identify the following wire/cable type? It seems that the only wires run are Orange, Red and Blue. It does not seem to be a normal Cat5/Cat6 Ethernet cable, and there seems to be a lot of it on the site I'm at.

]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326318#Comment_326318 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326318#Comment_326318 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:40:08 -0800 Beamish
I'll email my cisco professor, it doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326320#Comment_326320 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326320#Comment_326320 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:49:11 -0800 Finagle
That might explain why it doesn't seem to work correctly at the site we're at. :) I wouldn't expect a positive response. I just have an engineer out at this site right now, and he's being confronted with...these drops. That are being handed to him by the onsite admin. "Oh here, use this one." :| ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326321#Comment_326321 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326321#Comment_326321 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:56:51 -0800 Flabyo
My gut was crossover, but from the photo its hard to tell if the wires are on the same pins at both ends. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326345#Comment_326345 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326345#Comment_326345 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:17:22 -0800 Beamish
Its a straight through cable. Only pins 1,2,3 and 6 are actually needed if you dont use POE So you dont have to use them if you dont want to. Why someone would take extra time to make a cable like this is beyond me since he will have issues if he ever wants to do POE and removing wires takes extra time.
]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326348#Comment_326348 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326348#Comment_326348 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:56:23 -0800 Jason A. Quest ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326490#Comment_326490 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326490#Comment_326490 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:45:24 -0700 oldhat
BACKGROUND INFO: Right, so...a bit of background info...for the past 15 years or so, due to neglect (work and other stuff prevent us from doing maintenance) our backyard turned in to a rainforest of weeds. It got so bad a couple of years ago that most of the grass on the lawn is dead and has been taken over by weeds. Since the use of weedkiller has become illegal here, dealing with the bastards has been a pretty impossible task. Last year we attempted to do it, though it was a bit late in the season so it was like for every one we pulled out ten more would show up.

This year, with the weather the way it is, I'm actually able to do some fucking work in there and ideally by the end of next month I would like a raised bed garden there (where I plan to grow vegetables, flowers and hops).

For reference, here's what the backyard is currently looking like. The things that look like bits of hay are indeed dead weeds from last year. Over the summer we put a tarp over the lawn which did a good job of killing it all. Now it's just clearing up.

ACTUAL QUESTIONS: So the first question is how to get things going after picking up all the crap. I'm thinking raking the ground, digging in the area I'd like my raised bed and planting grass seeds in other areas. Is that a good way to go?

Second question is how do I prevent these bastard weeds from growing again? Is there a natural planting product that stunts the growth of weeds but is fine with everything else? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326494#Comment_326494 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326494#Comment_326494 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:29:57 -0700 Greasemonkey
I'm a qualified horticulturalist, but my training was in temperate zone gardening (in Sydney, where there's no snow in winter and it's warm for most of the year). I can give you some solid basics, but you should refer to a growing guide for whatever crop you intend planting.

1) Dig up the ground with a nice heavy mattock if it's compacted, then break it up with a hoe. No need to go crazy digging down deep, just chop up the topsoil until it's nice and crumbly. If you're feeling extremely ambitious and energetic, get rid of any rocks, slabs of concrete, junk etc and have it taken away in a dumpster.

2) Raised beds are almost always the way to go. You get better drainage and soil depth, and a contained area for growing your crop. Bricks make a pretty good edging for your raised bed, and you can sink a row of them at ground level as a mowing strip if your lawn comes to the edge of the bed.

3) Dig in lots and lots of well rotted compost. Organic matter always, always improves your soil.

4) Mulching the garden bed with straw is pretty effective for keeping the weeds at bay. Check your growing guide though, because some mulches increase humidity and can cause fungal growth.

5) Optional: Get yourself a pH testing kit. You can treat acid soil with powdered lime, and garden sulphur will neutralise soil that's too alkaline. I've never grown hops, but I think they're one of those fussy crops that need to be grown at a fairly narrow pH range.

I can probably point you in the right direction if there's anything else you need to know. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326532#Comment_326532 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326532#Comment_326532 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:08:57 -0700 Beamish
Hey folks, sorry to mix business with pleasure but I need a little help. I am working with a borrower who lived most of her life in Vancouver and earns Registered Retirement Income Funds and Locked-In Income funds. Are these lifetime benefits? If so do you know who I would need to contact to get proof that they are lifetime?

Thanks. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326537#Comment_326537 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326537#Comment_326537 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:31:18 -0700 RenThing
I would think that biking may not aggravate shin splints too much because it doesn't have as much impacy as running or jumping rope in your case. You still might have pain from working those muscles though. Maybe give it a shot and see how it feels. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326559#Comment_326559 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326559#Comment_326559 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:37:05 -0700 Osmosis
You could also try swimming for a while - it's a lickout in all sorts of muscles running never reaches, and you're suspended in fluid so zero impact :) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326583#Comment_326583 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326583#Comment_326583 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:01:08 -0700 DavidLejeune
@Osmosis: the problem with swimming is that I'd have to expose my hideous mostly naked flesh to the other occupants of my apartment complex (also it is a heated pool in Arizona, which is just insane). Otherwise I love swimming. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326714#Comment_326714 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326714#Comment_326714 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:00:49 -0700 Finagle
So. I have a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone and borrow a used iPad 1 on occasion. I would like to spend no more than US $250 on some sort of either tablet or second phone with which to enjoy Netflix, multimedia, games and so on. My primary phone is fine for phone calls, email and light web browsing. I'd like something between a 7" and 10" screen. I'd also like to pay with Paypal and not be on a contract.

So far here are my choices for around US 250 on eBay:

- Color Nook
- Kindle Fire
- used iPad 1
- used Samsung Galax 1 16gb

Preferences? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326719#Comment_326719 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326719#Comment_326719 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:28:47 -0700 taphead
Seeing as I'll be making my way around North America soonish, a prepaid subscription might be a good idea. Any suggestions for reasonable rates and (heaven forfend) possibly some sort of non-ridiculously-expensive 3G data plan? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326720#Comment_326720 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326720#Comment_326720 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:38:31 -0700 Jason A. Quest
There's a substantial trade-off (pocketability vs. image size) between the 7" and 10" devices, so I'd encourage you to figure out which you really prefer before buying.

The iPad is going to give you the most games (and other apps) to choose from, followed by the Galaxy. The book-seller tablets are also based on Android, but it's customized, so they simply aren't going to have as much available in that area.

Not a technical issue, but... if it comes down to B&N vs. Amazon, I have problems with Amazon's censorship policies (not as bad as Apple, but still troublesome), so all else being equal, I'd encourage you to consider the Nook before the Kindle.

As far as I know, none of the cell-enabled devices have contracts attached to the service. But they have data limits and streaming video over 3G can get expensive, so I'd recommend going with a wifi-only model if you can. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326784#Comment_326784 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326784#Comment_326784 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:56:53 -0700 Purple Wyrm
As is the case with many geeks pretty much my entire life is in my computer. As is also the case with many geeks I'm absolutely appalling with doing any kind of backing up of said computer. Computers being what they are, sooner or later it's going to die unexpectedly and take my entire life with it, so I figured I'd look into the fantastic world of online backup and cloud storage.

Does anyone have any recommendations (or for that matter warnings) about online backup services? Ideally I'm looking for something that will run quietly in the background without me having to think about it. I'm running Windows 7 (I know, I know...) and I'm located in Australia, if that makes any difference. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326787#Comment_326787 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326787#Comment_326787 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:08:58 -0700 Greasemonkey
Do you use Trend Micro antivirus? They have a pretty decent backup service for subscribers. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326790#Comment_326790 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326790#Comment_326790 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:30:54 -0700 Kosmopolit
I use dropbox for backing up the business files and sharing them across multiple locations.

I find it works marvelously well. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326792#Comment_326792 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326792#Comment_326792 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:07:08 -0700 Purple Wyrm
Yeah, I am kind of considering Dropbox. It means more work in terms of remembering to backup the files but at least it lets me backup stuff from my external drives, which the otherwise excellent sounding Carbonite inexplicably refuses to do. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326799#Comment_326799 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326799#Comment_326799 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:53:45 -0700 Kosmopolit
In fact the biggest problem with the system is the minute or two it can take when a particular machine has been offline for a day or so and it needs to upload and download updates. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326804#Comment_326804 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326804#Comment_326804 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:08:35 -0700 Purple Wyrm
When I say "remembering to backup the files" I really mean "Remembering to stick the files I want to backup in the right folder" :) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326807#Comment_326807 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326807#Comment_326807 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:40:09 -0700 Kosmopolit
So I simply store everything in a folder called Dropbox that its on my desktop with all the work documents inside it. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326812#Comment_326812 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326812#Comment_326812 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:05:41 -0700 Beamish ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326817#Comment_326817 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326817#Comment_326817 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:08:00 -0700 Finagle
I have personal experience with Mozy Pro, for true online backups. Dropbox is great and all, but you're really just talking about backing up files.

If you want to back up an entire system for real - settings, favorites, all that - you need a program that does true backups. Mozy or Carbonite are in that class. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326831#Comment_326831 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326831#Comment_326831 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:29:07 -0700 Jason A. Quest
I don't trust "cloud" services for backup. 1) They could up and vanish, or simply lose my data, and if that happens all the breach-of-contract lawsuits in the world won't bring your data back. 2) There is no real assurance of privacy; some of them have been known to snoop, or to hand over people's data just because someone with a badge asked nicely.

Instead I use a hard drive connected to my home network (I built something myself, but you can do it with something like a Pogo Plug), where I dump backups of everything on my computer. OS X's Time Machine feature makes this brain-dead easy on my Mac; there's gotta be something for Windows that's in the same league, but you'll probably have to pay extra for it. The backup drive is hidden away in my house so a thief isn't likely to find it and take it. It'd take an honest-to-god search warrant for anyone else to get at it. The one thing it doesn't do is protect me in case of a disaster that takes out the whole house, which is a pretty low-probability thing, really. For off-site backup, and to protect against the backup drive failing. I make an encrypted copy of that every so often, and stash it at a friend's house. Nobody I don't trust 100% is involved.

(I also use Dropbox, but only for synching work in progress between the computers I use. I treat it as a file-transfer service, not as storage.) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326832#Comment_326832 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326832#Comment_326832 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:48:46 -0700 Flabyo
If it's in the same building it's not a backup. It's just a copy.

If your entire livelihood is built on data, you should be using a proper backup system.

As a games company, our data is everything we are. The equipment can be replaced with insurance money. Our daily backup is a remote copy to the parent company on the other side of the planet. A previous company i worked at did weekly backups. Two copies of everything taken and put onto DAT tapes. Four months of these done in rotation, one kept on-site in a fire-proof safe, the other placed in safety deposit.

At the very least you need to be putting a monthly backup into storage somewhere that isn't your office on top of any local extra copies you're making. Your parents basement, a cousins valuables safe, essentially anywhere that can't easily be taken out at the same time as your office. No good backing up your laptop files to your media server if someone breaks in and steal them both.

If you don't do this, you will suffer for it. It might be decades, but it will happen. Everyone that doesn't do this regrets it at least once in their life. Ask Warren... ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326834#Comment_326834 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326834#Comment_326834 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:00:09 -0700 glukkake ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326841#Comment_326841 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326841#Comment_326841 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:24:15 -0700 Flabyo
That's basically what dropbox is for, the clue is in the name. It's for doing shared collaboration with people who live apart. It's really not designed for backups or long term storage of anything.

(Hmm, I'm in a really snarky mood today guys it seems, sorry!) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326842#Comment_326842 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326842#Comment_326842 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:34:09 -0700 Oddcult
I've recently started playing guitar in a band again and it's going well. But I used to play better. Or at least, I knew some secrets, passed down to me by the guitar teacher I had when I was at school, which outlined in really simple terms which chords were in which keys, or how to work out keys from chords, and then which scales went with those chords or keys, or something. Like, just... the main one, then a relative one, which was the same really, then a minor one which also worked but sounded sad, or something.

I can't really remember this kind of info any more, but I used to have it laid out really simply. I can't now find anything that puts it quite so simply and helpfully as that. I've tried a few guitar books and websites, but they're either just really basics like open chords, or heavy theory.

That sheet I used to have pretty much let me play anything I wanted, and whilst I sorta can work out bits of it all by ear, I haven't got that great an ear, and having it again, or just the basic 'how-to-work-it-out' info would really be useful.

There's got to be some musicians here that know what I mean, without complicating it.

Cheers. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326846#Comment_326846 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326846#Comment_326846 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:21:34 -0700 Corey Waits
I stopped using Dropbox for anything serious after they left the back door open to anyone and everyone a year or two back. I simply don't trust their security.

SpiderOak on the other hand generates encryption keys locally, so even if they did fuck up as badly as Dropbox did, the only data people could access would be encrypted. With SpiderOak you can also tell it what folders you want to backup, whereas Dropbox still only backs up the contents of the one folder (unless they've updated recently).

Oh, and SpiderOak is free, just like Dropbox. But even then it depends on how much you're backing up - if you're doing high quality audio, video or photo then you'll have to pay for enough space for it all. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326884#Comment_326884 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326884#Comment_326884 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:13:26 -0700 Purple Wyrm
After a good night's sleep I realised that using Dropbox would require me to either duplicate the files I want to backup, or radically alter my directory structure - neither of which I really want to do. So it looks like Dropbox is out.

I'm currently tossing up between Spideroak, Crashplan and Mozy. One of the things I need to backup are close on 10 years of digital photos, so I'm going to be paying for storage beyond the free allowance each provides no matter which one I choose. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326908#Comment_326908 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326908#Comment_326908 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:09:53 -0700 Kay Orchison
This is a very timely conversation for me. I'm just looking at ways to get more robust and regular with my backups. I'm generating a lot more content now than I was a couple of years ago and I also need home access to work files so I can keep plodding away on things after hours.

Jason mentioned Time Machine. I use Macs as well - a Pro at the studio and a Mini at home, although I'm about to trade up to an iMac - and I got a bit of advice regarding Time Machine from a former colleague who now runs a Mac rescue service. He said not to rely entirely on Time Machine because if your HD totally fails and needs reformatting or replacing, it often does not restore completely.

It's great for quick recovery work, the corrupted/deleted file, the crashed app, but for large-scale recovery he recommends Carbon Copy Cloner. It's free and you can schedule it but you have a lot more control over format and order things are backed up in and how the backups are written than you do with TM. Crucially you can also create a bootable image of your main disk so if that's what's hit the deck, you're up and running again in minutes instead of hours.

SpiderOak looks interesting. My wife swears by DropBox but the single-folder thing is an issue for me. I was considering a kludge workaround using CCC to write only today's changed files to the DB folder, but SpiderOak might be a better solution. I'll also be getting an external HD for monthly backups that I can send home with my Dad so that there's a third remote copy. All my old work is backed up to DVD and my folks have copies as well, but some of the newer stuff - I'd just need one break-in or flood and I'd be screwed. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326909#Comment_326909 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326909#Comment_326909 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:27:06 -0700 Jason A. Quest ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326964#Comment_326964 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=326964#Comment_326964 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:17:11 -0700 Finagle
Another possibility is to roll your own online storage. You can purchase (for most platforms) software such as JungleDisk which will simply allow you to access a chunk of online storage (Amazon, in the case of JungleDisk) as a virtual drive. You can then use whatever encryption and backup software you like to target it.

Amazon's online storage rates are fairly reasonable and predictable. If you use them simply as online storage, then utilize your favorite encryption solution to encrypt your local hard drive (which we all know we probably should be doing anyhow), then one can use a free file sync utility such as SyncBack or an image backup utility such as DriveImageXML to target that as your backup selection. Alternately, you can back up first to an encrypted hard drive, then send an encrypted image of the hard drive offsite by copying it to the cloud drive.

One final alternative would be to utilize a NAS. Network storage servers like the Netgear ReadyNAS or Buffalo LinkStation generally have the ability to do two things: Back themselves up automatically to a USB drive, and sync automatically to another similar NAS unit at a remote location. With a NAS, USB drive backups are generally automatic - just plug it in and forget it. Ideally you use two or more USB drives and rotate one offsite.

Finally, if you have two similar NAS units and an offsite location with high speed access, you can back up one NAS directly to another NAS. This is an ideal solution if you want to back up your office to a home office, or if you can get friends or parents with highspeed to host another NAS for you. The two units will sync files directly between each other over the Internet. This can serve both for backup (long-term retrieval of archived files) and Disaster Recovery, as it will maintain a complete copy of all your current data.

As people said before, though, don't confuse Disaster Recovery with Backup. A complete offsite mirror of your *current* files won't help you if you need to retrieve a file from months ago. Be careful when evaluating your solution so you know how far back their retention allows you to go. Retaining multiple copies can get expensive. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327041#Comment_327041 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327041#Comment_327041 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:58:16 -0700 trini_naenae
One of the side effects of living in the boonies, as beautiful and otherwise lovely these boonies are, is that there really isn't a reliable local comic book shop, the place I ordered from in Duluth wasn't all that reliable either. And quite frankly, I only really want to order phonogram, so going through a shop seems a bit much. So, those of you that get your stuff online, which site do you use? I'd go directly through the publishers but Image doesn't do online subscriptions. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327065#Comment_327065 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327065#Comment_327065 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:07:53 -0700 Corey Waits
Would anyone like to give me some feedback on a script I've written for a 2000 AD Future Shocks story? Obviously you'd need to be a fellow amateur, and obviously we'd need to do it via email, not this forum.

It's my first real attempt at writing a comic script, and whilst I like the idea I'm not sure if the script itself is any good or technically sound. It's for 5 pages of comic, so it shouldn't be a huge time commitment. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327077#Comment_327077 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327077#Comment_327077 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:20:56 -0700 Beamish
I will, I wll, skizzfan42 at the gmails. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327086#Comment_327086 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327086#Comment_327086 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:43:57 -0700 Art House Breakfast #lexingtoncomiccon

I'm fresh to Whitchapel and just have some small matters to attend:
1. Is there an f.a.q about?
2. Lexington Ky is having it's first comic con this very week and I am shopping for artist for my first comics venture. Any genral advice? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327090#Comment_327090 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327090#Comment_327090 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:00:48 -0700 RenThing
FRESH MEAT!

Er, I mean, welcome!

Closest thing we have to a FAQ is the rules thread, which should set you right on what you can and probably shouldn't do. Other than that we're generally a respectful, tolerant lot of questions and if you ask questions most people will answer them.

Two things to keep in mind though: Whitechapel is always considered NSFW and there is absolutely NO crying in Whitechapel. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327091#Comment_327091 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327091#Comment_327091 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:03:12 -0700 Art House Breakfast
Muy thanks. Tears are for the weak and fiction. Roger Dodger. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327106#Comment_327106 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327106#Comment_327106 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:16:40 -0700 Corey Waits
Another big rule for writerly types is POST NO FICTION. It'll be deleted on sight as it would leave Si and any other professional writers who stop by in a difficult position. Every now and then there might be a thread for some non-fiction yarn spinning, but that's it.

@Beamish - Thanks! Email coming any moment now. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327115#Comment_327115 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327115#Comment_327115 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:41:30 -0700 curb
Speaking as a longtime Tooth fan who's only dabbled in writing anything much, I'd be happy to have a look and give notes, though they'd be more from a reader's perspective. No worries if that'd be more of a hindrance than a help, of course. If so it's mrnickearley at gmail dot com. You might also want to try at the 2000AD thread that's kicking around here somewhere. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327170#Comment_327170 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327170#Comment_327170 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:44:32 -0700 government spy
#comics subscriptions online

I don't drive, and therefore rarely make it to a comic shop. I use www.scifigenre.com and generally that works out for me. They have a subscription section, back issues, trades, and a toystore with lots of random stuff. Also, I can set my shipments by date or by dollar amount, so if I don't have many books on my list, I usually have it add up to $20 or more to save on shipping. Hope that helps! ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327208#Comment_327208 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327208#Comment_327208 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:34:10 -0700 trini_naenae ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327380#Comment_327380 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327380#Comment_327380 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:31:39 -0700 joe.distort ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327388#Comment_327388 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327388#Comment_327388 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:48:12 -0700 Greasemonkey
Some artists sell their stuff directly through their websites. Winston Rowntree, Ruben Bolling and Neil Swaab are a few I can think of off the top of my head. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327390#Comment_327390 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327390#Comment_327390 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:11:22 -0700 joe.distort ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327400#Comment_327400 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327400#Comment_327400 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:53:09 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327458#Comment_327458 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327458#Comment_327458 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:13:52 -0700 Vornaskotti
Hiyah. I'm looking for some help from the resident WordPress wizards. I've been doing press photo galleries with WordPress, but I've had to do them by hand since formatting them otherwise hasn't been possible. In practice I've had to add some
tags to keep the formatting from going all wonky. This wouldn't be so bad, apart from the fact that merely opening the page with the visual editor breaks the code, which sucks big time.

http://365wellbeing.aalto.fi/press/

Can you think of a plugin or an automated way to do what I've done in that page, but automatically? As in, not needing to go and edit the code by hand? Any good gallery plugins for WordPress that are better than the standard gallery thing that comes with WP? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327594#Comment_327594 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327594#Comment_327594 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:58:37 -0700 Steerpike
Going to World Horror Con in Salt Lake City next week, and there's still spots available for Mort Castle's writing workshop. It's too late for manuscript critiques, even if I had one worth sharing, but he's doing 2 2 hour workshops with up to 15 people in each workshop. He's edited On Writing Horror, which is pretty much the horror author's bible, and taught creative writing workshops for decades. Worth signing up? I've heard pro and con arguments about workshops from published authors, not sure what this one would involve. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327679#Comment_327679 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327679#Comment_327679 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:07:22 -0700 ALE
1. I don't like that everything is shoved into the bookmarks toolbar; we're talking 30+ folders and god knows how many subfolders.

2. I don't like (being forced) to view a fully expanded/nested text list of bookmarks when bookmarking a page. I want to see the folders and expand them as needed.

Perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious, which seems more common the more versed you get with these things. If so please point the way to the big shiny button I've missed. Failing that some obscure extension* that isn't showing up in my searches would be lovely.

*I essentially want bookmarking behavior to be as close to Firefox as possible, this is one of the few things keeping me from abandoning it for Chrome entirely. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327735#Comment_327735 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327735#Comment_327735 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:55:11 -0700 texture #magazinepublishing: Do I need:

a) an ISBN number or

b) an ISSN number?

All help / advice gratefully appreciated. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327750#Comment_327750 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327750#Comment_327750 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:41:23 -0700 Jason A. Quest
If it's a periodical, it should have an ISSN, which is reused for each installment of the periodical. With an ISBN, once you put it on a publication, it can't be put on anything else. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327757#Comment_327757 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327757#Comment_327757 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:32:11 -0700 Greasemonkey
Writing question. I'm putting together a cookbook for blokes, mostly aimed at twenty-somethings moving out of their parents' home for the first time. I'll be including some general advice as well; about renting, housework, basic finances and record keeping, DIY repairs and keeping a toolkit. I'm talking to Oldhat about doing a section on beer.

I'm also considering adding chapters on weed (cookie and brownie recipes, how to make an apple pipe etc) and home made sex toys (the Cucummer, the Eggplant Fleshlight), but I'm concerned this might jeopardise sales. Is it better to risk it, publish and be damned, or to play it nice and censor out the offensive stuff? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327758#Comment_327758 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327758#Comment_327758 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:53:50 -0700 Kay Orchison
Look at it this way - if you put it in, so to speak, nobody's ever going to trust your moussaka... ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327759#Comment_327759 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327759#Comment_327759 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:09:00 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327761#Comment_327761 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327761#Comment_327761 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:26:48 -0700 DC You can either add some warnings about the "adult" stuff or do 2 versions, one with and other without those parts. I'd go for the latter, it could work has some sort of publicity stunt(?).

PS-Warn us when it's done. I could use a handy book like that instead of spending time browsing (and get distracted by other things). ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327764#Comment_327764 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327764#Comment_327764 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:08:21 -0700 Greasemonkey

@DC I'll give you a shout-out as soon as I find a publisher. I've considered doing two versions, but won't that increase printing costs?

Okay, another question under the same heading. Is there anything else that should be covered in a book for first-time home leavers? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327769#Comment_327769 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327769#Comment_327769 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:31:45 -0700 DC ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327770#Comment_327770 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327770#Comment_327770 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:37:44 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327780#Comment_327780 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327780#Comment_327780 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:20:46 -0700 Purple Wyrm
What about the clean stuff in the book, and the adult stuff as a bonus on an associated website? Feature some of the clean stuff on the website too, and drive traffic back and forth between the site and the book. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327781#Comment_327781 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327781#Comment_327781 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:46:21 -0700 Greasemonkey
That could work. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327794#Comment_327794 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327794#Comment_327794 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:46:53 -0700 texture ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327801#Comment_327801 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327801#Comment_327801 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:39:17 -0700 Jason A. Quest
If it were me, I'd go full-on nasty and hope for the publicity. There are other dude's-first-cookbooks out there, after all. But if you're going thru a publisher, it ultimately won't be your decision to make. So I'd include it in your proposal but offer to cut it (or move it online (good idea)) if a publisher sees it as a stumbling block.

And let me know when it's ready, so I can buy it for my damn housemates. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327806#Comment_327806 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327806#Comment_327806 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:29:30 -0700 DC Add sections on taking care of laundry, dusting, dealing with neighbors and roommates (remember that excellent thread on the subject of roommates?:) ) and negotiating with landlords. Also, go with the adult stuff and make the book funny.
IMO, a smaller format would be ideal for a quick read in the middle of a crisis. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327828#Comment_327828 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327828#Comment_327828 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:29:10 -0700 Kosmopolit ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327841#Comment_327841 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327841#Comment_327841 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:48:48 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327854#Comment_327854 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327854#Comment_327854 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:26:13 -0700 Argos
I want to make a cherry wheat beer once cherries are in season, and I want to use real fruit instead of extract. I've already gotten some info online and how to do this (steeping during primary fermentation vs secondary, etc.), but it's still a fairly new concept for me. I'm still not sure if I should just toss the fruit in the secondary and hope there's enough alcohol to kill any germs, or pasteurize is at 170 F and hope the pectins don't thicken. Anyone have any input on brewing with fruit? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327863#Comment_327863 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327863#Comment_327863 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:08:56 -0700 The_Toxo_Zombie
So I have been scrounging the internet for copies of V/VM's "V/VM 365" project, "Thirty Six Illegal Inches" and "The Destelbergen Remixes". I know the lovely people here in whitechapel have some esoteric taste in music. I thought maybe someone might have some MP3s they would be willing to torrent somewhere? I'm not asking for anything illegal here, these were all released for FREE back in the day with instructions to share them as you like as long as it was not for profit. Really though, since Vukzid went bye-bye these things have become impossible to find. Which just strikes me as odd, but whatever.

This is a bit of a mundane thing to post to this board, but I figure it can't hurt to ask. Hopefully some kindly person will indulge my desire to bombard my ears with electronic insanity (that is strangely hard to come by). ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327881#Comment_327881 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327881#Comment_327881 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:42:46 -0700 oldhat
Okay! So! I'm going to go by Sam Calagione's advice here...AND I'm going on the assumption that we're talking a 5 gallon batch here...

Most of the time, with cherries especially, it's been suggested to crush them and put them in at the end of your 60min boil, but it is IMPORTANT to let them steep for at least 20mins at temperatures between 160 and 170 degrees Fahrenheit.

For sour cherries 10lbs of the suckers can be good. For sweet cherries, 8lbs is suggested. If you'd rather use a puree, do everything the same except halve the volume of cherries you're using.

Now that said, with the beer Alan and I made, we put them in at around...30mins or so in to the boil? They were frozen as well. But it turned out quite fruity. So let it be a lesson that nothing is really set in stone. But for a safe way, above should be fine.

To answer your question on twitter, unless you're planning on making a tripel or an imperial anything with a VERY high ABV, you don't need to worry about adding more yeast. You'll be surprised how much a small amount can do. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327893#Comment_327893 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327893#Comment_327893 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:54:19 -0700 Greasemonkey
Does anyone else have any suggestions about the sort of stuff I should include in a guidebook for first-time home leavers? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327901#Comment_327901 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327901#Comment_327901 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:50:43 -0700 Purple Wyrm
Dealin' with da Guv'mint. Specific advice would of course be impossible as it would depend on the jurisdiction the book is currently in, but some basic advice on filling out forms (don't put "yes please" in the "sex" column, no matter how funny it might seem...), applying for benefits and assistance and how to handle run ins with the law could be something of use to many home leavers. God knows I could have done with it when I struck out on my own. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327902#Comment_327902 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327902#Comment_327902 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:00:48 -0700 glukkake
I have a wordpress template set up that lets me tag blog entries and then they don't show up in the main blog feed, but *do* show up when you go to the link for all pages with that one tag.
So you could try to hack it together so that instead of manually entering it into one huge page, you're just writing small blog pages and then they just show up in a row.
I hope this makes sense, because I am half dead. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327904#Comment_327904 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327904#Comment_327904 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:12:36 -0700 Greasemonkey
Government dealing, definitely. I'm considering a section on getting in trouble with the law, too. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327916#Comment_327916 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327916#Comment_327916 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:24:12 -0700 Flabyo
I know one thing a lot of my generation (man, it feels weird saying that) messed up when leaving home was the sheer amount of things you're actually expected to pay for.

In the UK most people would immediately know about paying for gas and electricity, and getting your phone and internet.

But water rates? Lost track of home many friends of mine ended up with nasty water bills cause they didn't know they had to pay for that. Tax too (and the fact that in the UK if you live alone you don't have to pay the full council tax, they don't really push that so often people don't spot it).

Remembering to register to vote each time you move house. And one that every student in the UK dreads... the TV Licence. Don't mess with the TV Licence people, they bear grudges that last a lifetime... ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327940#Comment_327940 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327940#Comment_327940 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:24:59 -0700 Jason A. Quest
:) When I was a kid and I'd ask Dad for juice or pop, he'd say "have a glass of water, it's free". One of the many Lies My Father Told Me.

But I'd be careful getting into government/legal stuff (beyond "never answer cops unless you're trying to get their help") because the differences between the US/UK/Can/Oz run the risk of cluttering it up with irrelevant stuff that doesn't apply. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327941#Comment_327941 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327941#Comment_327941 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:53:56 -0700 Vornaskotti
Cheers - do you have a live blog where I could see how that works? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327957#Comment_327957 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327957#Comment_327957 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:05:07 -0700 Emperor
You should include a list of methods people recommend for getting high cheaply and why you shouldn't waste your time on them - I still feel queasy at the thought of nutmeg and milk burps (and even if you get it to work it isn't worth it) and banana skins? Don't bother. Although they should give jenkem a try. ;)

Might also be worth a guide to legal highs that do work like Salvia (make sure you have someone experienced sit with you), magic mushrooms (be very sure you can identify mushrooms as you could end up eating poisonous ones - buy them from hippies if you are unsure). Chloroform is a little trippy but carcinogenic and ether is intoxicating but flammable (so don't smoke afterwards - they stopped using it medically because sparks could set off fires inside your lungs), while it can be drunk it is easier to just inhale it - both make you stink like a mad scientist's lab.

On the recipe front a few general tips are often better than recipes - how to tell rice, pasta or potatoes are cooked, for example. Don't bother following a recipe - busk it and adjust the flavour to suit. One handy thing though might be a table of cooking times for joints of meat - always handy at Christmas or Thanksgiving. 10 great ingredients to keep stocked up (like lazy garlic, Worcester sauce, dried mixed herbs, stock cubes, tins of chopped tomatoes, etc.). What struck me when I went away to University was that any awful lot of the guys I'd met had either never cooked or had a few recipes that they stuck to religiously, when what they really needed was a grasp of the basics, which gives you confidence and transferable skills you can bring to new recipes. If you can make a quick and easy spag bol, you can make a chilli with a quick change in a couple of ingredients. Also buy some cheap tupperware boxes, make 2 or 3 times what you'll need and freeze the rest - you will never have to buy ready meals for the times you are too tired, lazy or drunk to cook (Too Drunk to Cook. That was a song wasn't it?). ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327971#Comment_327971 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327971#Comment_327971 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:17:21 -0700 government spy
This is sounding a lot like a book I received as a gift once, called "Etiquette for Outlaws,"

Which is basically a how-to guide on everything soceity says you shouldn't do, or how to do dangerous or illegal things as safely as possible. Not a bad read, oddly enough I was fairly versed in most of the information already, but it made a good reference guide for a book I was working on at the time. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327972#Comment_327972 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327972#Comment_327972 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:47:01 -0700 Argos ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327973#Comment_327973 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327973#Comment_327973 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:50:24 -0700 oldhat ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327985#Comment_327985 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327985#Comment_327985 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:55:01 -0700 Greasemonkey
Thanks for all the input, folks. It's all food for thought. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327994#Comment_327994 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=327994#Comment_327994 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:25:23 -0700 Argos ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328008#Comment_328008 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328008#Comment_328008 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:36:31 -0700 Alan Tyson
Okay, so. First off, this sounds like a fantastic idea! I love fruity wheats, and I've had some absolutely lovely cherry beers, most of them wheats or weizens. And using fruit in brewing is really quite easy, at least in my experience.

What oldhat and I did was add all of our fruit, frozen, about half an hour into the boil. I chose to use frozen berries because the heat would crack the skins and let the juice out, but it would do so over time. Steeping the fruit itself, I think, contributed a lot of the tart flavor I wanted in my brew (it was a fruity oatmeal stout... or a fruit stout brewed with oats... still not sure what to classify it as!), so if you want the pucker-factor, I'd say this is a good method. Frozen fruit is also easier to buy in bulk, though that may depends somewhat on what kind of fruit we're talking about.

I left the fruit in for the entire process: boiling, primary, and secondary fermentation, and I even left the fruit in while I was siphoning the beer during bottling. They didn't leave until I scooped them out of the otherwise empty fermentor (which, admittedly, looked pretty gross, but it smelled sorta nice... like oatmeal or porridge with raisins). As long as your fermentor's interior has been well-cleaned, and your bung and airlock are tight, you shouldn't have to worry about the fruit attracting yuckies any more than you normally would with beer, and by the time the alcohol really kicks in, that should do a good job of preserving the fruit. I will admit, I was very concerned about contamination, but we had less to worry about with the fruit stout than I did with a coffee stout I helped make around the same time. I'd say, with the disclaimer that I'm still very much a novice, that fruit should be pretty safe.

I would suggest that, in addition to the cherries, think of some other flavoring that may balance the sweetness and tartness in the beer. Yes, this is what hops are typically for, but I'd still say that fruit needs a partner in beer, just to mellow it out and keep it from becoming a weird mixture of bitter and sour. Most of the bottles of oldhat's and my beer came out fine, but there were a few where I thought very strongly "this needs some vanilla to cool it off." I'd more more than happy to brainstorm ideas with you, and I'm sure oldhat would, too!

Actually, I'm getting ready to put together another fruity beer soon, and a wheat beer to boot! Mine's going to include key limes, coconut flesh and milk, and ginger, and I'm going to bottle it with turbinado sugar for that hint of molasses. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328012#Comment_328012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328012#Comment_328012 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:12:46 -0700 Argos
omg, that beer you described sounds both very interesting and delicious. We should do a Whitechapel collaboration brew :P Adding a bit of a vanilla isn't a bad idea, I'm definitely looking just to get a smooth, cherry flavored wheat for this one, not looking for a lot of tart notes to it. I'll think about what I can do to balance that out. Though do you think I'd be fine as long as I used well ripened cherries (though not over-ripe) as opposed to young tart cherries? Thanks! ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328023#Comment_328023 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328023#Comment_328023 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:21:49 -0700 Emperor
I was thinking about this a bit more and as well as some DIY, you'd want some basic first aid and perhaps kit for your cars - I've just been upgrading what I carry in the car there are quite a few things that are essential and some useful bits of kit (a high visibility jacket and a warning triangle are compulsory in parts of Europe and a good idea everywhere. Antiseptic wipes and pasters are also very handy). Plus having something like a bag of mixed veg or peas in the freezer has come in very useful for the lumps and bumps of drunken idiocy (just make sure you wrap it in a tea towel first).

I suppose some basic tips on computer security, with free useful apps might come in handy if they've not had to look after the family's computers at home already ;)

Right I'll leave this alone now...

@government spy

This is sounding a lot like a book I received as a gift once, called "Etiquette for Outlaws,"


Now that sounds a useful research tool - I was really just thinking about something lower level than that, introductory level debauchery (largely drawing on what I've observed from folks leaving home for the first time - being able to cook, skin up and change a fuse goes an awful long way), rather than proper depravity you'd get up to a few years down the line. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328024#Comment_328024 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328024#Comment_328024 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:22:54 -0700 oldhat ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328050#Comment_328050 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328050#Comment_328050 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:32:23 -0700 glukkake ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328052#Comment_328052 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328052#Comment_328052 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:51:10 -0700 Greasemonkey
I was first aid officer at a metalworking factory for twelve years (a few severed fingers, some nasty lacerations, superglue in the eye and the odd diabetic coma), so definitely some first aid stuff. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328075#Comment_328075 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328075#Comment_328075 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:48:54 -0700 Emperor
There are some first aid myths and stuff they do in movies that you shouldn't do, so something basic would be handy - I think I've got a possibly government leaflet giving the very basic first aid advice tucked away with the first aid kit in the card, just enough so that you could make the difference to someone while you are waiting for the emergency services, not enough to make you dangerous (like the guy I was doing fieldwork with who was convinced he knew how to put an arm back in its socket, when his technique would have been better used for torture - it was the closest I've been to seeing someone's eyes pop out of their head). ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328088#Comment_328088 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328088#Comment_328088 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:45:07 -0700 badbear ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328091#Comment_328091 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328091#Comment_328091 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:51:59 -0700 badbear As it's mostly a cookbook, can I just suggest that you do a list of store cupboard items and mention possible subsitutions within recipes? This is something that has taken me a while to learn but I think it really loosens you up in the kitchen and allows you to be creative and confident with a recipe rather than sticking to it rigidly when perhaps you'd prefer it without coriander or don't have the right kind of flour. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328098#Comment_328098 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328098#Comment_328098 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:14:55 -0700 Greasemonkey
Kitchen storage, definitely. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328104#Comment_328104 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328104#Comment_328104 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:49:23 -0700 oldhat
You know...I'd LOVE to do a collaboration, but also maybe something more brewers here in Whitechapel can do is a collaboration BATTLE. Basically heard about this because Flying Dog and BrewDog are doing one. What you do is agree on a style as well as the mandatory addition/subtraction of an ingredient. The two breweries right now are doing an IPA WITH NO HOPS, so finding a substitution is making it interesting.

I don't know, I think, time and money considered, that would be a real fun thing to do. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328130#Comment_328130 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328130#Comment_328130 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:01:55 -0700 trini_naenae How to do a budget, the basics of money management, etc. That would go well with the "what expenses to expect" section. Along with the dealing with the government, various options for affordable health care is good too. And while it is directed towards guys and they should know about this stuff by this point, various std info and birth control methods wouldn't hurt. (There are too many single mothers where I live. And a lot of the guys here are ...special.) Basic decorating/ furniture arrangement so what when they bring a girl home, it actually looks decent? Maybe a guideline for living with female roommates etc? Things that might seem obvious to women but are inconceivable to men? ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328136#Comment_328136 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328136#Comment_328136 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:00:50 -0700 JP Carpenter
I'm reminded of PJ O'Rourke's The Batchelor Home Companion, not sure if you've read it... my copy got lent to Kemper Norton in the days when he lived in a hovel that had a Good Sink and a Bad Sink, and that one needed the constitution of Satan to even sniff the Bad Sink let alone touch it... I never saw the book again... but the section on Appliance Repair still makes me laugh to think of...

But yeah. I never needed anything like this, I was too damn practical anyway, but some guys I knew couldn't even cook a microwave meal, or clean a bathroom. Think Trini's budget suggestion is a good one. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328149#Comment_328149 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328149#Comment_328149 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:37:11 -0700 Purple Wyrm
With all these suggestions I have a vision of the finished work not being a coffee-table book, but a book thick enough to be used as a coffee table ;) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328151#Comment_328151 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328151#Comment_328151 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:59:37 -0700 Jason A. Quest ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328158#Comment_328158 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328158#Comment_328158 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:09:28 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328162#Comment_328162 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328162#Comment_328162 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:08:13 -0700 Kosmopolit
There are several systems that seem to work but not having any system is begging for trouble. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328164#Comment_328164 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328164#Comment_328164 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:32:45 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328171#Comment_328171 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328171#Comment_328171 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:55:00 -0700 Kosmopolit
Another way is one person (usually the person with a job) pays the bills and then collects the money. That can work if the payer is prepared to be a bastard and kick people out for not paying. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328197#Comment_328197 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328197#Comment_328197 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:52:59 -0700 Jason A. Quest ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328224#Comment_328224 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328224#Comment_328224 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:44:33 -0700 Kosmopolit
Not necessarily or just recipes but stuff like avoiding bullshit organic biodynamic shit from Whole Foods that costs twice as much on the one hand and how to avoid iron deficiency and Vitman D deficiency on the other hand. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328227#Comment_328227 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328227#Comment_328227 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:45:21 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328233#Comment_328233 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328233#Comment_328233 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:13:02 -0700 Kosmopolit
So if you're going vegan rather than ovo-lacto vegetarian you need to take a vitamin supplement. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328257#Comment_328257 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328257#Comment_328257 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:54:31 -0700 government spy
Let me preface this by saying I'm mainly felf-taught with my computer profeciency, and for the most part, have just kind of played things by ear and learned as I went. So I don't know jack, in other words.

A friend recently gave me a new flatscreen monitor, and I hooked it up to my HP Pavillion Desktop. I read that I may need to use a different video card to get the best picture out of the two monitors, currently, the stock card is an Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics card.

The new monitor is hooked up to the DVI port, and the old one is on the VGA. Do I need a card that has two DVI ports? So far, I've installed everything correctly as far as I can tell, and it works, I'd just like to know if I can make it even better.

I would like to use the new set up as efficiently as possible, so any hints or things I should know, to get the most use out of this set up, would be great.

As far as a budget for buying new video cards or whatnot, I'd like to be under $100, but there is buffer room.

Thanks ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328268#Comment_328268 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328268#Comment_328268 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:48:14 -0700 Greasemonkey ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328274#Comment_328274 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328274#Comment_328274 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:12:25 -0700 Jason A. Quest
A different video card probably won't give you a "better" picture. Like most cards, that one supports 30-bit color (about the most colors the human eye can discern), and assuming you have the resolution set to the proper resolution for each monitor (the highest it'll go to for a flat-panel display), the image quality will be the same. There is a chance of getting interference on a VGA cable, but that's pretty unlikely.

The difference you would see by investing in a better graphics card would be a faster picture. Games can update at a higher framerate, images get redrawn on the screen more quickly, etc. Some graphics programs can also take advantage of a graphics card with a faster processor, so (for example) you could resize an image in Photoshop in less time.

Bottom line: if you like the look of the two displays, and you're not noticing flickering when the image updates... it ain't broke. No need to fix it. :) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328358#Comment_328358 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328358#Comment_328358 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:37:18 -0700 Littlepurplegoth
Humans can make their own vitamin D - its actually a hormone :-)

WRT dietary needs please feel free to ask - its one of my 'boring people to death' subjects ;-) I'm a vegan in the main, but pragmatic :-) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328359#Comment_328359 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328359#Comment_328359 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:45:19 -0700 Vornaskotti
You are half correct in there - sunlight makes people synthesize vitamin-D, but it requires quite a lot of sunlight if you are relying only on it. You can easily live in Australia and have a vitamine-D deficiency, and for example in Finland it's really common. Supplements are recommended even for non-vegans/vegetarians. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328361#Comment_328361 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328361#Comment_328361 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:58:42 -0700 Littlepurplegoth
Supplementation is rec. if you live in Northern Europe because for at least half the year the angle the sunlight strikes through the atmosphere it filters out the majority of the UVB and reduces the frequencies of UVA to those that are inadequate to trigger the process. Between April and End october though (certainly in most of England/Wales - may to early oct for most of scotland/northernendland/borders etc) it is perfectly possible to expose yourself sufficiently to make enough D for the whole year :-) If you live in the USA then you have an even longer window in which to do so. I appreciate that Finland has particular issues, and I would concur with you on there - supplementation is needed even where the diet is relatively high in animals that got that exposure on your behalf :-) ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328372#Comment_328372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328372#Comment_328372 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:30:33 -0700 Corey Waits
Kind of a repeat of trini's question from a few pages back, but need help from UKers.

I'm in the UK for the next few months and need my fix of Casanova, Orc Stain, etc, but I'm having a lot of trouble finding a comic shop that seems to have a decent postal service AND is at all aware of these titles.

I know there are plenty of great shops in London (Gosh!, Orbital, Forbidden Planet), but their online services don't seem great, and actually going into the city would eat up more than my my comic budget (explensive trains [when something is so expensive it causes you to use expletives]), so I'd much rather just pay a couple of pound per delivery.

PS. And thanks to Beamish for the help with my last question. I haven't ignored your email, life just got really busy these past couple of weeks. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328376#Comment_328376 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328376#Comment_328376 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:33:21 -0700 Flabyo Page45. Not used an online service myself, I'm close enough to London to just drop into the aforementioned shops. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328434#Comment_328434 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328434#Comment_328434 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:12:41 -0700 Kay Orchison
I'm pretty sure that art is used as synecdoche for inspiration, as in the expression "s/he has that down to a fine art". Where have you seen examples of people being described as "artists" of their fields because they have performed some other role (scientist, sportsperson, diplomat, whatever) with grace and inspiration? Links to credible usage as far from actual art as possible will obtain +1 internets and a standing ovation from yours truly. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328646#Comment_328646 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328646#Comment_328646 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:40:00 -0700 Greasemonkey
Someone close to me has been receiving a bunch of 9/11 conspiracy emails, and I'm having to explain why it's all bullshit. I know the basic physics of the WTC collapse - top floors collapsed after the structure was weakened by fire, pancaking the rest of the building - but need to find a good source for debunking conspiracy claims about stuff like building 7 being mined with explosives, and construction engineers supposedly testifying that the buildings couldn't have been brought down by plane impacts. ]]> ASK WHITECHAPEL -- the You Can Haz Help Now thread (Closes April 2nd) http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328772#Comment_328772 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10536&Focus=328772#Comment_328772 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:32:47 -0700 government spy
We dated for several years, and then some time after we split, she stopped having anything to do with our child, claiming that her asperger's prevented her from having any emotional bonds with people (including the kid). It makes me sad, and angry, because the rest of her family buys this bullshit, especially her parents, because it gives them license to not take any of the blame in this "what could we have done? we didn't know what asperger's or even autism was like in the early 80's"

I don't know if I can actually throw any of it in their faces, but I'd like to know is she full of shit. Does anyone here have or know how asperger's works, symptoms, signs, when it shows up, crap I haven't been able to learn from internets.

#youdonthaveassburgers ]]>