Sideblog
March 3
[COMMUNITY] You're going to have to make a lot of decisions this week, but lucky for you this week's Free Thread is geared towards making all of that easy!
March 2
[COMMUNITY] Looking for some interesting content to post on MeFi? Then browse through March's LinkMe, a collection of suggestions to get folks started on making posts!
March 1
"I built some software that lets me visualize the connections across ingredients as maps."
Honestly, if that sentence alone doesn’t get you interested enough to click on web5.0’s MeFi Project titled “Flavor maps”, then I don’t know what to say, other than you’re missing out!
February 28
It’s morning time (somewhere) and your brain isn’t quite ready. It needs a bit of an extended warmup to get full up to speed and the news headlines are too toxic. What do you recommend to get the ol’ noggin going? Member actuallyquite is ready for your recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter, whatcha’ got?
Also in AskMe is a short question by moonmilk, where the actual creator in question shows up!
February 27
Ten years ago we were arguing about whether a certain dress was blue or gold, each of certain we were right.
Now chavenet has shared a look back at the incident and what we can learn about it and others when we literally see things differently.
February 26
Sciatrix knows a lot about rodents, and is more than willing to share a bit of her knowledge about Old World rats and mice!
February 25
[COMMUNITY]This week's Free Thread wants to know what you name your stuff!
MeFi Projects is a space for members to toot their own horn and link to something that they have done and wow has member malevolent done a great bit of tootin'! You'll see what we're talking about if you play his online game Stycraper and build a tower of junk!
February 24
Feeling political are you? Well, Jabo has put together an amazing collection of ways people can participate in the political process, while joannemerriam has a roundup of over 100 small press books which provide insight and guidance on what to do next. Let's go!
February 23
Here's a few recent MeFi posts you might have missed:
- Chavenet shared the continued hilarity of hitting reply all on a large email list.
- Mittens shared a link about the evil nerds that are causing your high power bill. There really is a cabal!
- Rcraniac posted several links about the gift economy and gift thinking
- GCU Sweet and Full of Grace noted Amazon is ending downloads for Kindle. BOOO!
February 22
Recent music posts have had a couple of greats hits (get it?!). First, box shared an interview with Neko Case and her recent memoir. Meanwhile, in Ask MetaFilter, Serene Empress Dork put out a request for quiet and pretty songs, and the recommendations are great. Wordshore created a couple of posts about the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Finally, Lemkin touches on The Peter Brötzmann Octet's classic album "Machine Gun", which is regarded as Europe's first jazz album.
February 21
Considering that it’s cockatoos, it kinda make sense. But yeah, the rumors are true, everyone's favorite ornery birds do prefer dunking their noodles in blueberry yogurt.