Sideblog Archive
March 28, 2016
Wash before wear? Ask Mefi settles a debate in which the winner gets to wash a brand new comforter.
March 23, 2016
The Re-Readables: mymbleth asks What book(s) can you read over and over and over again?
March 22, 2016
Mefites have opinions about screws. Includes many fascinating screw facts, including Ikea screws don't suck, it's just most people are using the wrong kind of screwdriver.
March 19, 2016
On hobbies and pastimes recently in AskMe: holmesian wants to know: What is the critical book for your hobby/passion? | dearleader asks, What New Tricks Should This Old Dog Learn? | widdershins is organizing a Skill of the Month project for the fam.
March 17, 2016
Last chance to fill in your Mefi March Madness brackets (men's and women's) before the NCAA basketball starts.
Dressed to Kill wants manifestos: "Feminist manifestos. Communist manifestos. Murder manifestos. The more the merrier." Send me your most interesting manifestos.
March 11, 2016
M-F Meals Master List?: Mrs. Pterodactyl is looking for recipes for planning convenient weeknight dinners (seafood and finny friends need not apply!)
March 9, 2016
"Who runs satellites? I run satellites!": I’ve flown 7 satellites and supported two launches. Rob Rockets with a great answer to krautland's question about the ins-and-outs of satellite operations.
March 5, 2016
Lately in MetaTalk:
Why, the site is a glorious peacock!: Announcing More Color for the Classic Theme
Mefi Podcast 114 is out: "I Say It's Spinach, And To Hell With It"
Discussing Books in Fanfare: Let's talk about books, baby
How YOU doin'?: What's new, MeFites? Have a life update you'd like to share?
March 4, 2016
Learning a thing or two, recently in Ask: How can I improve my vocabulary? | What are some self-help, therapy-ish books that have really helped you? | Where do I learn how to give an injection? | I need to improve my skills at making mobile apps (and websites) usable and beautiful. | What puzzles, games or new activities can I do to keep improving my critical thinking, analytical, and logical abilities? | In 140 characters or less, tell me one tip/trick/event that helped you understand how to use and/or like Twitter.
And in Mefi blue, Start Your Art Journey Today: a series of drawing lessons for free for all beginners and anyone looking to refresh their artistic skills
March 3, 2016
Recently on Mefi, people and places around the world:
Good luck finding parking: "The Precarious Architecture of 7 European Cliff Cities"
The REMAINS of Greenland project is attempting to locate and preserve archaeological sites in Greenland before they are lost to the destructive effects of climate change
Italians Compare the Arrival of Starbucks to the Apocalypse: pjsky's roundup of the unthinkable
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History is a project publishing the history of industry in the UK and elsewhere
"Being Iceland, it gets complicated": Saga Thing is a podcast about the Sagas of the Icelanders
Roadtrip like it's 1966: 1966 video photolog trips of selected highways via BC Ministry of Transportation
No vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end: A short video from the British Geological Survey about Siccar Point
March 2, 2016
Mefite effugas, aka security expert Dan Kaminsky, answers questions in Sleeper's post about "a potentially catastrophic flaw in one of the Internet's core building blocks"
March 1, 2016
True Blue Loo: Do you want to read Mefites' terrific tales of terrifying toilets? Of course you do.
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