http://www.metafilter.com/tags/niche Posts tagged with 'niche' at MetaFilter. Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:51:30 -0800 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:51:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/59729/Smallist%2DBetter%2Dliving%2Dthrough%2DSmallistry <a href="http://smallist.com">Better living through Smallistry</a> at <i>Smallist</i>. <a href="http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/22/pinky-drive/">Gadgets</a>, <a href="http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/13/optimizing-a-small-workspace-what-i-learned-from-the-jeweler/">spaces</a>, <a href="http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/06/beer-in-a-half-pint/">beverages</a>, <a href="http://www.smallist.com/2007/03/09/the-incredible-shrinking-woman/">fetishes</a>: ultra-niche blogging at its finest. [via <a href='http://projects.metafilter.com/votes/856'>mefi projects</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59729 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:51:30 -0800 blog economy efficiency ittybitty little mefiprojects minute niche size small tiny cortex http://www.metafilter.com/57686/makes%2Dem%2Dlook%2Dlike%2Dcool%2Dspacemen%2Dor%2Dghengis%2Dkhan%2Dor%2Daliens%2Dor%2Devel%2Dknievels The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry_%28training%29">sport and hobby</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry">Falconry</a>, or hunting small game with raptors has been around since ~600 bce. What you might not have known is that there is a small industry to provide your hawk or falcon with a <a href="http://www.falconryhoodsinternational.com/gallery.htm">jaunty chapeau</a>, often necessary to keep the bird calm. More <a href="http://www.websterhoods.com/gallery.htm">here</a>, <a href="http://www.m-jhoods.co.uk/Main_page.htm">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.foxfalconry.co.uk/index.html">here</a>. And then there's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o14UWuotiFk" title="YouTube link">the crazy</a>. <i>All you need... is five-hundred geepee...</i> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57686 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:15:59 -0800 cabal chapeaux falcon falconry falconryhood hawks hood hoods leather nerd niche exlotuseater http://www.metafilter.com/47460/Niche%2DMagazines <a href="http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/newspaper_magazines_/index.html">Odd/Niche Magazines.</a> Yesterday evening, I was on my way home on the train, when I noticed a man reading a glossy four-color magazine called <a href="http://www.pizzatoday.com/" _blank><em>Pizza Today</em></a>. It floored me that there was actually a magazine dedicated to pizza, with a feature article on <a href="http://www.pizzatoday.com/production_articles.shtml?article=NDE2OHN1cGVyNDE2NXNlY3JldDQxNzI=" _blank>dessert pizzas</a> on the cover! So I went looking for other odd niche magazines and found (bi)monthly printed publications for <a href="http://www.twinsmagazine.com/" _blank>twins</a>, <a href="http://www.legofan.org/brickjournal/" _blank>LEGO fans</a>, <a href="http://www.christiancowboy.org/magazine.html" _blank>cowboys who are Christian</a>, <a href="http://www.ferretsmagazine.com/ferrets/" _blank>ferret lovers</a>, <a href="http://www.clocksmagazine.com/" _blank>collectors of clocks</a>, <a href="http://www.goatmagazine.com/" _blank>goat</a> and <a href="http://www.sheepmagazine.com/" _blank>sheep herders</a>, <a href="http://www.tonmo.com/" _blank>cephalopods</a>, and <a href="http://www.stepbystepbeads.com/" _blank>beaders</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47460 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:51:44 -0800 humor magazines niche odd lunarboy