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MetaFilter's on vacation

From August 6th through the 20th, MetaFilter will not be publishing any new links or comments. But unlike others, this isn't due to any funding situations, I'm simply taking a 2 week vacation with my wife and didn't want to worry about the site. The break will do everyone some good, you can get back to doing work during work hours (or do your best to endure those hours), you can start talking to your spouse again instead of hovering over a mouse hitting "reload" on your browser, and you can spend some time building new projects instead of wasting your energy here, in the black hole of a timesink that MetaFilter has become (kidding!).

Some links to check out in the downtime

MetaFilter specific:
The archives are still up for reading and research purposes
Links to every member's site (those with a URL in their profile, randomly sorted, resorted every hour)
The about page, in case it's your first time here
The search page, in case you're looking for something
MetaTalk, also in read-only mode

Other communities:
Kuro5hin
FilePile
{fray}
City Stories
Signal vs. Noise
Photographica
edgecase
Stating the Obvious
Slashdot
Plastic
1142
Red Cricket
A List Apart
Diaryland
Blogger
WorldNewYork
neoflux
HalfBakery
Indy Media