Making a community
Inspired by a post on the front page, 'switcheroo' requested help in AskMetafilter on practical advice for building community. The hivemind responded with several suggestions on how enrich one's life with connections.
Inspired by a post on the front page, 'switcheroo' requested help in AskMetafilter on practical advice for building community. The hivemind responded with several suggestions on how enrich one's life with connections.
How about some nice videos for pleasant watching?
-Candy-pulling around the world from Lexica
-Time-lapse of clouds in the Grand Canyon from clawsoon
-Time-lapse of a sculptor at work from not_the_water
-Shipwright builds a wooden boat from scratch from cubby
-Steam-engine hobbyist gently critiques an engine from cortex
-Soccer match: two pro football players vs. thirty 8-year-olds from Stark
-Karate in a Victorian dress from loquacious
-Thirsty farm animals, from the bucket's-eye view from ShooBoo
-Collection of art tutorial channels from Wolfdog
ben30's kid wants to know, are there any synonyms that rhyme?
Chrysostom's post about classic physical special-effects in TV logos drew a bunch of other fun examples in the comments.
Do you know what a billhook is? Well, jedicus found one guy with a huge encyclopedic website about 'em -- and in the comments, zamboni gave an amazing list of "one person's highly-specific passion" websites.
While we're at it, how about pjern's thread of unbelievable garden sheds. And did you catch mrbill's thread a while ago about the amazing garage renovation detailed in a novel-length forum thread?
Thella asks, what do I do with this really weird banister situation in my apartment?
Q: Can you help me ID this mystery building in Asia?
A: Yes! Even though it looks different today. Plus here's video of me in the neighborhood.
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