FreeFilter was an open source attempt at replicating a MetaFilter style site. It was quite successful and about twenty sites (that I know of) ended up using it. It has not been actively supported for a couple of years, however, and is now deprecated in fa
The sum of all the times a user has posted on Metafilter (comments or threads on the blue, gray and green) divided by the number of days they have been a member.
George Lakoff tells how conservatives use language to dominate politics: "Why do conservatives appear to be so much better at framing? - Because they've put billions of dollars into it."
Recycled Robots, hand-made from scavenged parts. Robots, robots, more robots, and their pets. And where there are robots, rest assured, there will be rayguns.
What is ubiquitous computing or "ubicomp," other than a geeky buzz-phrase for smart objects, "things that think"? In his provocative new book Everyware (freely excerpted here and here), interface designer and MeFite Adam Greenfield provides a thoughtful m
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