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Matt talks about the personal toll that owning a small business like MetaFilter can take.

We set up a gopher server at MetaFilter. Because, that's why!

A really nice article about the MetaFilter secret santa tradition. "In an era when our Internet friends are largely our Facebook friends...it can feel rare to connect authentically with an online stranger..."

A thousand times yes.

A good reminder that the Web is made of people. (This has a nice mention of the early days of MetaFilter meetups.)

I'm really enjoying the discussion of audience clapping that this old Harry Connick Jr. video spawned at MetaFilter. (HCJ somehow adds a beat around :38 so the audience is clapping on 2 & 4 instead of 1 & 3.)

This article tells some stories about MetaFilter at its best. "People connect to each other here, is what I’m saying. They get to know each other and they treat each other well."

This is a nice reminder that using social media is a choice, not an obligation.

The Atlantic has a very nice story about a recent Ask MetaFilter question.

Great recommendations for good history reads.

Nice look at the way they used to make guitars, and some good guitar stories in the comments.

Nice to see MetaFilter at the top of this list--we've been working on site bandwidth. And I agree on the jQuery problem. There's a bandwidth cost associated with easier development.

Looks simple, sharp! Nice update.

Does what it says on the tin. !important

"Linux, and the Internet broke everything wide open. It’s taken 20 years to get a lot of it boxed back up again. I hope there are still air cracks by the time my kids are old enough to jam screwdrivers in there."