How do you increase serendipity? [more inside]
posted by parudox on Apr 9, 2009 - 22 answers

Please help me figure out exactly how I screwed up these brownies so I can recreate this delicious mistake. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Jan 28, 2009 - 17 answers

Ray Oldenburg wrote a book a while back called "The Great Good Place" where he described what he called "Third Places", places with regulars who habitually congregate there to meet new and old friends in a welcoming atmosphere. What places near Santa Monica/Brentwood/West Los Angeles California fit that description? [more inside]
posted by realpseudonym on Sep 9, 2008 - 3 answers

SerendipityFilter: Great globs of text [more inside]
posted by fantastic on Dec 20, 2006 - 1 answer

Remarkable human connections made possible through the web. Blogs, Flickr, etc. Not "love connections," but rather people who might have recognized an old relative in a photo, or a family member they never knew existed. Stumbling across each other, not searching. (more) [more inside]
posted by cloudscratcher on Feb 12, 2006 - 24 answers