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April 30, 2025 Newsletter
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Already a third of the way through the year! Time sure does fly by. April has been a relatively quiet month, but there are still a few updates to share around the Cafe!
Our 2025 Spring Tea Party has kicked off! Naturally, the theme is coffee and tea. Participants are tasked with designing a layout to be used by your fellow webweavers that evokes the vibe of enjoying a fresh cup of coffee or tea. Submissions are due May 11. Check out the event link below to get involved!
Events are put together by our event planning team, which is one of our project teams. If you are interested in getting more involved with the Cafe, take a look at our project teams and reach out to join!
Have a great May, y'all!
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Our spring event for 2025 has kicked off! Flex your creativity and create a layout related to coffee and tea for others to use. Submissions close on May 11.
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88x31 Buttons are widespread across the small web. If you're looking to fill out your button wall or show off your tiny graphics skills, come browse the forum thread.
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To celebrate hitting 1,000 members, we threw an information demographic survey to get a pulse of who Cafe members are! While the final count was only about 10% of our members, still gives you a rough idea of what our forum membership is like.
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Have you seen the 32-Bit Cafe Banner Exchange? Submit a 728x90 leaderboard and a 320x50 mobile ad to advertise your personal site, your project, anything you might want to promote on this side of the web! Be sure to disable your ad blocker when browsing the 32-Bit Cafe. The only ads we'll ever have are independent!
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Coby's website has a delightful Aero aesthetic, making heavy use of glossy gradients and rounded corners. He also writes incredible articles taking a deep dive into a variety of interesting topics.
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Every third Sunday, James, Jay, or both of them, are hosting our Webweaving Workshops. You can always take a look at our Events Calendar to see the specific date of upcoming events. Our next workshop will be April 18. See you there!
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Blog Posts Around the Cafe
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Every month, we showcase a few blog posts from members of the 32-Bit Cafe. Sometimes around a theme, sometimes not. This month, these posts give us a glimpse into the lives of our community members, a snapshot in time of them. These blog entries have been submitted to our community blogroll.
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My mind without stimulants, or: How I'm quitting caffeine
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Lars-Christian muses over the process and effects of quitting caffeine has had on his daily life.
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Twitterlike is a Bad Shape
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Has microblogging always been flawed since the beginning? Coyote analyzes the features of popular microblog platforms.
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Cozy fantasy isn't the problem
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Guin defends cozy fantasy from the haters in this short and sweet post.
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DarylSun's entry for the month's IndieWeb Carnival talks about how and why she renewed the joy she found in her old interests and hobbies.
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Ceci n'est pas une gardening blog
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Dr Molly Tov writes about why she gardens, and why she doesn't write about gardening.
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CaffeineAndLasers vents some frustration about how much worse Reddit is for online hobby groups than forums.
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Popular Forum Topics of the Month
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A discussion started by CaffeineAndLasers that dives into webrings and whether an official cafe webring makes sense.
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Where'd your avatar/icon/pfp/whatever come from?
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Jay kicks off a casual thread discussing the background of everyone's profile pictures.
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Websites for yourself only
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Inspired by his current project, PiusQBird asks the community about developing webpages that are not intended to be shared.
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xandra kicks off one of the classic forum games where you lightheartedly post a brief description of what the poster above you is like.
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This newsletter is meant to be helpful and engaging. If you think we're missing the mark, reach out to xandra@32bit.cafe. We'd love your feedback.
Thank you for being here. The world is better with you in it.
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