Community recs: non-fannish

[beatrice_otter]

I know, fandom's a lot of fun.  But Dreamwidth isn't only about fandom!  So let's spread some love.  Here are my favorite non-fannish DW communities--comment with yours!

dw_nifty : all the cool features about Dreamwidth that you might not otherwise find out about.

fucking_meds : a place for people to complain (and share information about) meds they're on.
actyourwage : so, we're all feeling the pinch, right?  This is a place to share hints on how to live within a budget.  It's about taking control of your finances and strategies for money saving and getting out of debt
asperger 
homeeconomics101 : Tips and tricks regarding cleaning/budgeting/cooking...
napowrimo : the DW com for National Poetry Writing Month.  Dead for now, but wait until next April.
poetry : A community for sharing published poetry.  (I.e. your favorite stuff to read that you'd like to share, not stuff you wrote yourself.  Though I'm sure there's a com out there for poetry writing, too.)

Some of these are kind of quiet, but that may change with the influx of new people.  What about you guys?

Comments

[kitters]

Ooooh, dw_nifty sounds relative to my interests. Thanks for the rec!

[thesynchronomes]

Thanks for posting up homeeconomics101, I'm moving out soon and living at uni so I'll need all the help I can get. :P

[blackmare]

I joined art, but I am not posting yet because of the inability to upload images directly.

Now, Photobucket, Flickr, etc. are options, BUT. If I post there, I have to attach my Real Name to everything or risk making image theft way, way too easy. Yet, the whole reason I'm at DW is so I can have an Actual Private Journal and not have Facebook or Google or whoever feels like it/accidentally clicks the wrong button connecting Real Name and Journal Name for all the world to see.

So I haven't found a balance yet. When I do, I'll see y'all on the Art comm.

[foxfirefey]

wtf_nature
science
cross_stitch
gimp_gate
dreams_library
graphs
common_nature
command_liners

[jana]

iconfinder: a community for everyone who is looking for specific icons and would like some pointers on where to look for them.

la_tex: a place where you can discuss LaTeX with other users; LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system frequently used for scientific and mathematical writing.

linux4all: a community for "the newly curious, old-skool tinkerers, and anyone who would like to try an alternative to a Microsoft or Mac created system".

[foxfirefey]

Oh yes:

art
pencils