After much to-ing and fro-ing on the matter of accepting ads to cover the costs of this site (readers have been generous with donations, but if I can cover the costs without asking you to dip into your pockets, I’ll be happier with that).
Day: 2009-11-17
Alas, poor geocities: I knew it well
I know, I’m several weeks late on this. Just catching up on the news that Yahoo has pulled the plug on geocities last month does give me a pang. Although I never actually made myself a geocities page, having fallen in with net-purists at a very early stage of my online habit: they scoffed, and thus so did I. Still, those blinkenlight pages were an important stage in the evolution of electronic self-publishing.
Quickhit: accessibletwitter.com
I just came across this website while looking for something else entirely. Anybody else tried it? Is it useful?
Quickhit: Schoolie “rape squad” victim-blaming
From The West: “Rape squad for Rotto schoolie week” Specialist sex assault detectives will be based at Rottnest Island during schoolies’ festivities after attacks on young women there in recent years. Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan warned teenage girls to stay… Read More ›
