It is a violation of Australian privacy law to collect private medical information, which is specifically designated “sensitive information”, without a damn good reason. Is anyone making a noise about this?
Year: 2011
Looks like we’re all a bit busy
And I haven’t even got around to starting the spring cleaning yet!
What’s keeping the rest of you all so quiet?
Congrats to Sam Stosur
She’s on top of the world after demolishing Serena Williams in the US Open final, and who can blame her?
Literary Linkfest September 11, 2011
Posts on writing and reading that I’ve come across recently. What have you been reading or writing lately?
Femmostroppo Reader September 10, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Happy Hoyden Day and Otterday Open Thread
Today is the 6th anniversary of tigtog’s first post. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? […] Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?
Tech tip: Instapaper
For people who haven’t heard of it yet, Instapaper is a web application that turns web pages into an ebook for you.
That “Feminist Whore” code in Dead Island game: nice to see a proper apology
Others please take note. This is how an apology is done – regret and responsibility. No “if people were offended” bullshit where the responsibility for outrage is weaselled from the perpetrator(s) to those who call it out.
At Home With Julia: meh
It’s hard enough to write a sitcom when you don’t have to worry about the potential for defamation issues and being overtaken by news developments between filming and airing. I have no idea why somebody thought that it was a great idea to shackle their sitcom with such stultifying constraints.
Femmostroppo Reader September 8, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
Hoyden About Town 