Forgive me readers, it has been >2wks since my last FR! If you follow me on Twitter, you may have already seen these. Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader or via twitter (please consider following some of the tweeters). What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments. Shameless self-promotion entirely welcome!
- First, GET ON THIS! via
@teh_aimee: how to delete your google web browsing history before march 1. this is important, people… http://bit.ly/AaF74R - Second, a bit of froth that I found last night - Oh dear, so many period drama men somehow end up getting a wee bit damp
#socareless - “It’s Raining Men” http://youtu.be/TOFps_Naytg
Video description: a montage of many classic historical romance films concentrating mostly on the heroes who have been caught in the rain (Amazing Grace 2006; Casanova 2005; Emma 1996, NorthAnger Abbey 2007; North & South 2004; Persuasion 2007; Pride & Prejudice 1995, 2005; Sense & Sensibility 1996, 2008; The Shadow in the North 2007; Wives & Daughters 1999), music soundtrack is “It’s Raining Men” by : Countdown & DJ R2
- Now for the rest:
- Christopher Soghoian ?
@csoghoian - A beautiful, clear explanation of the trainwreck that is HTTPS trust. The Internet is broken: Could we please fix it?blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2012/02/how-to - Glenn Greenwald ?
@ggreenwald Bradley Manning one of 231 people nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is.gd/0S75qe - Richard Wise ?
@CultureRevealed - How stress alters alters our ability to evaluate choices, putting the plus on the upside and ignoring the downside. ow.ly/9kIvP - Sherlockology ?
@Sherlockology - Lucy Liu is Watson opposite Jonny Lee Miller’s Holmes in CBS’#Elementary pilot. Confirms Holmes is British: bit.ly/wDo4pc#Sherlock - Bryce Covert ?
@brycecovert - AL senator pushing transvaginal ultrasound bill is president of a company that makes the equipment: bit.ly/yInYy6 via@jljacobson - Absolutely awe-inspiring – Timelapse of earth-by-night as seen from the International Space Station - http://bit.ly/w1Fbl7
#ISS - blue milk ?
@bluemilk - Rich people, you scallywags washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-kle… - Clem Bastow
@dailylifeau on Pinterest and how women create and use most of the content on the ‘net:http://bit.ly/zBiDRG - wendy_harmer ?
@wendy_harmer - OK,how many women on right now on commercial AM radio presenting brekkie program? (solo that is.) Any outside ABC?http://thehoopla.com.au/women-radio-dial/ - The marvellous, v. compassionate
@margaretcho: “You are not ugly. Don’t make videos [seeking validation from others].”http://bit.ly/xBrpBN - Wendy Carlisle ?
@Wendycarlisle -#wikileaks latest drop – stratfor files “global intelligence files’ partners with media all over the world -cept oz bit.ly/AjoxEi - Maria Popova ?
@brainpicker - The silver fox experiment and how dogs became domesticated – utterly fascinating j.mp/unINvi - ABC Ramp Up
@ABCRampUp - See no evil? Definitely not without audio description
http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2012/02/27/3440548.htm
#disability#blind#AudioDescription#access - Flickr adds Pinterest opt-out code to copyrighted photos http://cnet.co/zILRu7
- “Far from keeping the Internet tough to kill, the ISP, in effect, becomes the kill switch.” (and what to do about it) http://bit.ly/x9Xm8J
#heyercon SMH article: 1920s Aussie librarian praised Georgette Heyer as a ‘bonzer’ author read by the girls who love the ‘filthiest books’ bit.ly/Abwo6c
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Categories: linkfest
The 109th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! 
The 105th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up! 
Hoyden About Town 
It is a definite sign of my complete inability to Keep Up that every time I see the word “Pinterest” I still think it’s going to have something to do with Harold Pinter.
I am breaking my own commenting guidelines in order to do a bit of shameless self-promotion! I have just started blogging and this is my recent effort: http://ollieroberts.blogspot.com/2012/02/decolonising-ones-mind.html
orlando, I’m not up to date with pinterest either. To be honest I haven’t totally got a grip on twitter yet …
ollie, surely responding to an explicit invitation to self-promotion can’t break even the most stringent guidelines – the invitation is an over-ride.
Welcome, anyway.
I just wrote this little piece about Girls in English Lit texts. Thought the Hoydens might care (and wanted more than just my mother to read this particular post, since I’m in a tizzy about it):
Also, I feel like I say this every time I comment, but it can’t be said enough: THANKS FOR THE SITE. xo
OK Clearly I did the link thing wrong. *technologically challanged*
It’s:
http://confessionsofastuffedolive.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/where-are-english-texts-about-girls.html