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• Not-an-Otterday (and Open Thread)

  By tigtog on 2010-10-04 • ( 17 )

  These school holidays seem to be using up everybody’s spoons! Here, have a fox.

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

• Femmostroppo Reader – September 29, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-09-29 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you’ve been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Femmostroppo Science Reader – September 24, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-09-24 • ( 3 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you’ve been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Twitter’s ch-ch-ch-ch-changing

  By tigtog on 2010-09-23 • ( 17 )

  Wired.com takes a peek at the new look/new features that will be rolled out across the network over the next day or so. If you can see the changes on your homepage already, what do you think?

  This seems like a good general opportunity for readers to let other readers know that they tweet and where they can find each other. So drop a link to your tweetstream, or go forth and follow!

• Femmostroppo Reader – September 23, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-09-23 • ( 2 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed.What did I miss? Please share what you’ve been reading (and writing!) in the comments.

• Wednesday Wow: Starry Night

  By tigtog on 2010-09-22 • ( 2 )

  All those stars reminded me – it’s nearly September equinox time (it’s becoming more common to no longer refer to vernal/autumnal equinoxes or summer/winter solstices because it gives the wrong impression that it’s the same season simultaneously around the world). The equinox falls on tomorrow, September 23rd at 1:09 pm Sydney time.

• The callous cruelty of mandatory detention of asylum seekers

  By tigtog on 2010-09-21 • ( 3 )

  On this day after a detained asylum seeker threw himself off a detention centre roof to his death rather than be deported back to persecution in Fiji, this terrible yet fantastic post from Pamela Curr at the Drum should be required reading for all Australians with a social conscience:

• Testing twitter auto-update

  By tigtog on 2010-09-21 • ( 25 )

  Feel free to ignore. Or you could use the comments to share your technical woes of any kind, if you’re feeling chatty.

• Can’t blog

  By tigtog on 2010-09-20 • ( 9 )

  Too many last minute errands before sprog the younger heads off on school trip to France this evening.

• It’s not censorship when it’s a personal decision over privately owned space

  By tigtog on 2010-09-17 • ( 25 )

  aka One More Time For The Clueless! “Free speech” has never meant that individuals or corporations are obliged to provide a forum for speech they find obnoxious on their own private property.