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  • Tweaks etc

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    I’m working on some techniques to serve the blog faster, and use less bandwidth for our server and for our readers.

    Sometimes the techniques may block more than I intend them to.

  • Virtual Traveling – Our Best Friend?

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    Any of these fangy faces remind anyone of anybody special?

  • Femmostroppo Reader – September 29, 2009

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    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. It’s your last chance to submit to the Fifth Carnival of Feminists – So go on… Read More ›

  • Meta

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    I’ve turned off comments registration for the time being. The last few months with it should have dropped us off some target lists for sp@mmers, and we’ll see how we go.

  • Femmostroppo Reader – September 28, 2009

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    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. sean cubitt#39;s blog: Ubiquitous Media, Rare Earths – “we act as if computing and network resources… Read More ›

  • Quickhit: Roman Polanski arrested in Zurich

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    I always thought that he should have served his time upon his conviction for statutory rape 31 years ago. For a start, why should someone with the money to flee from law enforcement just be able to get away with it?

  • Horrendous autism “advocacy” video

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    Because Kids with Autism are just that Difficult to Know and Understand, and that Huge a Burden to Real People, apparently. Also, the message is that supporting Autistic people here and now is not nearly as important as raising money for cure/prevention some many years in the future.

  • Femmostroppo Reader – September 27, 2009

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    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. Malkin’s venom knows no bounds: Obama “;doesn’t like this country very much”, is the “Groveler in… Read More ›

  • Not-so-evil internets: making kids better writers

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    Every few months or so, we read about some freaked out reporter/columnist/pundit/politician complaining about how the internet and texting are destroying kids’ ability to write. Yet, pretty much every study on the subject has found the opposite to be true. Study after study after study after study after study have all found that kids today are better writers than in the past.

  • New study on negative effects of smacking children

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    Dr Straus said children who constantly faced physical punishment lived in fear and suffered stress, which was associated with poorer academic performance.