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• I write letters

  By tigtog on 2009-03-11 • ( 5 )

  Dear Smartypants-Who-Embeds-Encrypted-Sponsor-Links-In-Code-Web-Designer, This is what I found in the footer file of a theme of yours that I was hacking/tweaking for my own web development purposes today: WARNING: This file is protected by copyright law. To reverse engineer or decode… Read More ›

• Gricers in the Mist

  By tigtog on 2009-03-09 • ( 3 )

  Taken yesterday at the Zig Zag heritage railway, near Lithgow, NSW. A gricer is a steam locomotive enthusiast, and my husband has been one since childhood. He got to ride on the footplate back up the mountain, so he won’t stop smiling about that for at least a week.

  This shot was taken as they purged the boilers to get rid of waste sludge.

• Quickhit: Women in media

  By tigtog on 2009-03-09

  An op-ed from the BBC News Magazine online. Raises many good points, some info I didn’t know, the conclusion seems to trail off. Thoughts? Hat/tip to lurker J.

• For the stats geeks: Correlation

  By tigtog on 2009-03-09 • ( 4 )

  

  Don’t forget to hover your mouse over the image until Rand’s metacomment shows up.

• IWD 2009: Women and men united to end violence against women and girls

  By tigtog on 2009-03-07 • ( 1 )

  Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and the above title is the United Nations official theme for the year – different nations may choose different themes in any year, so it might not necessarily be what your particular national IWD activities are emphasising. You can find out about IWD activities in your region at the official website.

  Any Hoydenistas doing anything special for IWD?

• Friday Hoyden: Sookie Stackhouse

  By tigtog on 2009-03-06 • ( 20 )

  It’s a while since we’ve done a fictional hoyden, and I’m enjoying the series Trueblood, in which Sookie is the primary character, so far (Episode 4 of Season 1, based on the Southern Vampire series of novels by Charlaine Harris)…. Read More ›

• So who knew it was the International Year of Astronomy?

  By tigtog on 2009-03-05 • ( 2 )

  I didn’t, until the news about the little asteroid 2009 DD45 that just missed our planet yesterday popped into my milieu.

• Nathan Rees racks up a hemi-anniversary

  By tigtog on 2009-03-05 • ( 1 )

  Frankly, I’m surprised he’s held on to the Premier slot for this long. Six months of big fat nothings.

• Quickhit: Harding on Greer and women in comedy

  By tigtog on 2009-03-04 • ( 18 )

  Kate Harding dissects Germaine’s latest blithering (Germs doesn’t always blither, but I cannot think of a better description for this particular effort) in Salon. Great job.

• Quickhit: Prop 8 The Musical

  By tigtog on 2009-03-01 • ( 4 )

  Star-studded and in a good cause. http://player.ordienetworks.com/flash/fodplayer.swf “Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from Jack Black