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Culture
The milieu through which we swim
I write letters
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 ›
Whoydensday: Dalek in a Pond!
If you haven’t heard the news yet — last week, a dalek head was found in a pond in Hampshire. According to telegraph.co.uk: Sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he… Read More ›
Medela Bites its Thumb at the WHO Code
I’d like you to watch this ad with a critical eye. [Transcript is appended.] http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=19472558&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 [If you know all about the Code and Innocenti and APMAIF already, skip down to the next iteration of the ad below!] The WHO Code… Read More ›
Gricers in the Mist
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
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
Don’t forget to hover your mouse over the image until Rand’s metacomment shows up.
Top 5 TV credits: What are your favourites?
Most of us pop culture adherents have favourite opening credits for our TV shows. They may create an intense mood, immerse you in a place and time; they may have a great theme song; they may just remind you of… Read More ›
Yet another Whedon peeve [1]: “What is that? Why is it beeping?”
[Post contains spoilers for Dollhouse episode 4, unrelated to the serial plot. THERE ARE SPOILERS IN COMMENTS.] Hey Joss Whedon, Mr Feminist Icon dude, can I have a word in your shell-like? There are fields of endeavour in which the… Read More ›
IWD 2009: Women and men united to end violence against women and girls
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?
Hoyden About Town 