This post is cross-posted at Shakesville. [image source] From a CyberPsychology & Behavior issue earlier this year: “Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study” [1][fulltext PDF available free]. The goal of this small online survey was to examine… Read More ›
fun & hobbies
enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
Otterday!
This Otterday shot comes from yeimaya at Flickr. Feel free to cap it, if you’d like this to be a bit more interactive. The ROLFbot is a handy tool.
Friday Hoyden: Michelle Atkins completes 10 marathons in 10 days
Last year the Guinness book of records set a challenge for runners – complete ten marathons in ten days and get in the records book. Lots of runners found the challenge motivational, and a few completed the challenge in 2007,… Read More ›
Eye troubles? Photoshop Disasters fun
If you’re not already reading Photoshop Disasters, go and check it out. Here are a few recent splorfs. I tried to narrow these down to a top three, and totally failed. It’s worth going to the originals, for the larger… Read More ›
I met this guy in Hyde Park today: big bubbles, no trouble (as they say in the classics)
Mr Incredibubble: His name’s Justin, and he’s cool. I’ll post some of my photos once I’ve got them Flickr’d. Here’s some of my photos below – the grey sky was actually terrific – apparently the bubbles sparkle much more on… Read More ›
Tightly focussed snark blog of the day
Things Younger than John McCain Anyone else seen any new snarkery around the intertubes lately? P.S. I took this shot on the weekend, of a bride slowly and oh so carefully picking her way through muddy ground to get to… Read More ›
Otterday
It’s Otterday again! From Cute Otters.
Wednesday Soapblogging
Some soap pictures for you! The first is a couple of well-cured soaps from a few months ago. I like this photo because it shows the extreme ends of the range of textures achievable in handmade soaps. The purple soap… Read More ›
Autumn in the mountains
Shots from Mother’s Day lunch in the Lower Blue Mountains. Below are close-ups of part of the view from their back verandah. [first image of the series in the Flickrstream] [slideshow] The cold snap the last week and the mellower… Read More ›
Budget Drinking Game!
Zoe had some sort of collision with a crystal ball and ended up liveblogging Tonight’s Budget Speech last night instead. So the plan is: Print out Zoe’s post. Make a large jug of something reprehensibly alcoholic Sit in comfy chair… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 