Life

Menopause – is it all down to the blokes?

By Mindy on 2014-04-02 • ( 15 )

There was an interesting article in the Guardian a couple of days ago about the biological reasons for menopause. I have not read the studies that this story is based on, so commenters with more knowledge of this stuff please… Read More ›

#AWW Book Review: Questions of Travel

By Mindy on 2014-03-29

#AWW2014 Book Review: Questions of Travel by Michelle de Krester.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2014-03-29 • ( 9 )

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Is there anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Reading a good book (or a bad one)? Anything in the news that you’d like to discuss? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Sunday Singalong: Footloose Nostalgia

By tigtog on 2014-03-23 • ( 6 )

It’s 25thirty years since Footloose came out, and Kevin Bacon’s still got the moves (and Jimmy Fallon has a gift for cheesy setups).

Cloaking device

By shonias on 2014-03-22 • ( 8 )

I spoke to a guy in a long coffee queue to point out there was another, unused machine 3 feet away, and even bearing news of speedy caffeine, and wearing a bright red dress, I was apparently invisible.

A woman at a tech event, unaccompanied by any men, is just too unlikely to be believed.

Otterday! And Open Thread

By lauredhel on 2014-03-22 • ( 15 )

9 year old boy and his dad with gaming controller.

Charity Signal Boost: Special Effect

By Anna on 2014-03-15

Special Effect is a UK-based charity full of very clever people who develop work-arounds that allow people with a wide range of disabilities to play computer games.