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• Google Autocomplete Poetry

  By lauredhel on 2010-12-28 • ( 17 )

  Inspired by this FAIL in which Google autocompleted “can you eat” with “can you eat human flesh with wooden teeth”, I decided to start asking Google a few questions, and see what other people were searching for.

  I think it makes a kind of poetry – and a kind of comment on the human condition.

• Femmostroppo Reader December 27, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-28

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader over the Xmas break. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• Free yourself

  By hatbluemilk on 2010-12-27 • ( 17 )

• BFTP: Am I being too much of a snob?

  By tigtog on 2010-12-27 • ( 18 )

  Am I saving myself as much time and possible grief as I think I am when I refuse to read their blog if I click on a commentor’s profile and find that they’ve listed The Da Vinci Code as a favorite book?

• Otterday! And Open Thread. (XMAS-FREE ZONE)

  By lauredhel on 2010-12-25 • ( 4 )

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires, with the exclusion noted above. [See our other Otterday if you want to talk about that celebration some people have on the 25th!]

  Today’s otter, Mazu, is an orphaned Congo Clawless Otter, rescued and hand reared with assistance from the International Otter Survival Fund.

• Otterday! And Open Thread. (Xmas talk allowed)

  By lauredhel on 2010-12-25 • ( 16 )

  Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. [See our other Otterday for Xmas-free chat!]

  Today’s otters, who live in the Prospect Park Zoo, are having fun opening their cheerily-wrapped Xmas boxes and finding fishies inside.

• Quicklink: Thank you Auntie, thank you!

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24 • ( 5 )

  Doctor Who 2010 Christmas Special fast-tracked so we actually get to see it Boxing Day! Whee! Set those recording devices to TARDIS – Sunday, 26 December at 7.30pm on ABC1

• Femmostroppo Reader December 24, 2010

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24

  Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. What did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.

• BFTP Friday Hoyden: Top 10 reasons I love The Sound of Music

  By lauredhel on 2010-12-24 • ( 5 )

  A feminist narrative can be constructed, I think, even if it has to do its work within the constraints of a quite conventional romantic tale. Here are the top 10 reasons I think The Sound of Music has a place in a Hoyden’s video library:

• Nina Funnell on the festive spike in domestic violence

  By tigtog on 2010-12-24 • ( 3 )

  A combination of financial strain, families spending more time together, and increased alcohol consumption contribute to the rise in figures. It is timely then, that this month NSW Minister for Women Jodi McKay launched a new website to offer information and practical support to victims of domestic violence and their supporters.

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