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• Ask Auntie Webwrangler

  By tigtog on 2009-03-30 • ( 21 )

  One topic that came up at yesterday’s Hoyden grogblogmeet was that for lots of people the Internet has become so confusing that they get flummoxed trying to find sites that they’re most interested in, and also that there’s so much around that they find it hard to keep track of things they’ve found before, or to organise their online life generally.

• Femmostroppo Reader – March 30, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-30

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Not To Blame March 30, 2009 – Contractor KBR’s work in Iraq is so shoddy that it threatens soldiers’ lives, yet they argue that they are not to blame Texas wrapup:… Read More ›

• Fluff TV Sunday – Fat politics on Desperate Housewives

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-29 • ( 3 )

  [Spoilers for season 5 Desperate Housewives, through episode 18] There has been some absolutely abysmal fat politics on Desperate Housewives this season, mostly centring around Juanita Solis (Gabby’s daughter) – see Random Babble for more – and on Gabby’s crash… Read More ›

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 29, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-29

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed BREACHING THE POLITICAL BINARY March 28, 2009 – brain food Friday Blogaround March 28, 2009 – more linky-links Bilerico goes dark: What happened? March 28, 2009 – another progressive political website… Read More ›

• Last Minute Reminder for Sydney Hoydenizens: Autumn Drinkies this Sunday!

  By Beppie on 2009-03-28

  Don’t forget lunch and drinks this Sunday (March 29th) for Sydney Hoydenizens — we’ll be at The Warren View Hotel (2 Stanmore Rd, Enmore — the link contains a Whereis map) from 12noon onwards, in the beer garden. I’ll have… Read More ›

• Otterday! And open thread.

  By lauredhel on 2009-03-28 • ( 17 )

  Just spotted on Zooborns: these Asian small-clawed river otter twins, born at Seaworld San Diego. 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… Read More ›

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 28, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-28

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed The rape myth in action March 28, 2009 – “Because eye and body contact and not telling someone to stop is consent to penetrative sex, right? “ Pregnancy as public property… Read More ›

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 27, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-27

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Single and knocked up March 27, 2009 – magazine tells only the stories that serve a romantically conservative agenda regarding unplanned pregnancies Where My Wild Things At? March 27, 2009 –… Read More ›

• Sub-editing fail

  By tigtog on 2009-03-27 • ( 7 )

  AKA How the addition of a single word results in a headline that doesn’t provoke the Laura Norder crowd to clutch their pearls.

  Assuming, of course, that one doesn’t want to confect a controversy via a plausibly deniable misrepresentation.

• Daily Femmostroppo Reader – March 26, 2009

  By tigtog on 2009-03-27 • ( 5 )

  Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Information Reservoirs (or) How I Keep Track of a Large Amount of Incoming Information March 26, 2009 – Some good tips for organisation in the digital age Website page titles –… Read More ›

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