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• Virtual travelling: Eruption in Iceland

  By tigtog on 2008-09-02

  .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Eruption, originally uploaded by Duncan_Smith. The first time I ever saw a proper geyser was in… Read More ›

• How journalism has changed (or not)

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-02 • ( 1 )

  Tama Leaver is sharing some of the participatory-culture video projects that his Digital Media students are doing. This one is a bit of fun. Tama introduced it thus: In a similar vein but using a really different technique, ‘Something Old,… Read More ›

• Families, politicians and stupid rumours

  By tigtog on 2008-09-02 • ( 23 )

  I was very unimpressed with some rumours I read within hours of the announcement that Sarah Palin was running for VP on the McCain ticket: to whit, rumours that infant Trig was in fact not her son but was instead… Read More ›

• Fourth Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Blue Milk

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-01

  The wonderful Blue Milk has just published the Fourth Down Under Feminists Carnival, and a bloody marvellous effort it is too. (And four days ahead of deadline, what’s with that?) There’s a whole lot of Olympics, a whole lot of… Read More ›

• Spring!

  By tigtog on 2008-09-01 • ( 4 )

  Spring photos from around the world, culled from a Flickr image search 1. Reading in the flowers, 2. simply green and blue, 3. Have a quiet weekend ! 🙂, 4. Panonian sea, 5. spring snow beauty darkforce, 6. Today, The… Read More ›

• Raped by elves

  By lauredhel on 2008-09-01 • ( 31 )

  We’ve identified before that passive voice agent-deletion is a particular problem in reports of sexual violence. The victim is centred, just as she is in most narratives of sexual violence (and its prevention), and the perpetrator is disappeared altogether or… Read More ›

• SF Sunday: zines and fanfic and cons, oh my!

  By tigtog on 2008-08-31 • ( 6 )

  BayCon 2006 photos cropped from originals uploaded by kentbrew Fairly light on the fandom scale, me, despite my enthusiastic reading/viewing. We’re subscribed to Aurealis and I read Eidolon online, I’ve posted a few macros to ihasatardis, and I’ve been to… Read More ›

• “Soon they’ll be telling us that we can’t thrash our own wives.”

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-31 • ( 6 )

  If you didn’t get on to Green Wing last time tigtog mentioned it, you can add my voice to the chorus. Imagine Scrubs minus the glossy Americanishnessness and the relentless unselfconscious misogyny, and plus actors who are willing to laugh… Read More ›

• For those who followed the Norks Thread of Doom

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-31 • ( 3 )

  Those who followed the Norks Thread of Doom on LP might appreciate this amazing poem by Karen Healey. Karen was asked this by some creep who reads her blog: I am apologizing to you in advance if you find the… Read More ›

• Hurricane Gustav

  By lauredhel on 2008-08-30 • ( 13 )

  [edited 31 Aug: CNN map updated.] My thoughts go out to any Hoydenizens in the path or trail of Hurricane Gustav. Stay safe.

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