Taken in the front garden this morning Cory Doctorow has a piece in the Guardian about how the movie studio quest for a perfect copy protection system is doomed to fail. DRM is supposed to force those unwilling to pay… Read More ›
blogging
the craft of blogging, interblog incidents, troll-patrol etc
ironlupins
My favourite photo so far this week.
Belated Wednesday Wow: Go your way, I go mine
I got a good tip from the headphones guy in the hi-fi store last week (who is also a photographer, of course): when travelling, check out a city’s name in the Flickr tags and see what people like to photograph when there: you’ll get a lot more to see than just the tourist bureau picture postcards. What a brilliant idea.
Spring
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } DSC_0004, originally uploaded by tigitogs. Did I mention I got a new camera? One of the… Read More ›
Passive backlash.
Well, this “Girls Love Pink Cos They Pick Fruit, Fuck, and Have Babies!” study would be a prime example of Why We Need Blogs. I see a lot of whining about bloggers being mere parasites on the underbelly of the… Read More ›
Wednesday morning soapblogging
I have a few pretties to share with you. Tie Dye Trance. This is my first five-colour swirl: purple, red, pink, orange, and blue. Making these was a whirl of arms and jugs and spoons, mixing and colouring and scenting… Read More ›
“I think we should discuss…”
I’m dying here. What would happen if corporate meetings were internet comment threads: http://www.collegehumor.com/moogaloop/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1771556 College Humour, via Neatorama.
Feminism Friday (belated): Disruptive Posters Index
I’ve noticed lately on my favourite feminist blogs that several thread hijackers are using a relatively new technique. Because most if not all femiblogs (on platforms which allow it) have enabled the option to always moderate first-time posters, these people’s… Read More ›
Wish I could read German
I love the button anyway. Wonder why the button’s in English when the site isn’t?
Being assimilated
Our HAT Facebook group is now up and running, with 20 members so far! So, I wish to have a Sydney Femmobolsho Gathering towards the end of this month, if we can get enough people willing to down margaritas somewhere… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 