Today I’m doing some reorganisation of the information architecture here. Now that WordPress has incorporated tagging we are modifying how we label our posts: instead of having a gazillion proliferating categories, we will shortly have a shorter list of broad… Read More ›
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Friday Funnies: 24 spoof – Jack Bauer saving the day with 1994 technology
Found a YouTube version to replace the CollegeHumor direct embedding which broke the blog. (link in case the embedded Flash doesn’t work for you) Oh, the memories: maintaining a dial-up connection uphill both ways in the snow! H/T Pam at… Read More ›
Open “why can’t I comment on some of your old posts?” Thread
Because I have installed a hand-dandy “take that, flying spam-monkeys!” plug-in, which has automatically closed comments on older posts, but which allows certain posts that are older than the cut-off to stay open so long as they have ongoing discussions…. Read More ›
Not surprised, really.
This is what happens when you remember what some old geeky farts look like and don’t have to look up the less obscure elements of the Periodic Table.
Perthites: get along to the Australasian Summit of Cyberfeminism next week
Perthites: It’s not too late to register for cyberpunk con Night’s Edge next weekend. Night’s Edge incorporates the Australasian Summit of Cyberfeminism. Sometime guest Hoyden sajbrfem presiding: * Cyberfeminism 101: the herstory of cyberfeminism from VNS Matrix and the Old… Read More ›
Nifty new web toy
This mosaic-maker lets me share the photos from other people on Flickr which I have tagged as recent favorites. 1. Rockpool Morning, 2. Pelican Close-up, 3. rainbow, hay plain, 1989, 4. Blue Sculpture, 5. Shell and Bridge at Dawn, 6…. Read More ›
Wednesday Wow: Painted Clouds
I needed something tranquil after reading about antisocial trends in multi–player gaming forums.
Friday Hoydens: xkcd’s EMP Cannon squad
Source: xkcd, of course
Another linkfest: the Headcold edition
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 ›
Bless her dainty hooves
If you listen very hard, you can hear the typing of a million sociology theses/dissertations about online social networking sites, crunching the data and waving the allegories. It’s pretty obvious that the various Special Interest Groups (SIGS) who have thousands… Read More ›
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