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Triumph! on Flickr.

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:30:05 +1100

Triumph! on Flickr.

New blog post: Europe 2012: The travelog begins

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:44:53 +1000

New blog post: Europe 2012: The travelog begins:

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New blog post: Stop global warming by unsubscribing from this blog!

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:58:40 +1000

New blog post: Stop global warming by unsubscribing from this blog!:

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New blog post: The Itinerary Of Dooooooom!

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:29:19 +1000

New blog post: The Itinerary Of Dooooooom!:

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New blog post: Open thread, July 2012

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:44:54 +1000

New blog post: Open thread, July 2012:

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Cities and Citizenship: Anti-Graffiti, Part 1: Aesthetics

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:08:12 +1000

Cities and Citizenship: Anti-Graffiti, Part 1: Aesthetics:

An interesting take on the aesthetics of the anti-graffiti movement, and how it often co-opts graffiti to its own ends. Lots of interesting example pics from Sydney.

Revising The Revisionists - The Rumpus.net

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:55:04 +1000

Revising The Revisionists - The Rumpus.net:

Excellent article about the 1898 armed coup and massacre of black residents of Wilmington, North Carolina. Reminds me of the book “Lies My Teacher Told Me”, and of course Australia’s own “history wars”.

New blog post: Keynoting GUADEC, travelling in Europe

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:59:52 +1000

New blog post: Keynoting GUADEC, travelling in Europe:

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The Strongest Woman In America Lives In Poverty

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:09:18 +1000

The Strongest Woman In America Lives In Poverty:

This top weightlifter, on her way to the Olympics, can’t afford to eat. She needs 3000-4000 calories a day while she’s training, and relies on food banks. No sponsorships because of sizeism — they don’t think she’s hot enough, or something. She has an indiegogo fundraiser here if you want to help her out: http://bit.ly/KStM4c

New blog post: Elsewhere

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:59:42 +1000

New blog post: Elsewhere:

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New blog post: “Utopia Girls”: I’m disappointed

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:29:24 +1000

New blog post: “Utopia Girls”: I’m disappointed:

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New blog post: The Plan, Revisited

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:44:36 +1000

New blog post: The Plan, Revisited:

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Adaptation by Remix: Vidding Feminist Science Fiction

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:07:14 +1000

Adaptation by Remix: Vidding Feminist Science Fiction:

My friend Alexis writes about Chaila’s Wiscon premiere vid, taking visual sources and creating a video for Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” and “Parable of the Talents” that draws from the genres of book trailer, fanvid, and political remix.

Volcanic and seismic activity in Australia

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:07:13 +1000

Volcanic and seismic activity in Australia:

There was a 5.2 earthquake in Gippsland (south-east of Melbourne) tonight. Most people think that Australia is seismically inactive, but that’s not right. This is a great rundown of Australia’s seismic and volcanic situation, and the likelihood of major earthquakes etc.

New blog post: Sunk Costs Fallacy

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:44:54 +1000

New blog post: Sunk Costs Fallacy:

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New blog post: Open thread, June 2012

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:44:47 +1000

New blog post: Open thread, June 2012:

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New blog post: Feminist SFF t-shirts

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:14:53 +1000

New blog post: Feminist SFF t-shirts:

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Printfection

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:35:38 +1000

Printfection:

Looks like I’ve got a new favourite t-shirt supplier: Printfection has organic cotton Ts in fitted (“women’s”) sizes up to 54” in 13 different colours, and at $19.99 each which isn’t too bad. They do zazzle/cafepress style fulfilment, though it looks like they’re aiming more for a pro market than a hobbyist one. Fine by me! I think I’m about to start selling t-shirts! (I’ve been putting it off for years because I couldn’t find tshirt stock I wanted to wear.)

New blog post: Further thoughts on workflow

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:59:37 +1000

New blog post: Further thoughts on workflow:

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Joshua Ellis revisits the Grim Meathook Future

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:50:50 +1000

Joshua Ellis revisits the Grim Meathook Future:

This post pretty much reflects the contents of my brain when it comes to a) the fuckedness of the VC-driven tech industry, and b) dystopian futurism (or rather, presentism). Except for the bit where he blames technologists for the death of newspapers and record sales, because really, can’t we share that with Murdoch and his musical equivalents? Anyway, a must-read on the subject of the grim, meathook, unevenly-distributed, venture-funded, watching-cops-assault-people-on-YouTube present and/or future.