It's nothing major, but fuck roller derby.

Yes, I found some good friends and like minds there, but fuck this. I joined 4 years ago, I left 2 years ago.

So, I saw some news that WFTDA, the body that most women's flat-track roller derby leagues join, have finally taken a positive step with regard to trans skaters ( Read more... )

As a computer engineer, I've developed a reflex to help with my day-to-day survival. If in certain company, when I tell someone that I work with my computers, the next words to pour out of my mouth will be, "No, I will not fix your computer for free". Actually, sometimes there are variations; I leave out the "for free" bit. The general idea is that ( Read more... )

I may have mentioned that I'm leaving my current job soon, to move back to the group that I was an intern in. Despite being the first of the non-managers to state my intention to leave, I seem to be the last to be set free ( Read more... )

I'm going to nerd out for a wee while. Also, Open Source folks may want to cover their ears for this, as a rant ensues. (That said, I'm trying to keep it as high-level and readable for all as possible)

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After a long time avoiding trans-related writing, I decided to try reading Whipping Girl. I'm none too far into it, but so far I've found it readable, and not making me want to kill the author; I find this to be an important quality in a book ( Read more... )

I suppose this is nothing new to most people who might have even a cursory relationship with gender, but wannabe Gender Soldiers get my goat.
( Minor gender-rant - pretty safe to ignore )

Yet another gnome rant below. Yet I still use it.

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Someone posted this in work recently, and I made a note to watch it later - I just did. The numbers are definitely interesting but what I find very intriguing near the end is the sort of computational capacity is predicted for the next while ( Read more... )

Ok, this is a little bit as as, right now, I'm not sure how to write about this, or if I'll even get to posting this, but on the short of it, it was a lovely ceremony ( Read more... )

Well, as of last Thursday night, my thesis is handed in. ( Big long whinge - read at own risk )