Interesting article I found via a linguaphiles post:
Intent! It's Fucking Magic!
From a blog called Questioning Transphobia, it talks (in a lovely sarcastic tone) about how intent is not the be-all and end-all.

Sometimes I think the world is going to shit. Well, I guess that's a bit harsh. But proof:
SEC and Pornography: Workers Spent Hours on Porn Sites Instead of Stopping Fraud
These guys had six-digit salaries and just looked at porn all day. Fuck. Some people are truly idiots.

Also, not as bad:
The Blackboard Versus the KeyboardWhy laptops are ( Read more... )

For Eddie Feibusch, a Life in Zippers
About a guy who owns a zipper shop.

Art Made at the Speed of the Internet: Don't Say 'Geek', Say 'Collaborator'About an art event where pairs of artists and engineers of the Web collaborated on seven projects. Some of them sound really cool, like the WordPress one ( Read more... )

An interesting article: The Parent Problem in Young Adult Lit. An essay about how parents came to be the villains in young adult literature ( Read more... )

Article on the homeless and the Olympics in Vancouver: Vancouver on slippery slope after Vancouver crackdown on homeless

Ah, should be writing my short script. The internet is inspiration but also a dangerous tool! So distracting! Anyway, a couple of things to post:

Pokémon Maniac Sets New World Record. Just over 12,000 items for a world record. Wow. Hahaha, I know who the woman from the US with the Pikachu car is ( Read more... )

Article about the "Art of the Samurai" exhibit at the Met that's going on now: Wise Warriors, Artfully AttiredFinished my apron last night for my costume. Have the skirt and the "panties" (bloomers) to do. Want to do the skirt first, but will do the latter because it doesn't require putting in the zipper or the waistband or whatever. Ergh ( Read more... )

Articles I find interesting.

Jay Leno has fewer guests to choose from thanks to rival networks' boycott
I wouldn't put it the way John Wells put it, but it's the same sentiment: "I wish NBC and Jay Leno well; personally, he's a very nice guy, but I hope he falls flat on his face and we get five dramas back."

Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos ( Read more... )

• 12:29 RT @TheOnion Melting Ice Caps Expose Hundreds Of Secret Arctic Lairs ow.ly/15PFUP #
• 14:18 I have this pile of papers that just gets moved around my room but never gets sorted. Does everyone have this ambiguous shifting pile? #
• 15:52 @ kiltlessJoe Of course I don't have just one. ^_^ But this one seems to be very solid and mobile. The ( Read more... )

• 16:00 Tidbits to RT from @ElizabethBanks and @TheYsabet, respectively: tinyurl.com/kwfdat and tinyurl.com/nrbun5 Relevant! #
• 16:02 @ tessercat Video interview w/ E.L. Doctorow at the NY Times page. tinyurl.com/l4gz7l #
• 17:34 For all those worried, the penis of a German Lego giraffe has not actually been stolen: tinyurl.com/lfvedp #

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