Linkspam: fannish/geeky, misc.
Fannish/Geeky Things
"A Fine Vintage: John Cho to Play Wine Con Man in New Television Show, Connoisseur". [The Mary Sue]
"Zoe Quinn’s next game is a Chuck Tingle FMV dating simulator".
Our friendly new neighborhood social media site (Imzy) has announced that it's now possible to make personal blogs there, not just communities. (Note: I've seen some discussion around DW about whether that's actually a good idea, given how Imzy works/will apparently work once it's out of beta, but I can't remember where, or whether the argument is against personal blogs as opposed to "personal communities" or against using the site as a blog at all, rather than entirely for community conversations.)
Personally, I haven't really poked around it all that much, but I did snag my name and made a "personal community".
equinox_exchange is a new spring & autumn fanvid exchange. (Also equinox_vids,
equinox-vids, and
equinox_vids.)
Miscellaneous
I'm not signing up personally (since I suspect I'd just get behind and frazzled about that), but
lunabee34 is hosting a letter-writing challenge.
"Nick Offerman on middle-aged sex and what people get wrong about Ron Swanson".
"Why ‘Menstruator’ Should Be in Your Vocabulary".
"Artist Leaves Dress In The Dead Sea For 2 Years And It Turns Into Glittering Salt Crystal Masterpiece".
"Dear Internet: It’s Time to Fix This Mess You Made". [Wired]
"WhatsApp to give users' phone numbers to Facebook for targeted ads: Messaging service will begin sharing private information with Facebook and is preparing to allow businesses to message users".
"“Monumental Knitting” Circle Comes to Quebec this Weekend".
"'Translucent' statues haunt British forest". [Boing Boing]
"Clever Tables That Create An Illusion Animals Are Emerging From Water".
"How Censors Killed The Weird, Experimental, Progressive Golden Age Of Comics". [Saladin Ahmed at Buzzfeed] [2014]
"bell hooks And The Extraordinary Power Of Names". [The Establishment]
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/720335.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW:
"A Fine Vintage: John Cho to Play Wine Con Man in New Television Show, Connoisseur". [The Mary Sue]
"Zoe Quinn’s next game is a Chuck Tingle FMV dating simulator".
Our friendly new neighborhood social media site (Imzy) has announced that it's now possible to make personal blogs there, not just communities. (Note: I've seen some discussion around DW about whether that's actually a good idea, given how Imzy works/will apparently work once it's out of beta, but I can't remember where, or whether the argument is against personal blogs as opposed to "personal communities" or against using the site as a blog at all, rather than entirely for community conversations.)
Personally, I haven't really poked around it all that much, but I did snag my name and made a "personal community".
equinox_exchange is a new spring & autumn fanvid exchange. (Also equinox_vids,
equinox-vids, and
equinox_vids.)
Miscellaneous
I'm not signing up personally (since I suspect I'd just get behind and frazzled about that), but
lunabee34 is hosting a letter-writing challenge.
"Nick Offerman on middle-aged sex and what people get wrong about Ron Swanson".
"Why ‘Menstruator’ Should Be in Your Vocabulary".
"Artist Leaves Dress In The Dead Sea For 2 Years And It Turns Into Glittering Salt Crystal Masterpiece".
"Dear Internet: It’s Time to Fix This Mess You Made". [Wired]
"WhatsApp to give users' phone numbers to Facebook for targeted ads: Messaging service will begin sharing private information with Facebook and is preparing to allow businesses to message users".
"“Monumental Knitting” Circle Comes to Quebec this Weekend".
"'Translucent' statues haunt British forest". [Boing Boing]
"Clever Tables That Create An Illusion Animals Are Emerging From Water".
"How Censors Killed The Weird, Experimental, Progressive Golden Age Of Comics". [Saladin Ahmed at Buzzfeed] [2014]
"bell hooks And The Extraordinary Power Of Names". [The Establishment]
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/720335.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW: