Recently, the FCC decided to allow ISPs to charge content providers for the services ISPs provide in conducting content to customers.  This is principally a fight over bandwidth consumption from sources like Netflix and YouTube. Critics of this move have said that this will break the notion of Network Neutrality by allowing network providers to ( Read more... )

Amanda has posted about the third in a series of N things we are struggling with right now.  Hopefully N stays == 3.

Again life is sieging us about our mental walls and trying to reduce us to useless blobs of jelly.

Short version: our older cat (who we can’t be certain of the age, but isn’t -that- old) has an aggressive and intractable cancer.   ( Read more... )

Did you know that childcare is really expensive? Some of you don’t have kids, and some of you plan to never have kids, in which case, you’ll never know this personally. And this post may not be for you.

Still here? Yeah, so child care is really expensive. As of a 2008 study [1] it was the largest expense on average for middle class families, ( Read more... )

Some of you will have already seen this. Amanda posted on Monday night a very important piece about the state of the Amanda. In short, it hasn’t been good, but it is getting better. But to get better, we have to walk through fire. It’s an f-locked post, so if you can’t see it, ask one of us and we’ll share the details and/or add you to the f-list.

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So, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but where did everyone go?

A forced change to livejournal (friend's page no longer accepts custom styles) has pushed me to go to each of the friends that I follow and resubscribe to their individual pages.
And I keep seeing a wasteland.  So many last updates that say things like '2010', '2009', '2007'.   ( Read more... )

So, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but where did everyone go?

A forced change to livejournal (friend’s page no longer accepts custom styles) has pushed me to go to each of the friends that I follow and resubscribe to their individual pages.

And I keep seeing a wasteland. So many last updates that say things like ’2010′, ’2009′, ’2007′. ( Read more... )

Originally posted by in_water_writ at ¡Fiestaval! Brandeis Festival of the LARPs 2014

Larpers! You are cordially invited to a Fiestaval!

¡Fiestaval! is the ninth Festival of the LARPs, an annual LARP convention held at Brandeis University.

Bids are open! Bid your game now HERE.

Registration for the convention is open! Register now at 2014.festivalofthelarps.com ( Read more... )

No heat. Service person has been called, but won’t be here for another hour. Not sure when it cut out but when I checked the temp when I got home from work it was in the mid 50s. Yes, the timing sucks, but these things usually happen when they’re stressed, so of course this will happen in the winter time.

Mirrored from The Black Horse of the Blog ( Read more... )

Does anyone have a use for 18/2 stranded lamp wire? Home Depot apparently only sells it in spools of 250 ft. now, and as I am only wiring up a few lamps, this is more than I need. Let me know if you have a use for some of it.

Mirrored from The Black Horse of the Blog World.

Does anyone have GRE materials or suggestions they’d be willing to send my way? Thanks.

Mirrored from The Black Horse of the Blog World.