Quick note to say SORRY! to the various peeps who have messaged/asked to be friended/might for whatever reason have expected Livejournular contact. Have been a bit unfocused, plus using Big PC a lot with Linux on it, and can't remember passwords worth a damn right now--forgot my Lj pass., plus the pass. for the email that I use with my Lj, and ( Read more... )

I wonder what sort of income stream I could generate if I combined two of my greatest interests in life:

1) The Internet

2) Things with cocks drawn on them and the drawing of cocks on things?

ETA: http://superhappynobdrawjob.wordpress.com/

Things I need to provide texts on ( Read more... )

...Is an excellent piece on racism, esp. the casual racism amongst white liberal types.The writer makes some really good points--bounce-up-and-down-pointing-at-the-screen-and-going-YES-THIS! points--and makes them in accessible, relatively jargon-free language, yet. (Wow, who knew it was possible to write about racism and social justice from a ( Read more... )

Excellent piece on Haiti, Vodou & the role of the nation's history from Stephen Grasso

The Wild Hunt blog has some very thoughtful comments here, here, here and here, offering information on relief efforts and addressing the vile anti-Vodou blame games that are being played by so many commentators, religious and political.

Wireless electricity transmission, all Tesla-y. Neat! As the article notes, the tech is very clunky, both in terms of design & of efficiency (only 80%). This is only a proof-of-concept type thing to demonstrate that wireless electricity transmission over larger distances is doable, rather than something that's being rolled out to the stores ( Read more... )

Send money, not stuff, beg aid agencies

Olbermann lays the smackdown on Robertson, Limbaugh

emberleo has collected some useful links

NYT blog has a list

Medecins Sans Frontieres Haiti Appeal card payment page

Ps: Pat Robertson needs to die in a fucking fire.

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This is why I love sex robots so much. NOT SAFE FOR WORK FFS PEOPLE DO I HAVE TO DO ALL THE THINKING AROUND HERE ( Read more... )