Three That Made Me Think

It’s been two years since Hurricane Katrina.  Read what one survivor has to say.
How the so-called old media can make the internet work for them.
I know how this feels all too well.

Filed under: Required Reading

This is Making Me Cranky

“Women really do prefer pink, researchers say.”
I’ll first note that I haven’t (yet) read the study this article references myself. However, as represented in this article from Reuters, this is some icky pseudoscience which apparently fails to take into account that the pink = femininity association is historically a very recent development, arising sometime [...]

Filed under: Soapbox, The World All Around

To Mother You

I helped Acorn out of his bath tonight and wrapped him in a fluffy pink towel. Coaxed him into a diaper and his blue cotton dinosaur pajamas. “Now, pick out a book for Gran-Gran to read,” I croaked, “and I’ll tuck you into bed.” Mum and I gave each other a glance [...]

Filed under: The Wild Rumpus

SCDS

*Sudden Computer Death Syndrome.  It’s what happens when your hard drive and your logic board die at the same time, so that not only can’t it start up from the built-in hard drive, it can’t recognize any external bits and pieces, making booting from a different drive impossible.  So now I’m in the process of [...]

Filed under: Required Reading