May 2012
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Ugh. Again.
I’ve now been told, twice, I’m depressed. Really, with all that’s happened in the last 18 months or so, I shouldn’t be shocked. Some would say there’s a reassuring inevitability about it, that with what I have been through I’ve just been hiding it and have always been this way.  It doesn’t help, nor change things, that they think like that. I’m...
May 31st
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 27th
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Rock in Rio is live, right now, on YouTube.
Just been listening to the Offspring and rocking out. Scared the kids. Go! NOW!
May 26th
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Study: The Objectification of Women Is a Real,... →
This is amazing: PROBLEM: Women’s bare bodies are on display in billboards, movie posters, and many other kinds of ads. Though plenty of studies have looked at the ramifications of this pervasive sexual objectification, it’s unclear if we see near-naked people as human beings or if we really do view them as mere objects. METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Philippe Bernard presented participants...
May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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When a Briton Announces the NBA, the Result is... →
cognitivedissonance: Legit hilarious: Background here, but all you need to know is that he calls baskets “goals” and is delightfully snarky with his dry wit. I’d just like to remind Americans that we are *always* delightfully snarky with dry wit.
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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Today is a day I have learned to hate
Today, for the last time ever I hope, I have to do a self-assessed tax return for a self-employed individual, followed by updating all of our benefits with this new information. This is, if you’ve never done it, a mire of hellish numeracy. I mean, I’m damn good at maths - to this day, I find it hard not to automatically add together numbers in my head when given them, or find...
May 21st
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May 19th
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May 19th
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STFU, Conservatives: "Saint" Trayvon Martin had... →
thetaylordetroye: thegayrepublican: Yeah defiantly not a saint. It’s now a fact that Mr. Martin smoked marijuana. Therefore he isn’t the good little boy that the media portrays him to be. I’m all for legalization of Marijuana, but the media painted a pretty little picture that… Look, here’s the short version: If you “defend yourself” from a boy who has a phone,...
May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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“Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywhere in the...”
– John Scalzi tells it like it is. (Go and read the whole essay, then read the comments.) Finally, somebody puts this in a way the internet can understand!
May 16th
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May 14th
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May 12th
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“Unfortunately, a lot of young folks haven’t had the opportunity to really...”
– Mitt Romney to WBTV in Charlotte, N.C., discussing the protests at Bank of America. Oh, we young people don’t understand “real jobs” and “what banks do,” yeah? I argue we do. There’s a lot of us working two and three minimum wage jobs, going to school, graduating, barely surviving, or some...
May 12th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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It's an amazing year to be a tech nut...
This next 6 months to a year will see so many big releases, it’s going to be quite a different landscape in technology by the end. To demonstrate this, I’m going to break down why into 3 distinct tech movements: mobile, tablet, and home systems (TV, PC, consoles). [Side note: I like adding good mouse-over text on links, please do enjoy before opening][[MORE]] Mobile So, the...
May 10th
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Ugh.
So, my post about tech yesterday posted 3 times. Kids, NEVER use the queue any more, or schedule. Just post it and hope.
May 9th
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It's an amazing year to be a tech nut...
This next 6 months to a year will see so many big releases, it’s going to be quite a different landscape in technology by the end. To demonstrate this, I’m going to break down why into 3 distinct tech movements: mobile, tablet, and home systems (TV, PC, consoles). [Side note: I like adding good mouse-over text on links, please do enjoy before opening][[MORE]] Mobile So, the...
May 8th
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May 8th
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May 8th
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May 5th
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May 5th
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May 4th
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May 2nd
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“Isn’t it crazy that we’re both Half-Kenyan dudes from Illinois who went to...”
– Tom Morello, asked today by a reporter: “If you had one minute with Barack Obama, what would you say to him?” (via buzzfeed) Quote of the day.  (via shortformblog) Tom Morello: GENIUS.
May 2nd
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May 1st