Category Archives: Blog

Blog posts that don’t fit any other category.

Awesome Tapes From Africa: a blog about indie African music

Via Boing Boing, I discovered this absolute trove of incredibly cool tape dubs all the way from places such as Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, Nairobi… never mind the lyrics, the energy and life in some of these tracks is unbeatable. Awesome … Continue reading

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The Genre Field is Dead

JasonJ, commenting on Charlie Stross’ post The Death of Genre, said this: Tags, as long as they are accurate, are just what I’ve wanted. I long ago stopped bothering to seej just fantasy or just sci-fi – there are plenty … Continue reading

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Reflections of a Minecraft victim

Maybe it’s the novelty, but I’m finding Minecraft an extremely addicting game. Yes, the graphics look crude, but that’s deliberate. The gameplay is simple, but infinitely rich, depending on what you decide to do. Create a great stronghold with all … Continue reading

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“The Power of Fear in Networked Publics”

We fear the things – and people — that we do not understand far more than the things we do, even if the latter are much more risky.  For this reason, it’s not surprising that people fear technology. Its newness … Continue reading

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It doesn’t mean you’re crazy –- talking to yourself has cognitive benefits, study finds

It doesn’t mean you’re crazy –- talking to yourself has cognitive benefits, study finds. In a recent study published in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, psychologists Gary Lupyan (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Daniel Swingley (University of Pennsylvania) conducted a series … Continue reading

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How to Be a Horrible Boss – Diego Basch’s Blog

How to Be a Horrible Boss – Diego Basch’s Blog. I’ve had more bosses than I can remember. The ones who left an indelible impression in my brain were in the extremes: either great or horrible. There are many books … Continue reading

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We’ll never get to Banbury Cross at this rate

From Dynamic Model of a Horse Gallop in 2D by Eddy Boxerman. What’s this about cock horses and Banbury crosses? Original PIU thread

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Overdue post of liveliness

I’ve been neglecting this blog simply because of a number of things that make adding stuff to this stupid money sink seem even less important than usual. First off, I finally cracked and purchased Minecraft, the sandbox game that’s become … Continue reading

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Asian Snacks Scare Me Sometimes

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I think we all know this about bus brakes

This bus interior looks an awful lot like Wellington’s buses. Could it be…?

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Early Japanese Fart Humour

You’ve all heard of (and in some cases, masturbated to) The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife. Well, forget that. They also found farts excruciatingly funny, as these artworks show.

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Petrol, sea slugs and abandoned monuments

It’s rebloggery time! After all, I imported a swag of Precipitate Flood’s tumblr entries, so maybe it’s time to see what I’ve been finding fit to echo.

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Now we know where they come from

YOU!! YOU’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE BOWLEGGED KEWPIE DOLL SHAPES!!

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My old meeroos

It’s funny, actually, how I actually dithered over clicking on my two oldest meeroos and then clicking the ‘Release’ button on the HUD. According to the system, the little cryptids are released into the wild and you get thousand of … Continue reading

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8tracks mix: Songs from 1990

Songs of 1990 from TeamPFV on 8tracks. This mix was originally played mid-December at Fracture, and this version has a few replacement tracks. All these tracks were ones that were injected into my empty head during my one otherwise disastrous … Continue reading

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Steppin’ off the Platform into Baaayyy…

Bay City is one of my favourite areas in mainland Second Life. Indeed, I see it as an example of what Second Life could have been like, or grown into, instead of becoming what it is today: A set of artfully … Continue reading

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Reblog Tango: Denarration

There’s been a few things that have appeared on my Tumblr dash that have me thinking about a concept that I’ve been poking around the edges of for some time. I call it denarration: the state of being without a narrative, … Continue reading

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I hate this look too.

hostilemakeover: FULL OF OPINION HERE: I hate hate hate this look. What the hell is wrong with you people? Have you even ever heard of basic anatomy? Your ducky frowny petulant whinebag face, stupidly short legs (this one seems to … Continue reading

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The Angry Fuck You Mix (from last Thursday)

I was in a rotten mood when I logged on and headed to Fracture, but then it was Thursday the 5th of January SLT, and the long holiday break was telling on my psyche. While they are my parents, there’s only … Continue reading

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Cloudy Words

[ cloud overview ][ get your own cloud ]This is a Tumblr Cloud I generated from my blog posts between Jul 2011 and Dec 2011 containing my top 20 used words. Interesting toy.

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