All those words for "hot weather, uncomfortable variety" feel about right now. Sweltering, sultry, torrid, what have you. It broils my brain more than hot weather used to; I feel like a Terry Pratchett troll. …
The friendly people of OpenITP let me co-work there sometimes, so I got to sit in on a chat recently in which Karl Fogel mentioned Telex. Part of how Telex would help censored users is …
"No" is a new Chilean film and if you liked any combination of The War Room/Wag the Dog/Forrest Gump/Goodbye Lenin!/University of Laughs then you should check this out too.
Google Reader will end on July 1st, in just a few days. It looks like many of my friends are switching to the Newsblur service, or running an instance themselves. If you subscribe to this …
Left-justify your name and web address and email address -- no title necessary -- in a legible font. Get the perforated cardstock and do it on a home printer, or get a local copy shop …
Yesterday I was waiting on a subway platform and saw an ad for "The Hangover Part III" (with "The End" at the top), and a movie ad stating "This Is The End". "Wow, they're really …
The cost of making your academic articles inaccessible (that is, not Open Access) at the margins of relevance. The facts on girls in information technology. A farmer on a bus, and software localisation. A Facebook …
Several people recently liked my Geek Feminism post on learning to "scratch your own itch". ... somewhere along the way I got the impression that people usually get into open source via "scratching their own …
Three tips to help new Google Summer of Code applicants and interns, some of which all remote workers could stand to remember: Never let yourself get stuck on a technical question or problem for more …
I am sorry, Lakshmi Singh! I am one of those people of South Asian heritage who criticized your pronunciation of your name. I was wrong and I'm sorry.
