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Ordinarily, I get really excited when there’s mail sitting in my inbox saying that I’ve gotten a comment! While a lot of times it’s just an approval request for some spammer than actually bypassed Akismet, there are the periodic genuine comments which are always a joy. (And I thank you, commenters, for taking the time [...]
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A while back I wrote an article discussing the less-than-finer points of an invention known as the “shenis”. The inventor happened by here just yesterday and decided to let me know that she wasn’t terribly enthused by my rather negative first impression.
Well, once the subject of “what’s a girl to do when there’s no sit-down [...]
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Let it never be said that Twitter is a useless web app. Thanks to Twitter friend doshdosh, I’ve discovered an article which may assist me in refining my goals for this website, such as they are, and increase readership and hopefully feedback as well.
The article on problogger.net is titled From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers [...]
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Huey Lewis is in dire need of your assistance. Wait, he is? According to MattressPolice.com he most definitely is in need of YOUR help, and my help, and apparently anybody’s help. Harnessing the power of the mighty internet, this fellow named Diesel (I’ve got a funny story about that name in another context, but [...]
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If I may be so bold as to quote Animaniacs…
“It’s time for another good idea, bad idea”
Good idea:
A device that allows folks with female sex organs to pee standing up.
Bad idea:
Fashioning said device to look something akin to a giant golden dildo.
It’s certainly a device that’s an invention of necessity. Yet I fail to see [...]
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Hey kids! In conjunction with my desire to generate more user feedback here at the RKNet, I wish to take a moment to voice my support for The Great Mofo Delurk 2007.
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some RSS. It allows me to read far more interesting articles per day than visiting individual blogs [...]
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Dear Diary,
Today I was all excited because I thought I had a bunch of comments. “12 comments in moderation”, I saw on my dashboard! My goodness! It was like a dream come true. A chance to find out who – if anyone – is reading, and find out their thoughts on any one of the [...]
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If you’re in the mood to unearth evidence of spin control and disinformation on that internet bastion (or bastard depending on one’s viewpoint) of information, Wikipedia, then Wired’s blog Threat Level has just the post for you.
Here they provide links to Virgil Griffith’s Wikipedia Scanner. A tool specifically designed to out a lot of the [...]
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Pointed out by Ectomo: From the blog Next Nature comes an article discussing Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation surgery and Designer Laser Vaginoplasty. (Caution: If you’re at work, there’s a big picture of a woman’s pubic area at the top of this article. if you turn it sideways it looks like a frowny mouth with a five [...]
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Today on MIT’s Technology Review: someone has taken up the mighty task of mapping the internet. The idea here is not to promote any one thing as the be-all-end-all of the internet world in an arbitrary website popularity contest, but to examine the current structure of the internet for the sake of SCIENCE!
They have a [...]
