December 2011
Japan flight giveaway not to go ahead →
toshibu:
nihon-daisuki:
I don’t wish to be the bearer of bad news, but I figured this community should know. :(
I understand their reasoning. 悲しい :(
Sadness.
Flânerie: Wanted : a more inclusive disaster... →
Wanted : a more inclusive disaster response
(notes on my visit to Iligan City, 24-26 December 2011) Iligan City was my base for my Ph.D. fieldwork and I stayed there from April to October this year. My stay in Iligan City was nothing but good, and thus when I watched news of destruction…
2011 is almost over. Inbox me something you've...
My Christmas/New Year wishlist →
NEEDS
1. An Olympus XZ-1 digital camera
2. An IDE enclosure for laptop optical disk drive
3. A salary increase
4. A DLink Network Attached Storage or Buffalo LinkStation Network Attached Storage
5. A display cabinet/case for my toys
6. A Perfect Grade Gundam Astray Red Frame or Perfect Grade Strike Freedom Gundam
WANTS
1. Some Master Grade Gundam kits
2. A 1TB external portable hard...
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I...
“The fact that there was any debate over whether to call in experts on such a...”
– Joshua Kopstein, Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works (via drinkyourjuice)
It was ever endearing? Or even funny?
(via 14kgoldnyc)
I PROMISE YOU ITS WORTH THE WHOLE READ
READ IT. SERIOUSLY.
barracudah:
Laughing my fucking ass off!
SOPA: So how much does it cost to buy off... →
wilwheaton:
According to a report by the Knight-Batten Award-winning nonprofit MAPLight, the 32 sponsors of the bill received just under $2 million in campaign contributions from the movie, music, and TV entertainment industries.
To put that in perspective, this weekend’s box office take for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (you can’t make this stuff up) took in $23 million in just one...
“The Bill of rights was ratified 220 years ago, on December 15, 1791. It is...”
– OccupyWallSt.org (via wilwheaton)
The Internet Justice League
magnoelia:
the-nat-before-christmas:
tastefullyoffensive:
by Caldwell Tanner
hahaha
you done it again caldy!!
"...The Protect IP Act, which has been introduced... →
wilwheaton:
inothernews:
That unions and artists are some of those spearheading SOPA and PIPA is at once troubling and sad.
I am appalled that my union, The Screen Actor’s Guild, officially supports SOPA. I doubt it matters, but I am at least one member who is disgusted by the guild’s misguided support for extremely bad legislation that will do NOTHING to actually curb or stop IP theft.
Watchtakeruru:
Rurouni Kenshin Official Trailer
CAN’T WAIT
