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2006 Bloggie Votes
Not just who I voted for in the 2006 Bloggies, but why!
BME Shirt
I finally rediscovered the link for how to get a free BME t-shirt: you review experiences submitted by website users. They’re not looking for heavy copyediting or anything like that, just verification that the submissions are actually about body modification, that they are not written entirely in netspeak, and so forth. And once you have … Continue reading
The Quilting Bee
I know I’ve mentioned The Quilting Bee here before, but I wanted to talk about it again. I first heard about it from Cricket, and I watched her work on her quilt for a long time before signing up myself. After I submitted my application I waited with bated breath for a few weeks – … Continue reading
Library Thing
I mentioned Library Thing in a quicklinks post, but I hadn’t had time to fully investigate the site. Now I have, and this definitely merits its own entry. Like all good geeks and smart people, we have a few thousand books sitting around the house. Most are in bookcases, a few are in piles, some … Continue reading
12 Babes Voting
Hey, I forgot all about this! I was going to submit more pictures for my gallery (that link NSFW) and I didn’t get around to it – damn. Anyway, I was nominated to be one of the 12 Babes of Xmas, and I’d actually like to make it onto the calendar. If you would be … Continue reading
Domains, Tagalag
Two things that are nifty enough to get a post about them now, rather than later: Tagalag is a people-tagging system with APIs and all that. “Tag people. Manage your online identity. Create lasting, contextual links. Tagalag is a new way to define your relationships. You can see what others have tagged you as and … Continue reading
My Wiki
Thanks to perigee I now have my very own wiki, so I can keep all my factual writing in one place. He set up a copy of MediaWiki on his site for me, and I have spent the entire day engrossed in it. The achievement I am most proud of is figuring out how to … Continue reading
net2ftp
After using net2ftp on its own website for quite some time, I finally installed it on my own site. There was no need to, really – I’m perfectly happy piping my stuff through net2ftp.com – but I decided to go ahead with it so I can learn a bit more about how it works. It’s … Continue reading
Speech Accent Archive
The Speech Accent Archive is an absolutely fascinating collection from George Mason University. They have gathered 440 audio samples of persons from around the world reading a passage in English. Here is the passage: Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five … Continue reading
Divinitas TCG
It seems to be dominated by 14-18 year olds – not unlike the quilting bee – but I’m giving it a try anyway. I’m nervous that I don’t understand all the rules, though, so if I can’t figure it out I will just step away from it. Continue reading