A Better Course

Three faces of feminism: Louise Mensch, Laurie Penny, and Jodie Marsh « Libertarian Lou’s Blog "Feminism is no use if it’s just about the girls and women reading the Guardian." (tags: none)

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FBI seizes MegaUpload, loses opportunity | Ryan Greenberg "The user goes to MegaUpload. The screen is filled with static like an old television. Then it looks like the screen is flipping through different TV channels. They’re all static. Finally, you get to a channel with a retro-looking message: “Seized by the FBI”. The retro part […]

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BBC Nature – In pictures: How elephants cool off overnight Elephants are great (tags: none)

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Kill Screen – 50 Cent, Still Human This is a wonderful piece of writing about a videogame I would not play, even if it came to the DS: "So let’s walk through this again: 50 Cent is refused money, but is instead granted a tangible symbol of his humanity. It gets taken. 50 Cent recognizes […]

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The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast | TechCrunch I can't believe this interesting and thoughtful article is on Techcrunch: "Plancast and other social event sharing applications are rooted in an idealistic notion that people would feel confident inviting themselves to their friends’ events if only they knew about them. But […]

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What Size Am I? "Finding clothes that fit shouldn't be so hard. Add your measurements here to find out which high-street sizes are best for you." (tags: none)

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A Whole Lotta Nothing: Lessons for Kickstarter creators from the worst project I ever funded on Kickstarter "When things start to go wrong, it doesn't help to discount the comments or question the motivation of backers giving critical feedback. When shipping deadlines are going to slip, be open and explain the hows and whys and […]

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The unpublished original draft of that Alex James article | intercourse with biscuits "Be reassured in your belief that a good honest Greggs pasty is a fine lunch. I wish Greggs lived in my house and fed me via some kind of hatch and funnel system." (tags: none) Shard London Bridge Summit at dusk | […]

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“The language of stamps:” a cautionary tale for steampunk writers. | jessnevins.com "We communicate with expressions and body language, with our choice of vocabulary and grammar and rhetoric, with our use of emoticons or lack of same, with variations in vocal tone, with length or shortness of paragraphs, with the kind of manners we choose […]

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Amazon’s Plagiarism Problem | Fast Company "Most erotica authors stay within the genre, so Sharazade was surprised Cruz had ventured into horror. Amazon lets customers click inside a book for a sample of text and Sharazade was impressed with how literate it was. She extracted a sentence fragment, googled it, and found that Cruz had […]

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