Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Why on earth does Senator Stephen Conroy think that filtering the content via Australian Internet Service Providers is a good idea? The plan is to block material deemed unsuitable for children, and for adults. This is wrong on so many levels. For one thing, filters are never going to be 100% effective, and for another, [...]
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
While looking through the FAQ on Twitter, for no particular reason, I came across the instructions for putting one’s Tweets on one’s blog. So I’ve just stuck my Tweets in my sidebar. No reason in particular, just because I can. Of course this doesn’t help those of you who read this blog via RSS. (If [...]
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Portrait? Last week lots of people’s avatars on Twitter became “mangafied”, using the tools on this site: FaceYourManga. I wonder if anyone’s currently studying how and why people engage with these Internet memes/fads. Someone’s definitely started documenting them (via Tama). (I’m amused at how many of these I remember!) This is my “manga face”, which [...]