if you keep blogging that, you'll go blind

don't panic

2008-08-23T12:16:00.002-05:00

Friendfeed has really taken over this blog's raison d'etre. Therefore, please direct yourself here if you were here for the links (imported Google Reader + "Likes"), and here if you were here for the links + blogging.

still black!

2008-08-07T11:53:00.001-05:00

I know it's International Blog Against Racism Week, I do, I just...suck or something. Probably just "suck" and not "or something".

If I punch Toby Keith in his fucking mouth, do I get a free pass on blogging this week?

Using A Woman Of Color As The "Background" In A Photo Shoot: It's Not Okay

2008-07-31T19:47:00.001-05:00

Using A Woman Of Color As The "Background" In A Photo Shoot: It's Not Okay

POC In Sci-Fi Carnival #11 Update

2008-07-30T14:23:00.001-05:00

POC In Sci-Fi Carnival #11 Update

House poised to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow - CNN.com

2008-07-29T12:32:00.001-05:00

House poised to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow - CNN.com

Religion in the Stargate Universe (hint: you are Doing It Wrong)

2008-07-28T17:50:00.001-05:00

ivorygates: RELIGION IN THE GATEVERSE: ROUND ONE: ASGARD VS. GOA'ULD: FIGHT

Study: Black man and white felon - same chances for hire « - Blogs from CNN.com

2008-07-27T15:05:00.001-05:00

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Study: Black man and white felon - same chances for hire « - Blogs from CNN.com

Also! Also? Water? Still wet.

link: little fish, big fish (unfortunately, no sharks. YET)

2008-07-27T14:39:00.001-05:00

the only emperor is the emperor of ice cream: little fish, big fish (unfortunately, no sharks. YET)

How To Tell People They Sound Racist

2008-07-22T21:19:00.002-05:00

All talk and no action in the Twitter wars?

2008-07-21T16:57:00.001-05:00

Everyone keeps saying that identi.ca will be the one to kill Twitter...but is anyone actually using it? I've got one, but it's hard to find other people that do.

52 Percent of Americans Would Rather Be Dead Than Disabled

2008-07-19T22:12:00.001-05:00

52 Percent of Americans Would Rather Be Dead Than Disabled.

...wow. Seriously? I mean, really?

How to Be Interesting | Copyblogger

2008-07-18T11:32:00.000-05:00

How to Be Interesting | Copyblogger. I have always believed that if you don't have at least one post a month where you're a little afraid of hitting that "Post" button, you're doing it wrong.

Also, Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a moron, but that's not exactly news, is it?

Owning His Gay Identity -- at 15 Years Old - washingtonpost.com

2008-07-15T13:31:00.000-05:00

Owning His Gay Identity -- at 15 Years Old - washingtonpost.com

i...don't really know what to say about this.

2008-07-15T12:27:00.001-05:00

Portable cardboard toilet - Boing Boing

McLaughlin takes heat for ‘Oreo’ comment « - Blogs from CNN.com

2008-07-15T01:23:00.001-05:00

Oh, for...

Social Media and Passive Racism - Profy.Com

2008-07-10T01:00:00.001-05:00

Social Media and Passive Racism - Profy.Com

on the only constant being change, and so forth

2008-07-09T22:22:00.001-05:00

Whether people like it or not, how people blog is starting to change. I like the type of interaction you can get with Twitter/Jaiku/Friendfeed, I love the random things people link to, I like the immediacy of it and I like that I can discuss several topics in a day without posting twenty times to a blog and pissing off my entire friendslist every time I get an urge to post a few sentences.

The whole "ewwwwww, it's not like reeeeeeal blogging!" thing is getting really, really old. It's starting to fade a little as people become resigned to the inevitable, but there's still enough to go around. Then again, I vaguely remember people having the same reaction to blogging, so it's not surprising. Irritating, but not surprising. Hell, I still think text messaging is evil, so I can't really be shocked by a kneejerk reaction to change, can I? (I don't care what any of you say, I will never text anyone. NEVER.)

I don't think the world is moving away from blogging. Micro-blogging serves a lot of purposes, but the simple fact remains that I wouldn't be able to post all of this in 140 characters or less. But just because it's not the blogging we're used to doesn't mean it's worthless. Plenty of people have LiveJournals and Blogspots and Wordpresses where they go on and on about what they had for lunch or what they thought of their favourite show or plenty of things that most of the world doesn't really give a shit about. To imply that this is primarily committed by microbloggers is...well, it doesn't make you the shiniest penny, does it?

damn you, social networking.

2008-07-09T18:22:00.000-05:00

I have to figure out what to do with this blog, really. This blog has never really been about ranting, it's been more about random links of interest. And to be honest, all my random links end up here via Google Reader, and then this one just gets spillover. Spillover's just not good enough, is it?

But what about when I do want to post something that's more than a link or 140 characters? I suppose there's always LiveJournal, but that just doesn't feel very...I don't want to say professional, because that's the last thing I am, but it seems like more of a fandom space than a general geek space. I suspect that the answer lies somewhere around here (I blame Kevin Rose for putting that thought into my head), only I just haven't figure out the details yet. Fucking details.

Interracial Dating: A Nigerian Perspective at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

2008-07-09T13:29:00.001-05:00

Interracial Dating: A Nigerian Perspective at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

POC In Sci-Fi Carnival #11 - The Eye Of The Beholder

2008-07-02T22:33:00.001-05:00

POC In Sci-Fi Carnival #11 - The Eye Of The Beholder

The Pardoner's Tale

2008-07-02T04:59:00.001-05:00

Shameless plug of something that ain't mine: The Pardoner's Tale by wossname at A Strange Day.

Intl. Blog Against Racism Week

2008-07-01T21:09:00.001-05:00

Intl. Blog Against Racism Week is upon us! (well, almost)

I don't know if I'll participate this week. Maybe I'll just participate by linking to everything that catches my eye. That's the lazy man's way of getting things done.

apologies for my absence

2008-06-30T11:03:00.001-05:00

It's not that I don't like you all or anything, but I got a Kindle for my birthday, and I've been huddled in the bedroom, reading book after book and occasionally going "I LOVE THIS" at the top of my lungs. (It's still not worth $360, though. Nothing is except maybe surgery.)

Don Imus is . . . he’s not smart - Imus News

2008-06-23T19:19:00.002-05:00

Oh, Imus, you silly bastard!

Sequential Tart: Becoming Visible (vol XI/iss 6/June 2008)

2008-06-21T16:26:00.001-05:00

Sequential Tart: Becoming Visible (On Being a Woman of Colour in Fandom)