Easily Distracted

Aug 31 2009 ∞
“ the guy at the garage doesn’t believe what I say, or doesn’t take seriously what I say about the car because I’m a woman, what does it matter? It’s entirely inconsequential. But even an insult like that that’s fairly inconsequential because it’s an insult to me as a knower, in my capacity as a knower, it goes deep, and that’s because our capacity for knowledge and for passing on our knowledge is so tightly knitted up with our very status as a rational being. So when I’m insulted in my capacity as a knower, I’m seen as lesser as a rational being. And that’s a way of being lesser as a human being.
— Philosophers Zone - 22 August 2009 - Power, prejudice and the murder of Stephen Lawrence
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“ Politics becomes more and more a contest between competing individual freedoms and rights. My relation to society is defined no longer in terms of our mutual responsibilities and obligations, but in terms of what society owes me as a private individual.
— Faith and Theology: On Calvin, Hobbes, and rights
Aug 27 2009 ∞
Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. (via Headbang Hero - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog)

Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. (via Headbang Hero - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog)

Aug 26 2009 ∞
“ Fans searching online for Biel have a one-in-five chance of hitting a Web site with malware, according to McAfee’s third annual report listing Hollywood’s most “dangerous” online celebrities.
— Jessica Biel most ‘dangerous’ celeb in cyberspace | Security - CNET News
Aug 25 2009 ∞
“ American attitudes to crime and punishment are unspeakable; disturbing, mediaeval, and barbaric are some of the adjectives that spring to mind. But above all, the word that most thoroughly applies is merciless. The commission of a crime is taken as an excuse to unleash the demons of the subconscious, however dark, however disproportionate, upon the perpetrator. Once labeled a criminal, an individual’s right to fair treatment is utterly expunged, and any violation or degradation, however grotesque, is seen as something that they brought on themselves.
— Charlie’s Diary: Merciless
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Charlie's Diary: Merciless

Another wonderfully composed rant from a favourite author

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Super Speed Robot Hands - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog

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ABC: Timing the Time Lord

“I showed the Christmas Special in January, about 2-3 weeks after the British transmission. I got no publicity and no press because the materials didn’t arrive in time to get them out to journos,”

Aug 24 2009 ∞
“ I’ve often been struck by the fact that a period of intensive writing has exactly the same symptoms as chronic depression – or rather, if someone described the symptoms of depression, you would think they were simply talking about writing. “I have sudden inexplicable mood swings. I am anxious and dejected. I am awake late at night, and can’t get out of bed in the morning. I’ve lost interest in normal activities. I forget to shower and groom myself. I no longer eat meals at regular hours. Late in the afternoon, I am surprised to discover that I’m still wearing my pyjamas. I am drinking too much alcohol. I don’t return phone calls from friends. I feel like I can’t go on.
— Faith and Theology: Advice for writers (via Divine Trauma)
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The Chart of Fantasy Art – The Publisher Files

the most commonly seen element appearing on fantasy books published last year was, it seems, the sword. Closely followed by glowy magic, castles, and dragons. 

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