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A bad egg?

humans vs rainforest An issue where consumer action can have a real impact on the way things work.. Unsustainable palm oil is hidden in many products, and is directly responsible for the destruction of millions of acres of rainforest. Think happy orangutan* thoughts and avoid Easter eggs from bad people!
See here for a table listing the results of a survey on palm oil use in chocolate.

*and countless other less photogenic species, indigenous humans, general ecological damage, greenhouse gas emissions and PUPPIES**

**not puppies. Except indirectly.

Festive Flatulence

It’s that time of year again. Lots of rich food, plenty of brassicas, the regular addition of some spirits soaked dried fruits..

There, I fixed christmas..

OH NO IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE AND I’VE NOT ICED THE CAKE.

OH wait. Icing inna bag and a moment of madness later – everything’s OK.

Gamers Litany (Strike the earth!)

I must not game.
Gaming is the mind-killer.
Gaming is the little-death that brings total obliteration*.
I will face the game.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the game has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
Surrounded by empty crisp packets.
– Bene Gesserit Litany against Gaming

It has been a while since I first discovered a compile of Dwarf Fortress that works natively-ish on a mac and I have remained strong since I don’t know – about 10 solid hours after that time.

There is no such thing as an ex-DF gamer. Every day, one after another.

*Fun

Note to self: learn to use slingshot

Your arguments are nuncupatory

How did I never know about this??

There is a search engine, for Jack Vance’s entire body of work. TOTALITY, “The Vance Vocabulary Search Tool’.

this is not really a question is it

him: I have decided that my socks are better because I do not have to look and see which is for the left and the right foot.

me: ..but feet are not bilaterally symmetrical are they? So it does make sense to have differenty shaped socks.

him: Well I can’t spell that. I would use too many Rs and then there would be NONE LEFT for ….. RRRRRUMPY PUMPY!

him: *storm off triumphantly*

Sucker Punch – delve into THE MAKING OF!!

A film where absolutely nothing happens in a quite spectacular fashion. In tiny sailor outfits. With swords. Sometimes explosions. AND DRAGONS. Murdered dragons.

edit 14th March 2013: A bit late to the party for Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter by Anita Sarkeesian, and in fact never knowing about her excellent blog/webcast series Feminist Frequency. I had a wander through her archives and noticed this review of Sucker Punch. I also note from a bunch of the links that people are trying to say that Zach Snyder really really tried to make an empowered female character, he really did. I’m confused. How is an two hour rape fantasy that culminates in a lobotomy empowering? Please tell me because I missed some nuance somewhere, obviously. Maybe it was under one of the murdered baby dragons. As a side note, I am feeling shamed by my paltry output.