G and I made some brownies today. (She did most of the work.) And I took lots of pictures of her stirring and eating the batter and I posted some to the private Facebook group we have for our kid pics. WELL. Apparently, our almost-four-year-old is old enough that pictures Read more…
CVS, you should know better. You can and should do better.
(5/5 stars) This is an exploration of shame as a punishment, as a fundamental human impulse, as a force for good and bad. Ronson goes into a little bit of the history of how shame has been used in the past, but focuses especially on how shame functions in our internet-based society today. To wit, he explores several contemporary case studies in shaming.
This book functions in some ways as a collection of essays rather than a structured exploration of ideas. As such, there are points where he pursues aspects of shame that seem to be a digression from the core theme, for example the parts about Radical Truth and humiliation paraphilia. Those parts don’t make the book less interesting, but readers should be warned: you probably won’t come away with any strong conclusions about what can be done about internet lynch mobs.
In sum, this book is funny and thought-provoking. I highly recommend it.
Rumor’s of Facebook’s death are greatly exaggerated… but in some ways I hope they aren’t.
Me: One iPhone icksten, pleez. Apple: NO. WE CANNOT FIND YOUR WIRELESS ACCOUNT. YOU ARE DEAD TO US UNLESS YOU WANT TO BUY EXTRA MOVES IN CANDY CRUSH. Me: Wow. Ok. It’s a corporate wireless account. That’s probably why. If you’ll just sell me the device, I can handle the Read more…
Husby and I have, for reasons that are beyond my ability to explain, purchased a bunch of new pictures and had them framed for our new place. After looking at a lot of different sites, we’ve ended up using Frame It Easy. They aren’t superfancy, but the work is good. Read more…
Some people say it’s pink and white. Others say it’s grey and green. It’s the blue and black dress all over again.
Be on the lookout for this new teen craze. If you don’t talk to your children about astrophysics, someone else will. And, trust me, this is not something you want them learning on the streets! Source: Dank Matter Astrophysics Memes on Facebook
Last night, I received an email from Facebook saying that I had registered using a particular email address. I checked out everything with the email (all the links were directed to Facebook.com, the sender was Facebookmail.com [I verified that that’s Facebook’s sending domain], and the text of the email as Read more…