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Month: May 2009

  • The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist

    The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist. Wow, I found myself nodding along at SO MANY of those:

    • Not having to wonder whether you’re well-known in your community simply for being “the female one”.
    • The freedom to make mistakes or say stupid things without worrying about it getting added to the pile of “why women suck at computer stuff”.
    • If you’re married, having people take you to lunch without them speculating on how your spouse would feel about them taking you to lunch.
    • Having interests that are stereotypical for your gender without having to worry you’ll be taken less seriously because of it.
    • Having interests that are unstereotypical for your gender and getting seen as cool and progressive rather than freaky and asexual for it.
    • Not having to choose between dressing/acting stereotypically for your gender and being thought unprofessional (or not a Real Geek) for it, and dressing/acting un-stereotypically and being thought unseemly.
    • The freedom to switch to a less technical career without feeling like you’re betraying the cause of gender equality.

    That last one floored me. I actually said that one out loud in a performance review last year. I knew that my heart wasn’t in development, but I felt this insane desire to keep doing something I didn’t enjoy because I wanted there to be some girls doing it. I wish my male friends in IT would read through that list and realize just how good they have it.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Holy crap. The whole Clare Werbeloff “chk-chk BOOM” thing WAS a hoax! http://bit.ly/2d0MVG She made it all up!

    Emerged from our cave & wandered to Chippo’s Good Neighbour BBQ for a free snag. They’ve got a clown! #fb http://yfrog.com/0tukcj

    @twelveeyes Two weeks at least, often more. They haven’t told me closing date yet, but definitely not til June.

    15 min into hourlong run. Just stopped to watch rowers in Blackwattle Bay. http://yfrog.com/5gbrgj

    Just completed a 7.25 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/HeshI #runkeeper

    Ugh. Sudden headache last night kept me up all night. Feel even worse this morning. Maybe I caught a bug from evil knitters on Sat?

    The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist: http://bit.ly/88RCD . I nodded like 20 times. I’ve witnessed just about all that stuff.

    Decided to call in sick and rest up. Tucked up in bed with laptop, eyelids drooping…

  • Guild SGM

    I’d try to sum up the insane Knitters Guild Special General Meeting I went to yesterday, but I couldn’t do it any better than Mary-Helen already did. Really, it was just the culmination of the whole drama set in motion at the AGM in March. A harmless but necessary motion got scuppered from the AGM agenda due to bureaucratic bungling (and a missed printer’s deadline), and here we are two months later with continued bad feelings and ill will all around. I sat there in the back of the room knitting away on my sock, wondering (for the millionth time) why in the hell I was wasting my Saturday on such a pointless exercise. And of course, the SGM wasn’t the end of it; I had to stay for the combined Convenor’s and Executive meeting. All up, I spent SIX HOURS of my weekend (a weekend I really needed after a stressful week) sitting in meetings listening to people suck all the fun out of something that is supposed to be a hobby. GAH.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Someone just referred to the fact that “we’ve only had print since the 20th century.” @WittyKnitter nearly choked.

    So very tired and bored. I will leave the outrage to those who got a good night’s sleep.

    Halfway through. 1st part all came to nought. Ugh, whatev.

    Okay, that was nearly SIX HOURS of knitting guild drama. Is it too early to start drinking?

    @mrs_sockvictim Gutenberg who? 🙂

    @AusVintageGrrl Unfortunately not. A motion that would have passed without notice at the AGM was defeated because of personality conflicts.

    @randomknits Haha, me too! I finished off the toe of one, managed to Kitchener the toe amidst the insanity, and knit most of the leg of #2!

    HOLY CRAP. Major osCommerce bug squashing tonight. Really weird session issue: http://bit.ly/Q9ysY . Thank god for patient customers!

    Now, I think some beer and Welsh rarebit is in order…

    @Timmay83 And you always double-down on eleven. ALWAYS.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    When you’re wearing clothes from the late 90’s, somehow it seems appropriate to put R.E.M. on random on the iPod.

    @acatinatree @misswired Um… I may have heard him say – just recently in fact – how much it sucked. Does that constitute premeditation?

    Going to go for a run in the park. Headache has been threatening all day; maybe this will clear it.

    RT @shanea: RT (like 12 other people): IT workers are best at sex: http://tr.im/m419 <- As you might guess, Twitter folks are ALL OVER THIS.

    I’m debating buying Reel Big Fish’s last album on iTunes. I’m just getting stuck on paying $17 for 11 songs mostly under 3 minutes…

    @Justacogitating In my experience, red wine usually cures insomnia.

    Much deserved kudos to the support staff at Quadrahosting.com. They were awesome helping sort out an SSL issue for morrisandsons.com.au.

    Nearly done… nearly done…

    Done. I’m goin’ to bed. Gotta get up early for Knitters Guild draaaaaaaaama.

    Who wants in to the M&S sale site early?

    @knitsewmum They do checque and money order…

    @purple_velvet @knitsewmum @Camee Go for it! http://www.morrisandsons.com.au

    Oh for god’s sake. All the sale kits still say out of stock. Not my error.

    Site launched, I’m off to the Guild Special General Meeting.

    @knitsewmum As soon as I leave the house. Of course. It must be getting hammered! It was working before, right?

    @randomknits I think you have it cached. I can get to it from mine, or I could before it crashed. 🙁

    @redambition I’m on the train so will only just make it. Can you guys save me a seat?

  • Shared today on Facebook

    It was the last frame that got me today. Ha!

  • Infinite Summer

    Infinite Summer – an online book club dedicated to reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest this (Northern) summer. I’ll keep my eyes open for a copy…

  • Plush Tauntaun with Frozen Luke

    Ohhhh, man! I so want a plush Tauntaun with a frozen Luke doll zipped inside its belly! Why doesn’t LucasArts come out with any toys as cool as the ones the fan community makes?

  • Ron + Romilda 4EVA

    Ha! LOVE this clip from the next Harry Potter movie, showing Ron’s (magical) blossoming of love for Romilda Vane…

  • RunPee

    RunPee, a website that tells you the best times to run for a bathroom break during a movie and what you miss while you’re away. I really like their animated logo.