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Is there anyone out there who’s curious about Ravelry but not on there yet? Are there any knitters/crocheters reading this who haven’t signed up? Let me know — I have invites, and I want to pass them out.

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is shaping up to be a stupendous pain in the ass – particularly where “the proposed agreement would allow border officials to search laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for copyright-infringing content.”

I need a soldering iron and a tiny amount of solder. Before I start rifling through boxes in the sysadmin’s office, do any of you Pasadena (or nearby) people own or have access to these kinds of tools? I know I can buy the stuff and it’s not all that expensive, but I’m trying to [...]

Steampunk has gone fucking mainstream – I’m not quite sure why this makes me so hacked off but it does.

Life is about to get really tough for me. I’m at the thesis writing phase, and I have a few pieces of code left to run while I write the first bits. My supervisor has given me a deathline, which I shall not pass without having handed the college a nice thesis. I’m considering plan [...]