Blogcoven

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

Today I learned about the Sprint Family Locator feature. It allows parents to track their kids (or, more generally, an “account holder” to track the other phones on the account) using GPS included in most snazzy phones sold these days. The trackee gets notified either every time the tracker requests its location, or “periodically.” There [...]

I did my taxes last week. In stark contrast to last year, when I did my taxes at the last minute because the Wanderer’s insane boss didn’t get the paperwork to us until the week before the deadline (yes, we know it’s illegal, no, there’s not a damn thing we can do about it in [...]

I’ve been watching part 3 of the Trap – who’s title I’ve stolen. This speaks of ‘positive freedom’ and ‘negative freedom’ from the thoughts of Isaiah Berlin. The Trap: What Happened To Our Dream Of Freedom Episode 3, Part 1 on youtube. No. Comment.

You know the one I mean. The Manual. The one that every guy seems to have in his head. I know y’all have one, since in given situations I hear the same words and same reactions from people who have nothing in common other than their shared gender. I haven’t decided whether I think The [...]