October 2011
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“No woman wants to be a Hemingway heroine who totally submerges her identity to...”
– A Farewell to Macho
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“It took Ernest Michel, then chairman of the American Gathering of Jewish...”
– Anne Frank, a Mormon?
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Those studies have found that children don’t really understand what’s happening on a screen until they’re about 2 years old. Once they do, media can be good for them, but until then television is essentially a mesmerizing, glowing box.
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Inequality and the top 1% in Australia →
Matt Cowgill (responsible for this excellent analysis into the ‘typical Australian’s income’: http://bit.ly/oGP5b9) comes through with the goods yet again. This piece looks into the measures of income inequality and economic mobility in Australia - the foundations of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the USA. Cowgill points out that we’re doing quite well overall (close to...
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“when people say that breast-feeding is “free,” I want to hit them with a...”
– The Case Against Breast-Feeding - The Atlantic
Just one more! I laughed at this quote, but then thought - well, formula feeding takes a shitload of time too - in fact, it can take more, as preparing the bottle is another few minutes on top of the actual feeding. However, the author makes a good...
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“Wolf quotes What to Expect When You’re Expecting, from a section called the...”
– The Case Against Breast-Feeding - The Atlantic
Now, I know this is a very contentious article, and I’m not here to argue which side is right, wrong, or more irritating. I am instead here to say that dear GOD as a gestational diabetes sufferer (and I MEAN sufferer, I was the biggest sweet...
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“We may often disagree, we may decide very different things but our real conflict...”
– PhD in Parenting Blog
Leaving behind being judgmental, and looking within to understand why we’re so threatened by that which we judge.
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Another Month, Another Celebrity Mom Who Doesn't... →
Amen to that.
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HR358 - or, letting women die to "Protect Life" →
In the US, a bill titled HR358 is thankfully unlikely to become law, but is getting undue traction, as it has already passed the House of Reps. What does this bill state? That hospitals and doctors should be allowed to refuse to perform abortions - on women who will die without an abortion.
Mother and fetus will both die, in order to “Protect Life”.
I haven’t seen any coverage...
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A 1,000 Piece Popsicle Stick Bomb →
My dad sent me the link to that interesting, thought-provoking article about young people and technology.
He also sent me this link.
Enjoy.
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The Three Biggest Myths About Distracted Youth →
For parents who are worried that technology is breaking their children’s brains, this article provides 3 simple refutations of the most common concerns about modern media technology.
I always take refuge in the fact that every time a new communications technology emerges, there is a predictable pattern of social reaction. “This will enable us to teach and learn better, through...
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Feminist Ryan Gosling →
I first noticed who Ryan Gosling actually is today while watching Crazy, Stupid, Love (at the Mums n Bubs session at my local movie theatre). And this blog is only 3 days old. Turns out, I AM the zeitgeist.
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“The Ezzos also recommend letting babies ‘cry it out’, using the analogy that...”
– Night Waking: or, Will I Ever Get A Good Night’s Sleep Again?
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Maurice Sendak is a dark, brilliant man →
What a classic old Jewish American take on life and other people. I want to be Maurice Sendak when I grow up.
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“Like in The Empire Strikes Back, when they fly into that alien thing’s...”
– Ben Pobjie’s Wonderful World Of Objects: How Not To Rape People Part 2: How Not To Be Raped
The hilarious, trenchant, witty, urbane, and in this case, fucking brilliant @benpobjie comes through with the goods in his take on the “how NOT to get raped” bullshit coming out of the NSW...
Why Do Sandwiches Taste Better When Someone Else... →
How great is science!!!
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Letterheady →
Unfortunately all of the innovations of Google, Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Xerox PARC, MIT and NASA will never compensate for the art of custom letterheads, the best of which are shown on this blog. Kids, pay attention: letter-writing was COOL.
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“It’s a bit frightening to think that NSW Police’s anti-rape strategy is “hey...”
– If you’re drunk and get raped, you’ve got no one to blame but yourself, says NSW Police Commissioner | the news with nipples
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“Explain to me why his ability to do dishes and go to work is a blessing while...”
– Balancing Jane: Working Hard But Hardly Working: Gender in Higher Ed
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Is Tumblr the Real Facebook and Twitter Beater? →
All I know is, it does exactly what I want - more than Twitter, less than a blog, more open than Facebook, less social than Google+.
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The baby-feeding debate, summed up perfectly →
If you read only one piece about the breastfeeding vs formulafeeding debate currently raging in the blogosphere, make it this one.
It lays out clearly why the debate is so poisonous: it’s not actually a simple discussion about how parents feed their babies, and the consequences of the choice they make. Instead, this issue is just a starting off point. Really, this debate is a suffocating,...
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"How about Chrome OS?" I hear you ask →
Don’t even bother unless you have mad, xhardcorex programming skills.
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Installing Android on an EEE PC
Installing Android on your EEE PC is totally easy and fast. About 1 minute to install an OS? Nifty! The irritating parts are:
navigation operates in a hierarchical fashion - I couldn’t find a keyboard based shortcut back to the homepage/s. It was all Back > Back > Back > Back to get back to a starting point. This wreaked havoc with web browsing.
files can’t be saved to the...
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“As one author, Rainbow Rowell, laments: “Even really awesome books get...”
– Chick Lit
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Climate Change and the End of Australia →
via @rachaelhills
What a disturbing article. It presents an overall view of the climate change impacts being felt currently in Australia, and likely to be felt over the course of the coming century. And it scares the bejeesus out of me. I’m feeling like the frog in the slowly boiling water. Reading it summed up like this makes me realise just how bad it is, and how much worse it will get.
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How to Install Android OS on EEE PC →
My new geek project - I’d love to use my EEE as an Android PC while commuting.
“Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is...”
– Bossypants, by Tina Fey
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Installing XBMC on an Apple TV 2 with a Synology...
I recently had my first child. In the week before he arrived, I spent time “nesting” at home. Usually for expectant parents this means finishing off the nursery, hacking the hedges, or maniacally tidying the under-stairs cupboard. As a self-proclaimed proud geek, for me nesting entailed finishing off the wireless network, hacking the Apple TV, and maniacally tidying my media...
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Moods on Twitter Follow Biological Rhythms →
We are all grumpier when we’re at work, and like the email marketing insights show, we are grumpy at different times for different reasons.
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“Why is the book called Bossypants? One, because the name Two and a Half Men was...”
– “Bossypants” by Tina Fey
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“why is my schooling or work responsibilities seen as some sort of...”
– Would You Ask Me That Question if I Were a Man?
I don’t look forward to having to respond to these kinds of questions (I’m returning to full time work when the kid is 3.5 months, and my husband is being the stay at home parent).
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Birth: Live and Political →
What a great idea - watch a birth, live, online. I know you’re probably thinking “ewww, who would want to do that??” But birth is something we just don’t see any more - and we ought to. Knowing what labour and birth entails means demystifying the experience. Pregnant women may feel more confident, less scared, more prepared - labour is approached as a human experience, and...
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“9 vaccination myths busted. With science!”
– Mamamia - Let’s Catch Up…Vaccination myths busted by science. Cheat sheet on immunisation 