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Drunken blog post #3

on November 6th, 2008 in information science, Life, Linden Lab, Nerdcore Rap, Second Life by | Comments Off

The Thursday night Linden Lab whisky tasting has degraded in the traditional way. I’m surrounded by tipy nerds, discussing the glories of JQuery. One of my co-workers is wearing a shirt that reads “The Age of Consent Tour 1997″. Nerdcore rap blares from the QA office. Life is good.

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Deliver my books bitch.

on February 2nd, 2007 in Avenging, Books, Cornell, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Digital Library, Favorite Posts, Interface design, Librarianship, Tech, User Interface Design by | 13 Comments

I tried out Cornell Library’s book-delivery service this week. A nice stack of David Foster Wallace books quickly appeared at my workplace yesterday afternoon, and I got a friendly call when they arrived. If you are a Cornell student or staff, you can have library books delivered to any library-location…

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I will shoot you with my Barbie Gun

on February 24th, 2006 in Avenging, Favorite Posts, Feminism, Life, Tech, Video games, Women in tech by | 13 Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen: I’m coming out. As a gamer. I game. I play video games. I enjoy shooting digital things. I have the ability to navigate three-dimensional space. There, I said it. I don’t know what I was afraid of. I’m not going to be stereotyped. As far as I…

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