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Monthly Archive October, 2011

27 Things

Kept planning to write one of those “25 things” posts, but since I just turned 27 today I decided to go for 27 things instead. You probably won’t find anything new here if you’ve known me for a while, but it’d be pretty weird if you did. So let’s get to it, shall we? 1. […]

The Georgia Guidestones

It has existed ever since 1980, but I only heard about this monument last year, when it was mentioned in passing in a piece about a conspiracy theory I happened to stumble into. Interestingly, the theory as a whole had merit, certainly being one of the most plausible ones I know of, but the Guidestones […]

Victim Blaming, Beyond Rape

Entire campaigns and movements are spurred into action when somebody tells a woman, not to mention women in general, not to dress in a certain way in order to avoid rape. And that’s certainly a good thing, because it’s the criminals who are to blame, not the victims. But then why is it all right […]

On Dumbing Down

I’ll start this with something Jen once said after being asked to help with basic computer issues one too many times by coworkers: “If I’m not good with cars, I don’t drive.” It’s something that many people, and especially those who design products, should take to heart. That way, maybe we could still reverse this […]