Wheaton’s Law
Wheaton’s Law via Know Your Meme.
Wheaton’s law is, of course, “Don’t be a dick.” I had never seen the Know Your Meme website before; it’s a nice idea, run by the Cheezburger folks.
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story
25 Ways To Plot, Plan and Prep Your Story.
I’m struggling with my novel quite a bit right now, trying to untangle the plot and see if I can figure out what I’m trying to convey. I had a really frustrating time last weekend trying to work it out. The “fly by the seat of your pants” method got a lot more done for me than the “meticulous plotting” method. But it also resulted in some of the plot tangles. So… I have a couple good suggestions from my NANOWRIMO group – and I have this awesome reference. I can see at least 3 different ways of approaching my plot in this article that would probably help me sort out my thinking.
Why Choose Canvas On Demand?
I’m seeing more of these photo to canvas sites, and I find the idea interesting – I have a number of interesting photos I’d like to do this with.
Online Portfolios for Editors, Part 2: Clean Capture
Interesting article about how copy editors can show off their editing work in an online portfolio.
via Online Portfolios for Editors, Part 2: Clean Capture | Copyediting.com.
» The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good
While we’re reading the Social Justice League site, this article was interesting too…
Social justice is about destroying systematic marginalisation and privilege. Wishing to live in a more just, more equal world is simply not the same thing as wishing to live in a “nicer” world. I am not suggesting niceness is bad or that we should not behave in a nice way towards others if we want to! I also do not equate niceness with cooperation or collaboration with others. Here’s all I am saying: the conflation of ethical or just conduct (goodness), and polite conduct (niceness) is a big problem.
via » The Revolution Will Not Be Polite: The Issue of Nice versus Good – Social Justice League.
How to be a fan of problematic things
Cool article: “How to be a fan of problematic things” by Social Justice League.
Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole. In fact, you can like really problematic things and still be not only a good person, but a good social justice activist (TM)! After all, most texts have some problematic elements in them, because they’re produced by humans, who are well-known to be imperfect. But it can be surprisingly difficult to own up to the problematic things in the media you like, particularly when you feel strongly about it, as many fans do. We need to find a way to enjoy the media we like without hurting other people and marginalised groups. So with that in mind, here are my suggestions for things we should try our darnedest to do as self-confessed fans of problematic stuff.
Weekend Update, end of August 2012
This past week I attended An Event Apart, a major web design conference in Chicago, which was pretty awesome. I learned a lot of cool stuff especially about mobile-friendly design that I now need time to go over before I forget or lose track of it. It was held at the Westin just north of the Chicago River, which is a cool spot for walking around and site-seeing. Stephanie went along with and spent the time I was in sessions walking around and visiting museums and site-seeing. It was really cool to have her along because it made the social stuff like going out to dinner and seeing stuff a lot more pleasant. Plus she was willing to drive in Chicago traffic, which is both brave and very nice of her, because Chicago traffic is incredibly difficult.
Here are a few photos I took with my iPhone – more to come when I edit.
In other news only tangentially related, I realized when I was updating my photo on one of our internal company websites how different I look now than I did a few years ago. I don’t quite remember when the older photo on the right was taken; I suspect it was 2008 or so.
Bit of a change, isn’t it? I know physically my clothes are looser and I can tell I have a lot more muscle than I did before, but I don’t always realize since I see myself every day how different I look.
Random Cool: Horse Fight
I have a folder on my hard drive titled “random cool” that contains images I’ve collected over the years that don’t seem to lend themselves to obvious categorization. Occasionally I’ll flip through it if I want to decoupage something, or if I want design ideas, but mostly I keep it to entertain myself. Today I feel like I should share… so presented for your amusement: horse fight.
(NOTE: I think they’re only play fighting, not real fighting. I’m sure.)
Welcome to Brighton, Iowa Shirt
Brighton, Iowa is the small town my dad’s family is from – my grandparents owned a family farm there for over 80 years and many of my extended family members still live there.
Until a few years ago, there was a painted sign when you entered town that said “Welcome to Brighton, Home of Lake Darling State Park” with a drawing of the lake on it – it was charming and I remember it from when I was a kid visiting grandma’s house; we’d look for the sign when we drove into town. A couple years ago the town replaced the worn and peeling sign with a new stone monument that says “Brighton, Iowa” on it – perfectly understandable because the sign was really showing its age. But I do miss seeing the old sign, so I took an old photo I had and recreated it to put on a t-shirt, which I’ve put up on my Redbubble Account for purchase.
Things I Won’t Do Again
AKA, my “Fuck It” list. Inspired by Unclutterer, who was in turn inspired by Amy KR.
I will never again:
- feel guilty for not attending every event I’m invited to.
- feel guilty for finding a new home for gifts I’ve been given if they don’t work well in my home.
- allow negative people to suck up my rare free time.
- be a negative person who sucks up the free time of others. < == hard! I'm trying!
purchase something without asking “do I really need this?”
2012 Update: Going through my drafts folder, I found this old post from Aug 24, 2010 that I never put up, but should have.