May 2013
13 posts
“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare...”
– Bill Watterson (via mikekarnell)
Unknown Mathematician Proves Elusive Property of... →
If you’re a mathematics person, this is an article about a really cool theory about prime numbers that has finally been proven.
If you’re a people person, this is a story of a guy who couldn’t get a job in academia, who had to work at Subway at one point, but kept doing what he loves, and now he’s gonna have a theorem in his name to last forever. Pretty cool. My fave...
Star Trek Movie: SPOILERZZZZ
You are officially spoiled if you read below, NO COMPLAINTS!
Up front I will say I enjoyed this latest Star Trek movie a lot. It was super noisy, but enjoyable, beautifully executed, and I particularly like some of the secondary characters, Spock was excellent, etc etc. I just want to share an observation that stuck with me:
Where are the women? The strong women? The women we’d like to...
“The Four Personality Types
1. The Upholder (great at adhering to inner rules...”
– At the 2013 99U Conference, Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project — one of 7 essential books on the art and science of happiness — argues that habit is the key to happiness, and how we relate to rules is the key to habit.
Pair with William James on habit and advice on how to rewire your...
Hyperbole and a Half: Depression Part Two →
This amazing post brought me to tears and then joyful smiles. I’ve been through a lot in the last 6 months, and see so much here I relate to. I hope you do the same, and find your way to your own piece of corn.
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April 2013
19 posts
30 Days Of Sexism | Kotaku Australia →
WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF A WOMAN IN GAMES AND/OR ON YOUTUBE!
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Digging this song a loooot. Bird and the Bee-ee.
March 2013
20 posts
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My Reddit IAmA Yesterday →
I did a Reddit AMA yesterday and one thread caught my attention the most (a lot of ppl had female geek questions overall). What do you guys think about this issue? How do we ACTUALLY change things and avoid being strident or condemning and make it so that we don’t have to call out someone’s gender when talking about Geek?
[–]mscuppykate 246 points 21 hours ago
Felicia, I just...
The clearest actions come from truth, not... →
This description from Gerard Way of the ending of his band My Chemical Romance touched me deeply. I see a lot of my own journey in the last six months here in this essay, of closing doors on projects and relationships, searching for myself as an artist, hoping to find what is next, but unable to completely let go of the past to have the freedom to move on. In this piece, I feel inspiration and...
International Tabletop Day (Green Ronin... →
wilwheaton:
My friend Chris Pramas says: “We’ve put together a list on our website of all our RPG Quickstarts and free adventures, and encouraged people to use them on TableTop Day. People can try Dragon Age, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, DC Adventures, Mutants & Masterminds, and True20 Adventure Roleplaying.”
This is fantastic!!
Free stuff!
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