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July 24th, 2008
10:44 am randomchris [Link]	In media news... Possibly an unfortunate bit of screen-capture for a video game here... And Merlin (new BBC series) also looks intriguing. The trailer for FFXIII is up, and looks shiny, though I hope the plot's a bit less anticlimatic than FFXII was. I've also got a confirmed PhD annual review date - 4th August. Considering this is meant to have taken place before the end of June, it's a little unimpressive... Off to Glasgow to prepare for that. (Leave a comment)
10:35 am digitalraven [Link]	Couriers ( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. ) (Leave a comment)
09:32 am andrewducker [Link]	Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-24-2008 Mortgage advisers 'are failing' The Consumers' Association researchers posed as customers when visiting 50 banks, independent advisers and estate agents. They found that just four gave advice to an acceptable standard, with 41 failing to provide at least one key piece of information. (tags: finance mortgages capitalism regulation) Lesbos locals lose lesbian appeal "An Athens court ruled there was no justification for their contention that they felt slighted, saying the word did not define the islanders' identity." (tags: lesbians greece law) iPhone Impressions Helped me make up my mind about it. It'd better - but it's not ready for me yet. (tags: iphone mobile_phones technology) Petition to: not support a state funeral for Baroness Thatcher. Sign here. (tags: thatcher politics uk) Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity A tiny rectangle superimposed on the Sahara represents an area slightly smaller than Wales but it would require the capture of just 0.3% of the light falling on the Sahara and Middle East deserts to meet all of Europe's energy needs. (tags: electricity solarpower) McMorning Las Vegas, here's the news News shows with product placement. Huzzah for America! (tags: advertising tv news usa) Tags: delicious glue, links (Leave a comment)
07:37 am steve_bell_if [Link]	Steve Bell's If ... Flashback: Good morning Mrs Thatcher ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/cartoon/2008/jul/24/thatcher.steve.bell?gusrc=rss&feed=commentisfree Steve Bell's If ... Flashback (Leave a comment)
12:00 am sheldoncomics [Link]	strip for July / 24 / 2008 http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/080724.html Jump to a Random Strip in the Archives! \| Get Sheldon Books 'n Shirts \| Buy This Original Art \| Forum Chat \| Archives \| E-mail Dave (Leave a comment)
04:32 am apod [Link]	High Cliffs Surrounding Echus Chasma on Mars http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080723.html What created this great cliff on Mars? (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:57 am fd_midori [Link]	Some photos from the bondage shoot. The "Work Safe" stuff A few of the work safe ones up front... and the rest aren't safe. I was the stylist for this so all I have for photos are my snapshots. I think I'll send some of the behind the scenes stuff off to the crew at TheFetishSaloon.com to add to their blog. Yes, this is a photo of water. If you look carefully you can see Survalan in her cheese cake pose. The boat house The field What I saw from the basket of the cherry picker. Let me know if you want the spicier photos too. (ok, now really good night.) Tags: bondage, london, travel photos (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
02:22 am fd_midori [Link]	London notes & photos - a very busy 5 days This was a very fast and a really intensely busy (and deeply sleep deprived) trip to London. I really love this city... and I don't get to enjoy it's summer enough... sigh... I wish I had more time here. Keeping busy has been good for keeping my mind and heart from dwelling in grief. I wonder how I'll feel when I get back home. When I call home I have to stop myself from asking "so how's Grrr?" I landed last Saturday. The flight was delayed 2 hours so by the time I got in it was too late to go to Kew Gardens as I had planned. They have a great canopy walk among their tallest trees for the summer. Unfortunately I didn't get to go at all this trip and the canopy walk will be down by the time I return in October. Sunday: Up by 6am. So I had at least 7 hours of sleep on top of jet lag. Journey by train to the far east end of London and get picked up by my ride. Then we drive out through beautiful country side to Essex. I'm there styling and rigging for www.thefetishsaloon.com. The location was a farm... rolling green hills, a late, boat house, bunch of geese, small apple orchard, a tractor barn, a mechanic's garage.... Lovely place. I've been going to London regularly for over a decade now, but I really haven't seen much of anything outside of London - so this was a great change of scenery for me. (I know - some of you wonder why I've not seen much beyond London and why don't I just do it. It's not that easy. My teaching and performing gigs are at night. That means that any personal time I might have has to be within return distance to Covent Garden, SEOne, or where ever in town. Then I need to build in time for transit across this massive city and time to prepare for the class or show. Taking extra days off is difficult as that means other teaching jobs elsewhere won't happen. Life of the freelance, right? It's a good thing that I really enjoy London.) Worked with a really nice first time model. All the crew spent the night out there and returned to the farm to shoot with the same model and another gal who joined us. I'll post photos of that in a separate post with a "not safe for work" LJ cut. worked on 4 hours of sleep. Monday night, back into London with the execs from the web site. Midwifed a meeting with them and some of my talented friends over dinner. I get back to the flat around 11pm (Turns out my friends back at the flat I'm staying at had an improptu weekend long play party and I missed out!) I get a call that the product promotions rep for the big presentation at Coco De Mer wants me in for a meeting the next day at 10am. I get this at 10pm. Yike. I get an e mail that Coco De Mer needs class descriptions for the new class by morning. Also news to me. Double yikes. I have a deadline for my article for SocialKink.com Triple Yikes. I stayed up waaaay late. So late it was early. I got to sleep at 5:30am and had to wake up at 7:30am. 2 hours of sleep. Oh goodie. The article turned out pretty good. I'm taking my "Beyond Twisted" class and making it into a series of columns. I'm pretty happy with it. The class descriptions are pretty good to. Launching two new classes at Coco De Mer in October. I'll have the popular classes of JoyStick Secrets, How to Eat a Peach, and Sensual Whip - but we're adding "Rosy Cheeks: Beginner's Guide to Love Swats, Spankings, Paddle and more" plus "Bedroom Burlesque and Seduction for Beginners: Wiggle, Jiggle, Take It Off with Confidence!" Women Only." (more soon. I'm very tired now so I'm going to bed. Woo hoo! I'm actually getting almost 6 hours of sleep tonight!) Here's a photo from my airplane window. Perfect banking maneuver across the West End, The Eye, Tower Bridge, Tate Modern and of course the Thames. The cloud parted and framed it like a painting. Tags: london, travel photos (Leave a comment)
01:26 am edinburgers [sleepycinderell] [Link]	Wickerman festival tickets http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/ Due to illness, two full weekend tickets for this weekend's Wickerman festival are now available. No time to post them so you need to be local and able to collect from Broughton St/Leith Walk area. It's too late to book the Happy Bus there, so best for folk with own transport. Tickets cost £75 each but I'll take £100 for the pair at this stage! Thanks, Mo (Leave a comment)
July 23rd, 2008
08:42 pm edinburgers [beautiful_onex] [Link]	anyone know whats going on in balerno? loaaaads of police cars have just gone racing up lanark road to balerno...any idea whats going on? edit : an ambulance as well now!! looks like its something serious... (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
06:53 pm feorag [Link]	Cobweb arm warmer thing I just finished making To Weave a Tangled Web in black, and it's come out a little bit too small. If someone more delicate than I would like it, shout out. Meanwhile, I have loads of yarn left, so I shall dig out a 4.5mm hook and make myself one that fits. (7 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:36 am sheldoncomics [Link]	Dang http://www.sheldoncomics.com/forums/sheldontalk/5477/ "Crazy Train," as 9,000 e-mails have proven to me in my inbox...was indeed an Ozzy song. Don't know what my brain was thinking, there. I heard Ozzy in my head signin' it, but wrote "Iron Maiden". I'll fix that when I get back from San Diego. And, lest the mob turn on me for this vicious error, let's all remember the lyrics: "Maybe its not to late To learn how to love And forget how to hate" (Leave a comment)
03:53 pm zotz [Link]	Wickerman It's this weekend, and unfortunately a couple of friends have had to drop out due to illness. So if anyone fancies making them an offer for their tickets, let me know and I'll pass you on to them. Cheers. (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
12:00 am sheldoncomics [Link]	strip for July / 23 / 2008 http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/080723.html Jump to a Random Strip in the Archives! \| Get Sheldon Books 'n Shirts \| Buy This Original Art \| Forum Chat \| Archives \| E-mail Dave (Leave a comment)
09:38 am ffutures [Link]	Browser update I downloaded Safari for Windows this morning, and discovered that the graphics titles are fine there - the problem only occurs in the Mac version. Needless to say they are the same version number... So I've decided that the best way to handle it is by putting a warning on the page that links to all the different files: HTML files are best viewed in 800x600 or better resolution. While every effort has been made to test these files with a variety of browsers and graphics settings, extreme combinations of font and screen size may display poorly. The following browsers were used for compatibility checking: Internet Explorer 7 (Windows XP)¹ Firefox 3.0 (Windows XP and Apple OS X 10.4) Opera 9.51 (Windows XP and Apple OS X 10.4) Safari 3.1.2 (Windows XP and Apple OS X 10.4²) ¹ Not compatible with Internet Explorer for OS X ² Safari for OS X does not display copyright information on some illustrations when the single-file version of the game is loaded. There are no problems with the multiple file version. I think that makes things pretty clear. (Leave a comment)
09:36 am andrewducker [Link]	Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-23-2008 Neil Gaiman's Party Theory of Character In case you were wondering. (tags: story character neilgaiman fiction) What the fucking fuck? "A local woman has been arrested after she was accused of killing her unborn child by cutting the umbilical cord, authorities said Monday." I really do hope this case is dropped incredibly quickly. (tags: sexism law usa) Tags: delicious glue, links (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:06 am ffutures [Link]	Prometheus Winners Congratulations to Jo Walton papersky who has jointly won the Prometheus Award for Libertarian SF with Harry Turtledove; Jo gets it for Ha'Penny, Turtledove for The Gladiator, it's the first time that there's ever been a tie, and the first time a woman has won the actual award. Since the award is an ounce of gold it's well worth having - apparently they get an ounce each in the event of a tie. Also pleased to say that Anthony Burgess has poshumously received the Hall of Fame award for A Clockwork Orange after several previous nominations. http://papersky.livejournal.com/402956.html?view=6549772&style=mine#t6549772 has the news - I wanted to refer back to the actual Prometheus Award site, but my virus checker says it's trying to upload a Trojan when I go there. It's the first time I've ever seen that message, so I'd better take it seriously. And of course this means I have to edit Jo's bio a bit in the Tooth and Claw RPG, which is a pain because there's no space left on that page... (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
07:38 am steve_bell_if [Link]	Steve Bell's If ... flashback: Margaret Thatcher is asleep for the first time in 59 years http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/cartoon/2008/jul/23/margaretthatcher?gusrc=rss&feed=commentisfree Steve Bell's If ... flashback (Leave a comment)
08:41 am dommy_nick [Link]	Divorce Moves Slightly Closer A couple of days ago, I had the draft divorce agreement through. I made a couple of addition, namely that I would raise divorce proceedings when it was the time. The amusing thing yesterday was that my solicitor emailed me to say that STBE had wanted it adding in that if I didn't raise divorce proceedings in 18 months time, then he could. I replied to my solicitor with something along the lines of "Believe me, I'm not planning to wait that long! I'm on a countdown till the very first day I can apply for it!" 18 months indeed! I want free of him the very first second I can do so! On the familial side, my brother is getting married on Monday and I'm heading down to the Midlands for it. That is going to be hard to handle. Those of us who've been/getting divorced know the hopes and aspirations you have on your wedding day, and watching those die is hard enough, but then being reminded of them by someone else's wedding is harder still. The only good thing is that Ross is coming up to hold my hand throughout the day. That will cause a bit of interest, since I've told my family he's my best and truest friend. Well, he is, but I shall still be clinging to his hand all day long, and anyone that enters the space between us may well burst into flames from the heated looks between us. But that is the least of my worries about it. And I'll be missing combat practice, so woe about that. I like going to combat practice because it's a type of exercise that suits me. Somehow, I can't see myself prancing about in an aerobics class or going jogging. Another day arrives. (Leave a comment)
04:58 am apod [Link]	Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080722.html What are these humans doing? (11 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 22nd, 2008
08:51 pm sheldoncomics [Link]	Going to San Diego? Please Read This! http://www.sheldoncomics.com/forums/sheldontalk/5471/ For everyone going to San Diego, I've put together a one-page, easy-to-print-out guide to the 'con. It has everything a Sheldonista needs to know on one page. Grab the full-size, 8.5x11" file HERE, print it, and bring it with you to the show! Also! If you have a specific original comic strip you were hoping to pick up on the cheap in SD, e-mail me before 8AM PST on July 23, and I'll bring it with me. Thanks! (Leave a comment)
10:52 pm officialgaiman [Link]	Quick Newsy thing http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/07/quick-newsy-thing.html A sneak preview of the Sandman 20th anniversary poster: http://celebritygossip.epicureforum.com/great-comics-artists-draw-sandman-characters-for-special-edition-poster-119.html And Henry Selick told me that We will have our two top puppet fab people - Georgina and Martin - at the NECA toy booth with lots of Coraline puppets. Exhibit Hall - Booth 4345 (across from Warner Brother's 4329 booth) So if you want to see what the puppets -- our actors from the film -- look like, now is your chance. (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:09 pm ffutures [Link]	Oops... Well, I was busy double checking and validating etc. and I was reasonably pleased with myself, pretty sure I've finally got the bugs out apart from anything that Jo doesn't like. Then I noticed that one of the adventures has different titles on the page and on the table of contents, in all versions of the files including the original Word document. It's only a one word difference but it's REALLY annoying that I (a) made the mistake in the first place and (b) only just spotted it. (Leave a comment)
10:31 pm fetket [Link]	My life of suckyness Okay I'm I'll again. Hopefully only for a few days with next weeks game coming up. I have some pain in my lungs so I'm trying to take it easy. So... Game tonight was cancelled... Wednesday I'm not going to the cinema after all... Friday I'm hoping to be at the pub, but only 'till about 8 and no alcohol. Fortunately no smoking in pub and I'll get home to bed early. Saturday I'm intending to finish my game notes and sulk that I won't be at a housewarming. Sunday my week of gaming starts.. Hopefully I'll be well... but if it gets worse I have monday off and my doctor is open access that morning so a heavy course of antibiotics... (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
09:44 pm andrewducker [Link]	Back Spent the last four days in Cornwall, with 14 members of my family. I am, understandably, tired. I've caught up with two of my filters. Which means about 90% of you haven't been caught up with - and a large chunk of you probably won't be. If there's anything exciting I've missed then feel free to leave a comment. Going to go fall over now. Tip for the day - If you're not reading bad_sex then you're missing out on a lot. It's a locked community though, so you have to join it to see the cool stuff. Read the instructions on the user-info first... (4 comments \| Leave a comment)

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