Archive for January, 2009
If so, there’s a new Grow game!
Warning: will suck away your morning.
I love these things. They’re exactly what online flash games should be – easy to play and difficult to solve. This one only has five panels, but it still took me about half an hour. I got it on try 25; there’s only 120 [...]
Filed under: Gaming, Timewasting | Leave a Comment
Tags: Flash Games, Fun, Gaming, Grow, Grow Tower
iTunes and I
By way of making the most of the 5091 tracks in my All Music playlist, here’s ten of them, with my opinions and the reasons they’re in my collection. Sort of a “Laura by Notes” sidebar, I suppose. Songs, in the best tradition of blog music lists, selected by the shuffle feature.
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Tags: iTunes, Music, Shuffle
Surveillance-tastic!
I like the idea of kids familiarising themselves with situations, especially potentially confusing or upsetting ones, through play. And Playmobil is a company which has a really wide selection of situational stuff ranging from police officers to hospital sets to safecracking (I want my potential kids to know about all eventualities). Not to mention all [...]
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Heh, Toys, Travel | Leave a Comment
Tags: Airlines, Heh, Security, Surveillance, Toys
Jump-starting
On Tuesday morning, my car battery was completely flat.
It’s an old car, passed down through a whole bunch of people who only owned it for a couple of years, so I imagine the battery isn’t in great condition. Monday was a public holiday and I didn’t drive anywhere. And the last week or so has [...]
Filed under: Feminism & Womanism, Women | 1 Comment
Tags: Cars, Feminism & Womanism, Gender, Stereotypes, Women
Like buses!
You wait ages for a new Target Women, and then two show up at once.
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Tags: Dieting, Sara, Sarah Haskins, Target Women, Women
Sarah Haskins’ spin on 2008
I really have to stop watching Target Women in the office. Even though I’m tucked away in the corner and no-one really cares what I get up to, I still feel bad when the whole office can hear my snorts of laughter.
(Linked because apparently I can’t embed videos in WordPress. Hmm.)
via The F-Word
Filed under: Feminism & Womanism, Heh, In the News, Women | Leave a Comment
Tags: 2008, In the News, Sarah Haskins, Target Women, Women
Under the lid
Today Feministing flagged up an ad campaign in Germany by a group called Pro Mädchen (“pro-girls”, roughly). They’re putting stickers on the underside of toilet lids saying Bulimie ist heilbar – “Bulimia is curable”.
Filed under: Health, Women | Leave a Comment
Tags: Advertising, Bulimia, Eating Disorders, Health, Toilets, Women
Sufficiently feminine chocolates
Kawaii is Japanese for cute, or charming. The stereotypical Japanese young woman likes fluffy things and Disney characters (and fluffy Disney characters most of all), and likes to squeal “Kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!” when faced with any objects (or small animals, or children) that vaguely fit this description.
There are of course women that veer in the direction of [...]
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Tags: Chocolate, Gender, Japan, Japanese, Kawaii, Language, Office
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