Speak LOLcat
At last a way to speak LOLcat more easily - a most excellent LOLcat translator (or in LOLcat: OH HAI AT LAST I FINDZ IT. I CAN TALK FLUENT LOLCAT NAO.)
http://speaklolcat.com/
Kate Carruthers
Reading - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Currently reading Dante's Inferno in the Everyman edition of the The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso. It is one of those canonical classics that I've never bothered to read and is a fascinating journey through the circles of hell replete with rich language and classical allusions.
Current reading: Blink - by Malcolm Gladwell
Currently reading Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. It is a bit scary to think that many of our decisions are made sub-rationally.
LOLcats
I am just obsessed with LOLcats at the moment - they make me laugh. The site is described as "the number one place to find all of your funny cat macros, memes and all round lolcats in one place on the web". It really does have great lolcats (it&
grasshoppers - ning versus facebook?
Chris Brogan has been experimenting with a new social network called 'grasshoppers' - people helping people. He has created it in two places: Ning and Facebook (although it did seem to migrate through Google groups quite quickly on the way to Ning).
It will be interesting to see which
5 Worst Websites - TIME
the 5 top websites to avoid (according to Time) are:
* eHarmony.com
* eVite.com
* Meez.com
* MySpace.com
* SecondLife.com
Agree with them regarding Myspace & SecondLife, but eVite just looks like it needs a refresh! Meez is still kind of fun though.
Women in ICT - Setup for Success Workshops
AIIA and ACS recently ran the SET Up for Success workshops in Australia. These are designed to help advance the careers of women in the ICT industry, with a one-day program covering topics such as the skills required to navigate a successful ICT career, succeed in a male-dominated