Be the signal » Asides http://bethesignal.org where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:52:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Meta: Switching to partial feed on Planet GNOME http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/09/28/partial-feed-on-planet-gnome/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/09/28/partial-feed-on-planet-gnome/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:36:25 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1825 Continue reading →]]> As I would like to write more regularly about a far wider range of topics, and have quite firmly moved on to “emeritus” status in the GNOME project, I have decided to publish only my GNOME-related thoughts on Planet GNOME in future.

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]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/09/28/partial-feed-on-planet-gnome/feed/ 3 Sexism, metaphor, whimsy and caprice http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/10/07/sexism-metaphor-whimsy-and-caprice/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/10/07/sexism-metaphor-whimsy-and-caprice/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:17:36 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1588 Continue reading →]]> It’s difficult to recall the last time I laughed out loud when reading an Ubuntu changelog entry. Please direct any questions or comments you may have to the Department of Metaphor.

hunspell-en-us (20070829-2ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/extrawords.txt: added "misandry" and "misandrist" (LP: #436145)

 -- Mackenzie Morgan   Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:38:32 -0400
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… and apparently available on Zazzle.

]]> http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/13/truly-css-is-awesome/feed/ 7 Barack Obama celebrates National Andrew Bolt is a Dickhead Day http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/03/barack-obama-celebrates-national-andrew-bolt-is-a-dickhead-day/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2009/06/03/barack-obama-celebrates-national-andrew-bolt-is-a-dickhead-day/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:36:23 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1518 Continue reading →]]> Barack Obama celebrates National Andrew Bolt is a Dickhead Day

(This stupid joke, and the linked cartoon which inspired it, will be difficult for international readers to understand. It might make slightly more sense if you replace “Andrew Bolt” with “Rush Limbaugh” as you read it, while noting that a true analogue to Limbaugh simply doesn’t exist in the Australian commentariat. Despite having our own breed of hypocritical right-wing crazies, I think it will be a long time coming before Australians would accept someone even remotely as ignorant and offensive as Limbaugh in our public conversation.)

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“No Twitter sex for you” by ChipX86. :-)

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