A.C. Flory's Blog, page 154
October 24, 2014
KNIT-A-SQUARE…spread the word
Help spread the word so Knit-A-Square can give more blankets to AIDs orphans in Africa.
October 22, 2014
Real stats about online harassment
We all know that statistics can be twisted to prove just about anything, so the first thing I do when I stumble across any research is to check its provenance [as much as possible]. In this case, the stats relating to online harassment come from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. They […]
October 21, 2014
The real world of Anne of Green Gables
I have loved this book since I was knee high to a grasshopper, yet I only just discovered that the location is more real than imaginary! Visit the Passive Guy and have a look at the pictures he took while travelling through Green Gable Land. :) http://www.thepassivevoice.com/10/201... Off to work – bye! MeeksFiled under: Uncategorized […]
October 17, 2014
Taming the Wild Wild West, and the end of anonymity
I’ve ranted written about the dark side of anonymity before [here and here for those interested] but today I’m going to be all sweetness and light because the biggest social media machine of them all – Facebook – is finally doing something about the problem! If you live on Facebook then you already know about […]
October 16, 2014
Not shaped no more!
Apologies for being unusually quiet this last week. A certain family member [who shall remain nameless] used up our 60 GB monthly broadband allowance in three weeks, so we spent the last week being ‘shaped’. Shaping is when your ISP [Internet Service Provider] cuts your broadband speed down to dial-up levels. Actually I tell a […]
October 10, 2014
What I always wanted – a Russian bride?
I’ve been getting an awful lot of phishing emails lately, but this one really tickled my funny bone I used to imagine that some sweatshop hacker sat hunched over a keyboard somewhere, grinning maniacally as he/she sent out another virus laden email. But I suspect the reality is more like : 1. Unsuspecting Netizen enters […]
October 4, 2014
Chain story : The Prodigal Cat
Apologies, for not getting this done yesterday; was busy planting out my new rockery and ran out of oomf. So, let’s start with the rules : 1. Each story snippet is to be entered into Comments. 2. Each story snippet must be between 10 and 100 words long. 3. Each story snippet must follow on […]
October 2, 2014
Would anyone like to contribute to a chain story?
Many years ago, I was part of a threesome -wink- of friends who set out to see if we could write a progressive story, and no, there was no sex in it. Sorry. Every night we’d take it in turns to write, and email, an installment of the story to each other, with the only […]
October 1, 2014
I have my U back!
I meant to write like crazy these school holidays, but instead I’ve done a lot of physical work – building new rockeries in the garden, spring cleaning the house, messing around with my computers, and cooking. You have no idea how much cooking I’ve done, and not for pleasure either. But that rant is for […]
September 26, 2014
Agapanthus – a much maligned plant
I was burning off a huge pile of garden waste this morning when I discovered something interesting about the lowly agapanthus plant. That’s it there, on the left. Originally from South Africa, the agapanthus grows wild here in Warrandyte, and is considered a noxious weed by Nillumbik Council. I have always had a less purist […]
