Tech Post #3: Women and Open Source Code

Posted by banane on September 8th, 2006 — in feminism, technology

When do women write open source code? When it refers to knitting! No lie. I linked yesterday to Stine’s progress bar for WordPress Widget, and sure enough, its original usage, for her, was to chart several craft projects (a really nice Baptism/Christening gown is what I saw). I think it’s ironic that the invisible labor [...]

Yet Another Tech Post: New Stuff

Posted by banane on September 7th, 2006 — in fitness, technology

SitePal
So you make this little avatar person, and you give them something to say- you can also upload sound files. I had great fun having this girl first say “f-k”, then “I am a dork”, then she did a really good attempt at “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” in a kind of snotty, customer-service matter of fact tone. Then [...]

Because Anna is Geeky, She Really Is

Posted by banane on September 6th, 2006 — in technology

The revelation that all I wanted to do on the Long Weekend was sit on my big blue couch, turn on the laptop, and finish the bug & feature set of Movie Haikus, led me to click on my “tech” category on the right and realize, I never write about technology. Here, then, is the [...]

The Long Weekend

Posted by banane on September 5th, 2006 — in local color, north beach

I headed into this weekend with an amazingly great bottle of wine, a splurge, enjoyed with my mom and a friend, on the roof of my apartment, before teaching mah jong for four hours in Caffe Trieste. My friend Lauren goes, “We are the local color.” Draining, but it’s great training friends so I can [...]

iMurder 12: Visiting GiggleLoop

Posted by banane on September 1st, 2006 — in iMurder

Beth tapped on the bulletproof glass of the Vallejo Station. She could see Sosa talking to a young man, in a suit.
The door to the main area finally opened and she stood face to face with Gavin Newsom, the young, hot and available mayor of San Francisco.
“Here you go.” He said. “Sorry to [...]