softowl:

I am putting this out there just as an informative thing, and because what Lexxy said gave me confidence that this is an all right thing to do.  (If it’s not clear, I have a ton of respect for Lexxy, dang what a cool person.)

There is a group of people out there who go by “Athena’s Wink” who have continued to sell Homestuck items despite being asked multiple times to stop; they have been given step by step explanations of why what they’re doing is not okay and they do not seem to care.

I am putting this out there because I have heard from more than one person who was at a convention this weekend that the people involved in Athena’s Wink have been pulling aside those people who are visibly fans of Homestuck and telling them that they can sell them Homestuck merch under the table.  This shows extremely clearly that they’re aware what they’re doing is wrong.

Frankly, it doesn’t seem palatable to me to throw the book at a couple of fairly young people who are doing something like this, even though it’s incredibly disrespectful and quite a cut-and-dried legal case.  So I’m just going to put this information out there and ask that those of you who come into contact with them simply don’t buy from them.

Please don’t harangue, harass or otherwise be unkind to these people. They don’t deserve that (and more importantly, you shouldn’t make or let yourself be the kind of person who does unkind things like that).  Please simply ignore them, do not buy from them, and, if you absolutely must say something, tell them politely that you disagree with the disrespect they show creators.

Thank you.

If you feel you MUST act, then go and calmly inform the convention staff about them and what they are doing.  Don’t directly confront them, do as said here, just ignore them.

im gonna try podcasts i think

tinandcoppermakebronze:

allbearsallthetime:

what are good podcasts

• My Brother My Brother and Me
• Stop Podcasting Yourself
• Extra Hot Great!
• MonsterTalk
• The HP Lovecraft Literary Podcast
• Polygon - The Besties Podcast
• Gundamn!
• How Did This Get Made?
• 12 Byzantine Rulers/Norman Centuries
• Inkstuds
• The Ink Panthers Show!
• Satellite Dish with Justin and Sydnee
• You Look Nice Today

griffiti has good podcasting tastes, and I would like to add:

• Comedy Bang Bang
• The Smartest Man in the World (Greg Proop’s podcast)
• Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me…
• The Night Air
• Judge John Hodgman

What Is TumblrNomic

nomicblr:

From the creator of the first game of Nomic, Peter Suber:

“Nomic is a game in which changing the rules is a move. In that respect it differs from almost every other game. The primary activity of Nomic is proposing changes in the rules, debating the wisdom of changing them in that way, voting on the changes, deciding what can and cannot be done afterwards, and doing it. Even this core of the game, of course, can be changed.”

What this specifically is then, is an attempt at translating this idea to Tumblr. Anyone with a tumblr can play, and anyone with a tumblr can help decide what “playing” means. The starting rules exist only as a template to build off of.

So if you’d like to join in, simply reblog or reply to this post. There’s no time or Player limit, so don’t feel left out!

Again, because it bears repeating: REBLOGGING THIS POST WILL ENTER YOU AS A PLAYER IN TUMBLRNOMIC.

Once in the game, you can start submitting new rules immediately. May the best Player win.

Seems cool, let’s do this thing.

I have never used a tablet before, but it’s really responsive.  pressure sensitivity is nice and fluid, it accurately tracks the pen to the screen, it’s pretty damn sweet.  Even if it wasn’t as good as a wacom (and by all reports it is), it is a very solid budget alternative.  This was a $20 well spent for me.

Plus it is fun to dick around with!