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Strange Attraction
Happy Friday! I am declaring today to be particularly good, even as Happy Fridays go, since (1) I went for a run this morning, (2) the cubefarm has exploded into the amusing chaos of Yet Another Desk...
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I’ve been thinking this week about reducing the amount of content I send to Facebook, and this thinking has meandered down two separate paths, being the theoretical and the technological. The...
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Dream(team)ing of Standard Deviation
In the spirit of giving you fair warning, if you’re not into Australian Rules Football or into data analysis, move along before you taint your eyes with the horrible mash-up of the two that follows....
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87% More Real Balls at The Big Day Out
It was watching Rammstein’s lead singer, Till Lindemann, ride a giant penis cannon across the stage that got me thinking. I’d spent the day wandering around the Perth show of Australia’s biggest music...
View ArticleResistance Is Useful: An Essay
Hello internet. We have something to talk about, and it’s been cooking for some time. We’re going to talk about geek culture, about misogyny, about rape culture and rape apologism, about safe-spaces...
View ArticleFurther Dispatches from the Perth Geek Underground
(Heads up – This one is pretty triggery, particularly regarding rape. Consider yourself warned.) Thank You; Yes You! The response to my Resistance Is Useful essay, from both men and women, has been...
View ArticleWomen of Numbers, Unite
Note (01 May 2012): I may have strayed from my intention in writing this one, as I fear it has been misinterpreted in some quarters. I know many, many women who are good data analysts, and great data...
View ArticleBehold the First Date Resolvatron, Beta!
Apparently I’m not the only one engaging in tongue-in-cheek discussions along the lines of ‘well, if only I could quantify whether [interpersonal issue here].’ In this case ‘well, if only it were...
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