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Reblog: How far will this whole equality thing go?

How far will this whole equality thing go? via On Feminism & Women’s Day — Legend of Velda

March 9, 2017
Participators

Yesterday was Demo Day at gymnastics. The kids showed off their skills then got to stand on a box as music crescendoed and they received their particpation ribbon. It was suprisingly cute how excited they were.

March 9, 2017
Women

My daughter is five, and her current list of future jobs is as follows: Mail carrier Owl mail carrier Space vet Unicorn Not until 1920 did women have the right to vote in America. Women, it was argued, didn’t want the right to vote. Women, it was said, were weak-willed and would just vote as…

March 8, 2017
ASCII

This conversion can be performed according to various protocols, such as the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, known familiarly by the acronym ASCII, pronounced “ass-key.” The Code Book And here I’ve been saying “ask-ee” like a real ASCII this whole time.

March 7, 2017
big brother little brother

March 7, 2017
The earliest mechanical computer

As I prepare to submit a proposal for a conference, I took to TED.com (not to procrastinate) to see if I could find some inspiring talks on a variety of topics (the nature of storytelling, leadership, and more). Interestingly, I ran across a video that talked about Charles Babbage’s steam-powered analytical engine (the first one).…

March 6, 2017
tracks

Whenever someone asks me what I’m thinking about, it’s this. I think we have enough track to qualify as a legitimate railroad.

March 5, 2017
Ladies of elastic virtue

“Another class who are great supporters of street music consists of ladies of elastic virtue and cosmopolitan tendencies, to whom it affords a decent excuse for displaying their fascinations at open windows.” (Charles Babbage, as quoted in The Code Book.)

March 4, 2017
But soft

It is the east,And Juliet is a t-rex.

March 4, 2017
“the golden age of travel”

Eleanor Ring, or Sufjan Stevens? You be the judge. (Please excuse the off-camera baby sounds.)

March 3, 2017