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Heed the tab count

Ria — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:23:33 +0000

When is it time to quit for the night?

“You are about to close 47 tabs. Are you sure you want to continue?”

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Content still counts

Ria — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:44:35 +0000

The law of diminishing content

First off, a disclaimer: I love discovering and using new Web 2.0 technology and tricks. However, it sometimes seems that the people I would most like to share with are the least likely to use the technology; worse still, the people who tend to dominate new media are the

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Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

Ria — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:52 +0000

Keep those wagons rollin’ …

Life is rollin’ on chez les Bacon — school’s almost out for summer, my contract at the university has been extended for another year, baby Didi is up and walking, and we interviewed a woman last night to come help clean for us, which of course meant we spent a

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Call me stupid

Ria — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:44:21 +0000

It’s heading for 1 am. About to shut down for the night, I carelessly copied over the whole folder of my current editing job in progress onto my USB stick, thinking that I’d be super efficient by having access to the files during the day tomorrow. Two seconds later I realized to my horror that

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House-hunting a TARDIS

Ria — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:40:46 +0000

Dear …

It’s been so long since I wrote a post that I forgot how to start. Dear me.

Since the previous telegraphic message, our house boss (huisbaas in Dutch, way cooler than landlord) has allowed us access to the Interweb; but only after several hours of Bergmanesque sighing, silence and alternately staring at 300

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911 Translation

Ria — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:35:47 +0000

I lost a job last week.

It was a 30-page translation on children’s rights, a subject I’ve worked on regularly since summer. It would have been a straightforward job, and although in Senegal I accept fees at half my regular rates elsewhere, the amount would have nicely rounded out the end-of-the-month finances (translation: bring us

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Managing discontent

Ria — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:01:43 +0000

The title of this post refers to C. Wright Mills’ unflattering description of the raison d’être of trades union leaders (learn more …). It’s a phrase that has stuck in my head since studying sociology A-level 22 years ago (OMFG!) — I ended the year quoting Prince Kropotkin on the ideal of anarchism as akin

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Addicted to Alice

Ria — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:54:26 +0000

I got a chunky translation job last month, 61 pages of sobering and inspiring information about childhood in Senegal: sobering to read that children’s charity X allows a maximum grant of US$5 per month; inspiring when I think of the hundreds of people freely offering their time and experience to help others less fortunate

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