Tiffany B. Brown

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Archive for December, 2010

Reverb 10: Body Integration
This year, when did you feel the most integrated with your body? Did you have a moment where there wasn’t mind and body, but simply a cohesive YOU, alive and present? In the interest of keeping up with Reverb 10, I am going to answer every question despite how, uh, interesting (used in the Southern [...] [Posted: 12 Dec 2010]
Reverb 10: Wisdom
Reverb 10 is an annual event and online initiative to reflect on your year and manifest what’s next. Wisdom Wisdom. What was the wisest decision you made this year, and how did it play out? My wisest decision this year was to choose not to blog about some personal issues between Jason and I. Blogging [...] [Posted: 10 Dec 2010]
On marriage and civil unions
Instead of being tempted to limit marriage, let us extricate the government entirely from the business of marriage. Let it be a civil union for all, and let marriage be a personal matter between you and your faith. That way there is room for gay marriage, Wiccan handfastings, and yes, traditional Christian marriage between one [...] [Posted: 10 Dec 2010]
Reverb 10: Party
John Besh stirs his jambalaya during a welcome home party thrown by the St. Bernard Project. Man cooking food = HAWT! Found on Flickr. Party. What social gathering rocked your socks off in 2010? Describe the people, music, food, drink, clothes, shenanigans. That’d be the The Night John Besh Almost Became My Boyfriend. It was [...] [Posted: 9 Dec 2010]
Reverb 10: Beautifully Different
giggles. photo by misterjt. found on Flickr. Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different — you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful. I’m awesome. The end. That’s a bit of a Mims-like tautology, isn’t it? What really makes me [...] [Posted: 8 Dec 2010]
On e-books and privacy
The guide is simply a review of privacy policies, to the extent we’ve been able to find them, plus additional information we received directly from Adobe and the Internet Archive. We haven’t been able to do independent testing to verify how these e-book providers work in practice. Also, in discussing whether individuals are linked to [...] [Posted: 7 Dec 2010]
Recommended: “Wrapping Things Nicely with HTML5 Local Storage”
Today’s 24Ways entry is from Christian Heilmann and takes a look at HTML5 Local Storage. Heilmann explains: Why client-side storage can be a good thing; The origins of and need for local storage; How to use local storage; When to use local storage; I implemented local storage in browsers that support it for our wedding [...] [Posted: 7 Dec 2010]
On the new New Orleans
Black Men of Labor Second Line 2010 by offbeatmagazine. Found on Flickr Soon, this area will be flat as a prairie. Everything that once was Lower Mid-City is being dismantled, including the streets, lampposts, curbs, electric lines, and sidewalks. On a day in early November, empty lots tramped by heavy machinery surrounded remaining homes. Although [...] [Posted: 7 Dec 2010]
Google Wave is now Apache Wave
One of the best outcomes from November’s Wave Protocol Summit was a proposal for Wave to enter the Apache Software Foundation’s incubator program. Apache has a fantastic reputation for fostering healthy open source communities that create great software. Last week, that proposal was accepted, and we’re spinning up the project infrastructure so that the community [...] [Posted: 7 Dec 2010]
On metaphorical dick grabbing and Jay Electronica
But this isn’t about sex positivity. Look at the terms of the bet. How can any three men ever determine what “all women” like? At the moment that this becomes about generalizing female sexual practices under one banner, it no longer becomes about women, but about men’s idea and projection of who they would like [...] [Posted: 7 Dec 2010]