March 07, 2011
Pure Poetry #17: Adrienne Rich Came to Explore the Wreck
I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes. The words are maps.
Posted In Books
Taggedadrienne rich, poetry, pure poetry week
February 15, 2011
Jeopardy Proves the End Is Nigh, Watson Will Enslave Us Soon
Watch Watson the supercomputer face off against puny humans on Jeopardy!
Posted In Geekery Sci-Fi Science Technology
TaggedDaily Fix
February 04, 2011
Get Sh*t Done: 5 Productivity Posts to Pull Your Life Together
Because getting-shit-doneliness is next to Godliness.
Posted In Geekery Technology Web
TaggedDaily Fix, google, Lists/Top 10s, productivity, techno fix
January 28, 2011
Some Gayish Comic Books
Ten comic books that are uppercase Gay, lowercase gay or gay by the power of their proximity to me.
Taggedcomics, Lists/Top 10s
January 14, 2011
Taylor's Team Pick: Gabriela Herman's Blogger Portraits
Gaze into the 15″ MacBook void.
Posted In Geekery Technology Web
Taggedteam pick
January 11, 2011
Verizon iPhone on Sale in February, Thank Everything Holy
The Verizon iPhone manifests! The rumors are true, not unlike this unicorn spotted in the wild.
Posted In Gadgets Geekery Technology
Taggedapple, cellphones, Daily Fix, iphone, mobile phone
December 21, 2010
Google Introduces Ngram Viewer, Time Travel for Bookworms and Word Nerds
Boy does Google have a treat in store for you word nerds, bookworms and history buffs! Meet the Google Ngram Viewer, a way to search hundreds of years of the written word, or at least 4% of published books from 1500-2008. Not only that, but you can chart words and trends against each other instantly. Be right back, I’ve gotta play with this for 100+ hours.
Posted In Geekery Technology
TaggedDaily Fix, google, techno fix
December 06, 2010
WoW Cataclysm Resources and (New) Auto Guild Info
Get ‘em while they’re hot!
Taggedtechno fix, world of warcraft, WoW
December 03, 2010
It's Cataclysm WoW Guild Go Time: Let's Do This Thing, Autostraddle
Let’s figure out our World of Warcraft guild for Cataclysm so we’ll be ready to roll come Tuesday! Remember how you wanted to do that? Discuss within!
Taggedtechno fix, world of warcraft
November 30, 2010
Minecraft Review: Down the Rabbit Hole and Back Again, Kind Of
Minecraft is all of your favorite things rolled into one affordable, compact package that gets hardlined right into your dopamine receptors and it stays there forever, I’m not joking.
Posted In Geekery
TaggedDaily Fix, game review, Geekery, review
November 16, 2010
State of the Gamer Union
Come discuss the one million gaming releases that will certainly lead to our collective system failures.
TaggedDaily Fix, techno fix
November 04, 2010
Help Find Nat Garcia’s Missing Dogs! (UPDATE: One puppy is home!)
Autostraddle’s very own Nat got in a horrible wreck in LA and now her two amazing dogs are missing. Help her find them!
Posted In Community
TaggedDaily Fix, nat garcia
October 27, 2010
Super Meat Boy Cures 99% of NES Mario Nostalgia
Okay, maybe not 99%, but this game could probably cure cancer.
TaggedDaily Fix, techno fix, video games
October 13, 2010
6 Reasons I Can't Play Medal Of Honor (CARTOON)
A cartoon about Medal of Honor that I’m sure you will relate to.
Posted In Geekery
TaggedDaily Fix, Lists/Top 10s, video games
October 11, 2010
Padmapper: Apartment Hunt Like A Pro #tipsandtricks
Meet Padmapper, an absolutely essential (free!) apartment hunting tool. Not apartment hunting right now? Bookmark this shit. It will change your life. You’ll never look at Craigslist (the same way) again.
October 08, 2010
OPEN THREAD: Fall Video Games, Spike Your Cider and Ready Your Thumbs
Wherein you shout to the high heavens about the absolute smorgasbord of video games headed your way this fall!
Posted In Gaming
Taggedopen thread, video games, world of warcraft
October 05, 2010
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, 5 Reasons to Freak Out Until December 7th
The cat’s outta the bag: World of Warcraft’s long-awaited Cataclysm expansion will wreak havoc on your love life/hit stores on December 7th! Here are the top 5 reasons why I probably won’t shower until January 2011.
Posted In Gaming
Taggedgaming, Lists/Top 10s, world of warcraft
September 15, 2010
On the Road Trip Tips: Taylor and Kelsey’s Winged Migration to San Francisco, Part 2
Kelsey and Taylor fast forward their journey a little, because the first part was boring and full of learning. On the way to New Orleans they learn how to eat, pray, love and remain conscious. Here’s a collection of their pearls of road trip wisdom.
Posted In Travel
Taggedfeature, girl-on-world, lesbian travel, san francisco, taylor and kelsey on the road, travel guide
September 08, 2010
California Here We Come: Taylor and Kelsey’s Winged Migration to San Francisco, Part 1
Kelsey and Taylor move to San Francisco Part I. A southern road-warrior excursion with two little dykes in a Mazda and nothin’ but highway ahead of them.
Posted In Travel
Taggedfeature, girl-on-world, lesbian travel, san francisco, taylor and kelsey on the road, travel guide
August 31, 2010
Gmail Priority Inbox and 5 More Googly Things You've Gotta Try #tipsandtricks
Google debuts Priority Inbox for Gmail, making it easier to stave off your inbox demons. But that’s not the only trick up Google’s sleeve. Check out these Googly must-try tools you might have missed along the way.
Posted In Geekery
Taggedgoogle, Lists/Top 10s, techno fix
August 23, 2010
Trailer Transcendence: BioShock Infinite and Metroid: Other M
BioShock is back! The series takes a left turn, away from diving suits and toward the floating city of Columbia. And Metroid: Other M is just around the corner; it’s probably so close you can taste it.
Posted In Gaming
TaggedDaily Fix, gaming, techno fix
August 20, 2010
Samsung Galaxy S Series: Four Phones to Captivate, Fascinate and So Forth
If you’re looking to mix up your mobile life, spend a little time sizing up Samsung’s impressive new line of Android devices. Meet the Samsung Galaxy S series stars, the Vibrant, Captivate, Fascinate and Epic. Shiny, eh? And available for each of the four main ‘merican carriers!
Posted In Geekery
Taggedandroid, cellphones, mobile phone, techno fix
August 18, 2010
The Simplest, Best Writing Tool Ever
Are you in the habit of transforming your thoughts into the written word? Of course you are. So do this one thing I ask of you: download Notational Velocity, the best text editing client in town. Your productivity is soaring, is it not?
Posted In Geekery
Taggedtechno fix
August 14, 2010
Share Your Gamertag and Make Friends the Easy Way!
Got an Xbox 360 or a PS3? Share your gamertag here! It’s the purest form of friendship. And you don’t have to share your fries.
Posted In Geekery
Taggedgaming, techno fix, video games
August 13, 2010
The (Gender) Trouble With Video Game Avatars
If you think the realm of fantasy might defy our real world gender policing, think again! How Dragon Age: Origins, World of Warcraft and Xbox Live want me to be a size 2 scantily-clad elf and I just wanna be husky with an alt-lifestyle haircut.
Taggedfeature, video games, world of warcraft



