Girls In Tech Become Women In Tech: The Girl Scouts Get a Video Game Patch
LA’s getting a Video Game Design Patch, y’all! Be prepared for our younger generation to take on STEM fields!
One More Terrible Thing That Happened This Week: Let’s Talk C.I.S.P.A.
CISPA could mean the end of internet privacy for many. It asks that age old question: which is more important? Freedom or security? And where is the line between the two that we can comfortably walk without compromising our priorities as a democracy?
Queer Your Maps: Google Map Maker Launches In the UK, Maps Bletchley Park
I like the idea of user-generated cartography because it’s giving us, the people on the ground, a greater hand in the accurate representation of our environment.
Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl’s Alysia Yeoh Is Trans
“It’s important not just to have characters that challenge ideas about gender and sex, but to also have them in realistic settings.”
Cats and Feminism and Cartoons! Wheeee!
Ali’s Team Pick: Feminism, cats and cartoons all in one happy place.
RIP MSN Messenger
When someone saw you through puberty, coming out and university, you have to pay your respects. Goodbye dear friend.
Life-Saving Tech For Your Boobs: This Bra Detects Cancer
This bra can detect cancer. It could detect cancer long, long before our usual methods (mammagram and…uh…mammagram) would normally even be recommended. It could improve the visibility of screening for cancer.
Women In Tech Throwback: Grandma Got STEM
If I had a penny for every time I heard one of my 40-year-old female computer students say “I bet your grandmother is better at this than I am” or “explain this like you would explain it to granny” we’d all be living on our super queer commune right now, funded by all those pennies
Hollaback! Philly Making Comic Book About Street Harassment
Rose’s Team Pick: Hollaback! is using comics to educate both men and women about how to respond to harassment. And you can help fund it!
Get Unplugged: How To Survive In A World Temporarily Without Internet Access
If you can’t go on a date without checking your phone four times for Facebook and Twitter updates, you may want to try cold turkey for a bit.
The Future Is Here: Nothing Queers Printing Like 3D Printing
I can’t remember when I first heard about 3D printing. But I do remember my mind being blown. Print media has traditionally been two dimensional and now you’re telling me printers can make objects that we can hold in our hands? WTF, the future is now!
All of the Apps for All of Your Password Issues
There are almost as many ways to make your computer remember your password for you as there are passwords you have to remember.
Queer Your Tech With Fun: Google Glass Means You Wear A Computer on Your Eyes
Google Glass is just that – a pair of glasses. But instead of having sunglass lenses or prescription lenses, they’ve got a computer instead
Sockpuppet Theatre Turns Internet Drama Into High Comedy
Rose’s Team Pick: This new YouTube show from Regretsy creator April Winchell will have you rolling on the floor – and maybe also nodding in recognition at some silly comment threads you’ve witnessed.
Get Smart: TED Talks That Will Make Your Brain Expand
It’s Saturday, and you know what’s better than Saturday morning cartoons? Some TED talks about technology.
Some Light Nemo Reading: Everything You Never Knew About the Technology of Storms
A lovely weather technology link round up to keep you entertained if you’re snowed in, or even if you’re not.
What Printer Should I Buy?
All the news, tips and tricks on printers that’s fit to print.
Virtual Currency Bitcoin is Fascinating, Terrifying, Maybe The Future
It sounds like it’s straight out of ‘Hackers,’ but it’s real. Whether it seems like a good idea is up to you.
New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men
Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!
Backing Up Your Ish: Andriod Edition
There is not an easy backup tool for Droid built in, so here are some other ideas on how to protect your data on your Android smartphone or tablet.