Spam spam spam
February 23rd, 2011 by Ravven

I know I’m biting the hand that feeds me (working in web development, search optimisation, and social media) but this example of scummy SEO spammers really amused me. I was looking up an issue on the Magento site (open source ecommerce software that I do a lot of work in) and found pages of goldseller [...]

consequences, like dominos
February 15th, 2011 by Ravven

Last night we watched Crash, an older movie that I’ve always really liked. The movie follows an extremely disparate group of characters who are all drawn together by circumstance, by chance, and by their actions. Everything that each of them does affects another in some way. For me, this is almost what I mean when [...]

Down on my knees
February 14th, 2011 by Ravven

This is the song that was played at our wedding (a non-country, bluesy version sung by a great friend and his wife). For me, it’s a reminder that relationships can’t survive pride…sometimes you have to get down on your knees and say “I love you”, or “I was wrong”, or “I don’t want to lose [...]

Fennec Fox Squee
February 10th, 2011 by Ravven

Right now I want a fennec fox more than anything on earth. My own real-life Kawaii.

Princess Peach and Zelda: The Upside of Being Kidnapped
January 17th, 2011 by Ravven

Lucille Bogan
January 15th, 2011 by Ravven

This ain’t you’re grandparents’ music…oh, wait, it just might be. :) Warning: this song is extremely NSFW, despite its 1935 date. It is raunchy and rather wonderful American honky-tonk blues. I can just picture the after-hours club, the soft red light, and the delicious wickedness of it all. 1935…can you believe it?