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Monday, December 21st, 2009

rivkat

10:31p Further on the social construction of technology It turns out there's a history of considering technologies finished when they can properly display white people.  Z sent me these cites: (1) Richard Dyer, "Making 'White' People White, in The Social Shaping of Technology, eds. Donald MacKenzie and Judy Wajcman. It's an excerpt from Dyer's book, "White," in which he notes that, among other things, videotape quality was evaluated by how well they displayed a blank, pale orange signal called "skin" that was supposed to match white skin.   (2) Brian Winston, A Whole Technology of Dyeing: A Note on Ideology and the Apparatus of the Chromatic Moving Image, Daedalus, Vol. 114, No. 4, The Moving Image (Fall, 1985), pp. 105-123--discussing how, at every stage, film development was guided by how it did at showing white skin.  comments on DW

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5:17p Department of apparently you could make this up This was a Better Off Ted episode, but now HP's facial recognition cameras have been accused of being unable to detect black faces.  HP says it's a problem of low light. (Why yes, I am working down to the wire on my Yuletide story, thanks for asking.) comments on DW

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9:43a Updates and some fiction 1. My own website won’t recognize my login! This makes me worry. The CMS is nice in many ways, but I am starting to realize how vulnerable I am now that I rely on something beyond the hand-coded html I can make myself. 2. I’ve been using this free file-hosting service Dropbox, and I think it’s great for document management—I keep all my works in progress, as well as other stuff including teaching materials, in my Dropbox folder. That means I can access them on all my computers and on my iPhone and have changes automatically updated across all my devices. It’s good for joint writing projects for the same reason. You get 2 gigs free, [ETA: I've maxed out on free space, so I'm not asking anyone else to sign up via me any more.  I still recommend the service though]. I’ve been using the service for nearly a year, I’m highly satisfied, and I only get email from them when I’m near to filling my space. So anyone interested in trying the service/helping a girl out, I encourage you to check it out. 3. I’m also on Google Wave now, though I still don’t know what it’s for. I’m rivkat and if you want an invite or if you want to connect there, let me know! 4 etc. Realms of Fantasy has made its Feb. 2010 issue available as a free download on its website. Aside from the skeevy naked-girl art from Frank Wu, I found the stories largely entertaining; Harlan Ellison, Leah Bobet, Euan Harvey, Aliette de Bodard, and Ann Leckie are the authors represented. ( Middleman, Wild Cards, original slash, urban fantasy ) comments on DW current mood: gloomy current music: New Order, Guilty Parter

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Sunday, December 20th, 2009

rivkat

1:45a Eight(ish) Crazy Nights: Eight (SPN, SPN/BtVS and Chuck) unbreakableburr: Buffy and Dean in a conversation about siblings and all that they bring, good and bad, to the table. Imagine a sort of crossover S8 for BtVS, if you will, and an indeterminate post-S5 time for SPN. Note: again, didn’t go where I planned, not so much with the parallels or even focusing on the siblings (to the extent that Dean can be said to exist without Sam). ( coming back from the dead doesn't make you Jesus ) jain: SPN, Sam/Dean, settling down. Note: came out emo porn gen, though I doubt Sam/Dean fans would be disappointed. ( whither thou goest ) ariadnes_string: Yiddishe!Dean--where did he learn all those words? ( what's a mensch? ) raveninthewind: I'd love something Casey/Chuck, but I don't know what exactly. There's always "undercover as a couple"? Cliche, but evergreen. ( gay for my country ) comments on DW current mood: discontent current music: Tom McRae, End of the World News

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1:31a Eight(ish) Crazy Nights: Eight (SV) partners4life: futurefic, Clark/Lex; Lex finds out Clark and he have a son (Kon); Lex sues Superman/Clark for custody and child support; Clark's lawyer advises him to try to work things out with Lex by any means possible otherwise Lex's attorneys will bankrupt him. Note: I thought Lex could probably afford the child support aspects, so I tweaked a little. ( family dynamics ) niangao: anything involving Kara from Useful Arts? ( I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am ) jakrar: Suppose, just before Brainiac and the Zod-minions escaped doomed Krypton, someone tried to disable Zod's super-computer with an untested computer virus, and it had an unexpected effect: once Brainiac reached Earth, instead of being determined to carry out Zod's plans, he decided instead to do everything he could to make Lex Luthor happy (but without informing Lex Luthor)... Note: more on the horror side, less with the Clark/Lex, though feel free to imagine that’s how it ends! ( what's your fantasy? ) END comments on DW current mood: exanimate

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Saturday, December 19th, 2009

rivkat

12:35a Eight Crazy Nights: Eight (part 2) liberate tutame ex infernis Sam/Dean, NC-17 Summary: Lucifer offers Sam some home truths. Starts after The Curious Case of Dean Winchester. Loosely based on the prompt from giandujakiss: insecure and selfless Dean (selfless in the literal meaning - no sense of self), and protective Sam, and first time. But probably angstier than she meant. Note: Dana Scully has this wonderful line at one point: “Mulder, you just keep unfolding like a flower.” ( pray for us, sinners ) comments on DW current mood: recumbent current music: New Order, Face Up

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12:31a Eight Crazy Nights: Eight (part 1) These came out long, so I’m only going to post two tonight, the rest tomorrow. Eight Crazy Nights and Days, maybe? giandujakiss: Sam/Dean: Only Sweeter, only later - they're still not okay. At least not when it starts. NC-17. ( let the good times roll ) comments on DW current mood: cold current music: Olivia Chrestomanci, I Would Have Done

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Friday, December 18th, 2009

rivkat

1:16a Eight Crazy Nights: Seven (SPN, Fringe, XF, SPN/Firefly) suzumi_tori: a continuation of the Supernatural/Firefly crossover. ( angels in the architecture ) aloysiavirgata: I'd love to see a post-Orison fic with Mulder and Scully dealing with the immediate aftermath. Cleaning up her apartment, the emotional/professional ramifications of the shooting, that kind of thing. ( not prince Hamlet/all my sins remembered ) jakrar: Fringe - It would be great to see your take on Peter finding out that Walter brought him to this world after his own son died. Also, should they be expecting any sort of repercussions from that any time soon...? See also: ignazwisdom: FRINGE FIC! I have NO specifics, though. Just ... Fringe fic. ( we are not who we are ) thuviaptarth: Dean/Alastair or Dean & Alastair in hell. Note: I'm pretty sure Dean/Alastair is always implied; that's how it stays here. ( give me all of you ) END comments on DW current mood: exhausted current music: Depeche Mode, In Your Room

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1:10a Eight Crazy Nights: Seven (SV) jakrar: Lex has a more dramatic power than mutant healing, and his first adult meeting with Clark highlights Lex's power rather than any of Clark's. So...would Clark go crazy trying to find out what Lex can do, and why? Note: I totally fell in love with this prompt. ( Meet cute ) kinetikatrue: Clark/Lex: robots, time, letters, giant squid, dirigible, pie, pi. ( pi didn't make the cut ) dodificus: old school Clark/Lex? Ummm....obsession. Set in an AU S4, I guess, where they’re still close. Note: the band name comes from the best summary of one of my stories ever. ( you called your band what? ) jackycomelately: I'd love something on the aftermath of Doomsday killing Clark. … I'd love Clark/Lex of course …. Or, Lex having to step in and help the Justice League when Wonder Woman asks. Note: I’m double-dipping conceptually, but what’s fanfic for if you can’t do that on occasion? ( epic misunderstanding ) END comments on DW current mood: tired current music: The Ark, This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to Do Harm

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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

rivkat

11:14p Eight Crazy Nights: Six OMG did I really promise to do 17 more of these, plus Yuletide? *facepalm* skippy_fluff: SV: Oliver and Clark find they have more oil than they expected (or the oil they have lasts longer than expected). Came out a bit shaggy-dog, sorry. ( Oiliens! ) giandujakiss: The Inside, Rebecca/Web/Paul UST, mindgames! This seemed to me to be the same prompt as livrelibre's Web/Rebecca/Paul (trust). ( Inside man ) meret: SPN - A Captured by the Game (Sam/Dean) time stamp. ( fallen idol ) livrelibre: Chuck, Chuck/Casey/Sarah (post-finale, training or "Let's get ready to rumble!"). Bonus to the first to ID the movie reference. ( Chuck talks a little dirty in this one ) ariadnes_string: Fringe!fic: Locked room/trapped/quarantine always does it for me. Gen, Peter & Olivia. ( A nice trip to the forest ) libgirl: M/S: snowflakes. Warning: gratuitous meanness to Bill Scully Jr. ( Fight Club was wrong about you ) kass: SV, Clark/Lex, glow ( fully poseable ) END comments on DW

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

rivkat

11:31p Eight Crazy Nights: Five (SPN) sanj: Sam/Dean, please, or SPN gen, on the theme of security. PG; read it however you want. ( happiness is a warm gun ) justabi: Smith/Wesson fic, only not the like *waves hands* sanitized incestless happy wincest stuff. I want House of Yes Wesson family dynamics, because seriously I always wanted Jo to actually be their sister and want Dean like burning anyway, and the irony of boyfriend Sam being horrified by wessoncest would make my life complete. Note: AU in that Sam and Dean stay mindwiped for a while. NC-17, Sam Wesson/Dean Smith/Jo Smith. ( If all men were brothers, would you let one marry your sister? ) thuviaptarth: Dean pov during Only Sweeter (Sam/Dean) ( In case God doesn't show ) END comments on DW current mood: cold current music: Depeche Mode, It's No Good

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11:26p Eight Crazy Nights: Five (SV) ladydey: SV, Clark/Lex - People always assume that Clark is the "light" to Lex's "darkness." They have no idea how many ways or the number of times Lex has gladly saved the world - from Clark. Note: this didn’t go the way I meant it to, sorry. ( IDIC ) runpunkrun: Maybe you could take Clark and Lex and recast them in a romantic comedy? Note: So, very very AU. ( While you were sleeping ) END comments on DW current mood: hungry current music: Blue Oyster Cult, Don't Fear the Reaper

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11:22p Eight Crazy Nights: Five (SPN/XF fusion) nrrrdy_grrrl: I'd love to see an AU cross-over between X files and SPN where Dean is the Mulder character, Sam is the missing Samantha (but not gender-swap)… Jo is Scully … Note: the prompt was too detailed for a snippet, and I couldn't write more than that, so I just picked. ( Do you believe in the existence of demons? ) End. comments on DW current mood: cold current music: Information Society, What's on Your Mind

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Monday, December 14th, 2009

rivkat

8:57p Eight Crazy Nights: Four Nobody wants to give me a warning label! It can't be the case that I don't require a warning, can it? thefourthvine: BtVS: Ten Years after Sunnydale: Encounters with the Survivors of the Nation's Biggest Natural Disaster. ( Look on my works, ye mighty ) libgirl: M/S: "It's not what it looks like” ( early XF ) elliemurasaki: SPN: The angels are obviously not above using unethical means to persuade Dean...well, Ben Braeden isn't the only person out there who's probably Dean's kid. (Just the only one Dean knows about so far.) And judging by Claire Novak, whatever makes Dean and Sam suitable angelic vessels has even odds (if not a guarantee) of being passed on to Dean's kids... ( angels are dicks. ) eclectic: girl!Dean, surprise visit to Sam, Stanford era. ( Came out angsty, sorry. ) niangao: SV + Kon from DC canon ( This *actually happened* in DCU canon. I don't even know! ) comments on DW current mood: gloomy current music: Laura Branigan, Gloria

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Sunday, December 13th, 2009

rivkat

7:01p Eight Crazy Nights: Three (part 3) lapillus: SPN, Winchester Gospels, midrash. Bonus points for working in Hanukkah. Or Bobby.  Gen. Not quite midrash, but I hope I got the spirit of the thing. ( The chronology of the Gospel presents many difficulties. ) **** amalthia: Chuck is kidnapped, raped/tortured and Sarah and Casey have to rescue him before he breaks and reveals any government secrets. Note: Chuck is usually my happy place, so this is weird.  Nonexplicit/aftermath. ( Cleaning up ) END comments on DW current mood: weird

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