It’s not terribly timely, but I think it’s a smart wrap on the so-called “code of conduct” and the Sierra debacle: in the Bohemian, Richard Koman’s You’ve Got (Hate) Mail. Interestingly, they give me the last word. And it’s fierce. I really thought when I did this interview that because I was contrary to everyone…
Year: 2007
Sort of breaking: 80 percent of blogs contain “offensive” content
So basically, ScanSafe’s Monthly “Global Threat Report” for March 2007 means that 20 percent of you *are not doing your jobs*. Don’t make me get out the ruler. You know, the one that has “blogger” studded in reverse on one side. Snip from Ars Technica: Blogs are known to be a free-for-all for “expressive” content,…
Vivid sued in STD/used sex toys case
Seems to me this is a case for OSHA. But it’s actually no laughing matter. Porn star Kira Kener was fired by Vivid “the same day she told management she was concerned about having to work with previously used marital aids, the lawsuits stated.” She sued, and they now have settled. Used. Marital. Aids. Ew.…
Sex and free wifi don’t mix in Utah
Update!: Print your very own Universal Response Form for Internet Content Filtering Suggestions (jricher.jricher.com)! Or rather, Utah lawmakers want to ban free wifi and penalize those with open networks to “protect children form porn”. They’re also proposing to punish and out Utah ISP’s who don’t voluntarily police (read: don’t publish, take down) “obscene material”. They’re…
Nope, won’t be sneaking in this year
I see that Wired just posted their Rave Awards gallery, so I cruised their picks for mavericks. There’s a phrase that means a lot to me — it’s “feed the poor, starve the rich”. Wired couldn’t have it more backwards. Especially when their crowning pick is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yes, *that* Arnold Schwarzenegger. “To find the…
Greencine’s Sex in the Movies guide
I’ve long adored local Netflix-style (and VOD, w00t!) movie service GreenCine for a million reasons; local, small business, incredible selection of movies, tons of indy films, oodles of hard-to-find sexploitation films, and the best cult and horror selection I’ve ever seen in a service like this. I often recommend them to people looking for great…
Bloggers Undressed: Margaret Cho
Um… Margaret Cho rocks harder than Judas Priest! We had a great time today, and I interviewed her for my column; aaaand we chatted about porn, anal sex, makeup, sock garters and tattoos (we have lots of cherry blossom tats between us). We did an episode of bloggers undressed — yay! Embedded after the jump.
Sex and technology conference: Arse Electronica call for speakers and sponsors!
It’s time to let this genie out of the bottle: I’m helping to organize an international conference and festival all about sex and tech, with experts from the fields of science, economics, art and technology — Arse Electronica. It will take place here in San Francisco on October 5-7, 2007 at the Porn Palace of…
Hookin’ up in the 2.0
…because leaving the house is overrated. That’s the topic of this week’s Chron/Gate column, Web 2.0 Dating Games, where I talk about what sites people are using (and a bit about how they’re using them) to cruise. Image: the screencap the Gate was too nervous to run with the piece, which is also my favoritest…
Dude, where’s my abortion rights?
Hey — is everyone so caught up in obsessing about the shootings that they aren’t noticing what happened with the Supreme Court and abortion today? And that, like, the four dissenting voices were the few “liberals” in the court, including the only *female* left on the Supreme Court? This is even if a doctor deems…