Posted by: Elaine in Geekery
I was rummaging in archives for a client, and came upon this test I’d made for a new script I’d installed for ‘em in 2002. I post it here as a kind of warning: Beware the Whimsical Geek.
This is a test of the Non-Emergency Broadcast System
October 28, 2002 7:50 pm PT
Does the script work? Like Schroedinger, when I press the button, and the waveform collapses, I know only that it worked or did not work, and the universe that contained the alternative path is closed to me. If it’s all the same to the Universe, I’d like to take the path where it works, please.
-the techdonkey
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Posted by: Elaine in Blog
I had no idea that phrase could be verbed until I did it.
 
Whether it’s to hook up, spread the word or bring together stories and images, queer communities, once isolated from one another by geography and less-than-supportive social climates, are now finding vibrant new spaces online. What are the possibilities of these technologies? What are the challenges and pitfalls? Is technology changing what it means to be queer?
Taking our new interactive website for the Queer History Project as a starting point, this panel will address some of the challenges and opportunities that exist for creating active, productive virtual communities. Learn more about what’s already happening and where we might be going. Laptops are encouraged – wifi is provided!
Panelists include Elaine Miller and Spike Harris, founders of Leatherdyke. com; Cecily Walker, social networking software manager and tech consultant for the Queer History Project; Sarah Leavitt, writer, artist and member of the Queer History Project website development team; Aerlyn Weissman, filmmaker and digital media artist; and Joe Rachert, Promotions Manager, Teligence Communications/ InteractiveMale.com. the discussion will be moderated by Tara Robertson, freelance librarian.
http://www.queerfilmfestival.ca/viewshowtime.php?stid=296
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These instructions are text-only. One of these days I’ll get around to taking pics.
Read everything before you actually start, so you know what decisions you’ll be making.
Materials You Need:
a few rolls of duct tape
a non-sticky bodysheath, like a tight cotton T
heavy-duty scissors or shears
something for boning material
a helper-human
a hole-punching tool
lacing material
optional but recommended: a lot of eyelets and an eyelet-pounding tool or setter.
First Step: Wrap yourself
Put the tshirt or tank, or bodysheath on over your naked self. Say goodbye to it, you’ll never see it whole again. Decide where your corset will go on your body, and mark it on the sheath.
Second Step: Boning
Cut the boning material to the correct length, and tape it to the sheath.
I used inch-wide strips of the vinyl stuff that goes along the bottom of a wall in an office building. Six strips seemed to work for me, running vertically. If my body, seen from a vantage point directly above my head, were a clock face, with my nose pointing to midnight, the strips would have been placed at 10, 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9.
Third Step: Wrapping
Here’s where your helper human will come in handy.
Take duct tape, and wrap it tight around your body. Snug, not pinching. Keep wrapping. You’ll need several layers to be firm enough. Break the tape and wrap in the other direction frequently, because one-way wrapping will make your assets shift in a wierd twisty way.
Make the last, top layer as smooth as you can, or heck, tape a design if you like. Make sure the upper and lower edges are even.
Fourth Step: Removal
Take your shears, and cut the corset, and the now integral sheath, off your body. Use a very straight line down either your spine, or straight down your front.
Fifth Step: Make it two sizes smaller
On both sides of the slice line where you cut the corset, trim away 1 inch (or 2 or more) of the duct tape material. If you wanna get fancy, you can take slightly more corset away near the waistline, so the finished, cinched corset is more pinchy in the waist area.
Sixth Step: Finish the Edges
Using more duct tape, finish the edges with a couple layers of tape folded over the top and bottom edges of the corset, and the longitudinal cut edges.
Seventh Step: Make the Lace Holes
Using a hole-punching thingy, punch holes down both sides of the longitudinal cut. Make sure both sides match exactly in hole placement, so you’ll end up with an even number of holes.
If you’re wanting the corset to last more than one or two wearings, hammer eyelets / grommets into the holes you made.
Eighth and Final Step
If your lacing material is long enough run laces though the holes in the corset, step into it, and tight it up tight.
If you only have just enough lacing material, you’ll need help lacing it up while it’s actually on your body.
Final Notes
Duct tape comes in some pretty fancy colours. Do experiment.
Hardcore corset lovers may wish to open the front *and* the back to lacing.
Try it for size before punching all those holes and placing all those eyelets.
Use a thicker kinda material for the sheath-thing. If you use really thin or lace-like material, the tape glue will seep through and getcha.
Tags: diy
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Posted by: Elaine in Geekery
I had a look at my site the other day, and thought… well, now, *that’s* out of date!
In a fit of electronic housekeeping, I’m in the process of swapping everything over to a Wordpress backend. Things may very well be all fuckered in places. Sorry, eh?
http://elainemiller.com
Tags: site upkeep, wordpress
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We just finished setting up. What an eventful day! But the space looks bloody awesome, and it’s all ready and waiting for us to fill it with our pervy goodness.
See y’all there tonight! I’m so excited!
http://vancouverleather.com/brideofpride/
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Posted by: Elaine in Archived
Queerotica was SO MUCH FUN! Just a note of thanks to those who came, who read, who listened, who helped, and who supported our little endeavor.
We had packed a tiny bit too much pornorific fabulousity into the night, which resulted in us all having to leap up and scramble out by the 11pm deadline, and I kinda feel like we all did this really great SM scene together, but missed the aftercare! If you feel like chatting with me and Afuwa electronically, we can be reached at queerotica-at-elainemiller-dot-com.
Here are some more fun things that are happening this Pride season… maybe I’ll see you all out and about?
http://elainemiller.com/blog/
and…
Our last reader was Anna Camilleri, who many of you already know. Here’s a couple more things that Anna’s doing while we are lucky enough to have her on this side of Canada:
Thursday, July 31, world premiere of Still Breathing Fire
http://prideinart.ca/still_breathing_fire.htm
Monday, Aug 4th Writing Boot Camp
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=21910937612
Thanks again!
-Elaine
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We’re working on a graphic novelette. Tentatively entitled “Afuwa and Elaine’s Kinky Vampire Book”. (kidding), it’s graphic, sapphic, vampiric and kinky.
Afuwa is the extraordinary artist (http://afuwa.com) and Elaine (http://elainemiller.com) (that’s me) is the mad word-scribbler.
Lots of folks who we’ve talked to about it have asked about future notification, so I made this announcement-only distribution list:
http://elainemiller.com/mailman/listinfo/graphicnovel-news_elainemiller.com
Sign up here to get notified when the novelette is available, or when we’re having a gallery opening thingy, or stuff related to the novelette. No spam, no sharing your email addies, no internet jokes. We promise.
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Hooray! It’s now!
A few cool things:
- Doors open at 11am for the art showing, and we start at 7:31 sharp, so come early and check out Pride In Art!
- We’re thinking of an after party somewheres — and will announce it at the readings.
- The Little Sisters folks will have a book table, as well as be reading luscious porn to you… so if you wanna buy erotic queerness in print, this’ll be the place!
- For those women/transfolk who are planning to come to Bride of Pride, I’ll have tickets to sell at the advance price, before the show, during the intermission, and after the show.
- Geez, I hope no-one’s allergic to grapes.
- Elaine
Linkages:
http://elainemiller.com/queerotica/
http://elainemiller.com/blog/
http://vancouverleather.com/brideofpride/
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Posted by: Elaine in Archived
Repeated by popular demand!
For those who tried to register but found the workshop sold out, we’re going again!
Pride in Art Festival presents
CREATIVE LICENSE (Too):
Writing Bootcamp for Queers
a day-long workshop intensive with Anna Camilleri
Monday, Aug 4, 11am-5pm (w/ a 45 minute lunch break)
Do you want to write but are having trouble breaking through the “noise”?
Creative License is a one-day intensive workshop for all queer writers: beginning, experienced, and stalled.
Designed to offer participants tools for entering the writing realm with curiosity, Creative License is based in a series of directed writing practices in a supportive group setting. The emphasis is on mining our imaginations, experimenting with voice and form, generating new writings, and working with story elements for fiction and creative non-fiction.
Arrive with an open mind and leave with
a stack of new writing.
The Details
$65 (non-refundable) fee includes materials, limited to 15 participants
Registration and pre-payment at Little Sister’s | 1238 Davie Street | # 604-669-1753
And at Queerotica (http://elainemiller.com/queerotica) July 30, 7:31pm start, @The Roundhouse
Location: 295 E11th Ave, Vancouver (between Main & Kingsway)
Monday, August 4th, 2008 | 11am-5pm
Please direct inquiries to Anna Camilleri at reddressproductions@gmail.com
Facilitator Bio
Anna Camilleri is the author of critically acclaimed I Am a Red Dress: Incantations on a Grandmother, a Mother and a Daughter, editor of Lambda Finalist Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts, co-editor of Lambda Finalist Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, and co-author of Boys Like Her: Transfictions. Her writing has been described as “potent, fresh, and imbued with powerful imagery” (Quill and Quire starred review); “brave and necessary” (Books in Canada); and as “provocative and evocative” (Xtra). Anna has performed widely over the last fifteen years in Canada and the US, contributed to several community arts projects as an artist-educator, curated numerous performance programs, and led workshops on various as aspects of cultural production. Anna is premiering her new one-woman performance work, Still Breathing Fire, at the 10th Annual Pride in Art Festival in Vancouver on Saturday July 31, 2008 at the Roundhouse. For more information, please visit www.annacamilleri.com or www.prideinart.ca.
creative-license-too-vancouver PDF file
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Posted by: Elaine in Archived
Leatherdykes and friends — what a good wind-down! This one’s put on by some rather lovely friends of mine, and I’m planning on bringing a great big blankety-blank blank and some snacks.
- Elaine
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LEATHERDYKE Post-Pride Picnic in the Park
When: MONDAY, August 4, 4pm –> 8pm
Where: Trout Lake / John Hendry Park
3350 Victoria Drive, Vancouver
(Trout Lake, SouthEast corner)
Though the gayest weekend of the year may be over, we’re not going down without a fight…or giggles, the occasional spank or ten, and the company of some of the most lovely and delicious leatherdykes around!
Swing on by, bask in your post-pride fuzziness, and reminisce with us! A bunch o’ leatherdykes are throwing down blankets, laughs, and good company. Come on down, bring your partner/s, friends (kink-friendly or just friendly is mighty fine), a blanket, food n drink, chairs, sunscreen…and most importantly, yourself!
Alas, should the weather not cooperate, we will have to postpone. Crossing our fingers for sunshine…
See you there,
Mary Anne, Jen S., Mars
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So was talking excitedly to someone about the fast-upcoming Queerotica, and who was reading what, and how much I was looking forward to hearing everybody and she said “What are you reading?”
Um. I’d forgotten to consider that. What am I reading?
Maybe I’ll write an epic poem (in iambic pentameter) comparing women’s genitalia with… hmm… orchids, blooming under the full moon, swayed by gentle breezes. About 457 verses should cover it. Oh, and butterflies. Gotta have butterflies.
But seriously. What am I reading? (scritching head)
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Afuwa and I went out the other day to blanket the city with lovely shiny posters for Queerotica, and I found I was enjoying a particular game as we encountered postering places and tried to find room for ours. You see, many of my queer peers had posters out for events, even in the areas of town that might be termed less than queer friendly. And my game was to scrupulously avoid overlapping or obscuring anything queer-themed. As a result, many of the lampposts (even at Broadway and Alma) were almost entirely freakin’ GAY by the time we were done.
Covering the city with all those bits of coloured paper… looks like a rainbow to me.
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Posted by: Elaine in Archived
This is gonna be a Really Good Time. Ryan’s in it, and Shaira, and Dj. and Ticha and Maryanne and Amber Dawn and Rachel, and lots of other talented folks.
Friday, July 25th
See you there!
(Click the poster if you can’t see the whole thing, and it’ll pop up in a new window. Or check out http://prideinart.ca for details.)
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Posted by: Elaine in Archived
I’m involved in producing or performing ina bunch of stuff this Pride season…
So here’s a kind of lump of “Here’s what I’m doing in the next few weeks, please come out and join me.” newsletter. With links to details, and to the pretty posters.
Please feel free to tell other people about ‘em.
In order of organizing panic, I mean, in the order we come to ‘em….
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I’ve got the final list of our amazing talent!
Here are the writers. I mean readers. You know.
(in no particular order!)
- Anna Camilleri
- Michael V Smith
- Amber Dawn
- Elaine Miller
- River Light
- Mette Bach
- Afuwa Granger
- Douglas Bacon
- Billeh Nickerson
- Tony Correia
- Terrie Hamazaki
- Claire Campbell-Williams
- Kat Babcock
and on the little sister’s reading team:
Jim Deva
Janine Fuller
Stuart Blackley
Ken Boesem
Jürgen von Steffens
Aerlyn Weissman
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