For those who don’t know it yet, Crystal (a/k/a @crredwards a/k/a MetaManicMama) has resurrected Manic Monday from its long winter hiatus. This first week’s mission was to find someone in need of a hug and give it to them (give them a hug, that is) — unfortunately, due to the weather & the prevailing attitude [...]

Justin “Fifi” Ryan, 26 Renowned media personality and part-time Swedish chef Justin Ryan died Monday at his desk, mouse and whisk in hand. He was 26. Justin was well-known to the Open Source community as the snarky, sharp-tongued News Editor for Linux Journal, where he was known for his in-depth reporting of history-making breaking news, [...]

As some of you may know, I do my best each week to participate in Crystal “@crredwards” Edwards’ “Manic Monday” activities over on her blog, Aff the fang. So, like a good little participant, I dutifully dropped by this evening to see what twisted idea she came up with for this coming Monday. (Which, interestingly [...]