Interesting Links for 10-01-2015

• This is the unofficial brothel of CES
  (tags: sexwork LasVegas computers technology socialmedia USA )
• Russia bans transgender/transsexual people from driving
  (tags: lgbt Russia driving )
• What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother
  (tags: parenting brains hormones oxytocin )
• Clydebank man charged over drive-by potato attacks
  (tags: Glasgow Scotland potato )
• Google are forcing people to have their contacts' birthdays in their calendar.
  (tags: Google calendars birthday OhForFucksSake )
• A semi-alphabetical listing of Black actors with speaking roles on Friends
  (tags: race friends tv video )
• Leaders of five main UK parties invited to take part in general election debate
  (tags: politics tv UK debate )
• Anyone in Edinburgh want a cheap voucher for David Bann's restaurant?
  (tags: vegetarian restaurant Edinburgh )
• Even with evidence, it's hard to persuade people sexism exists. Men are particularly bad.
  (tags: sexism gender debate evidence )
• What Dark Souls Has Taught Me (That School Never Really Did)
  (tags: games education )
• A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn
  (tags: science academia phd career children life USA )

A couple of friending frenzies

davesmusictank linked to two friending frenzies earlier today, here and here, so if you're finding your LJ a little quiet, then they might be useful places to find people.

I had one here not _that_ long ago, but if you want to meet new people then the people who leave interesting comments here is always a good start.

And if you're going to leave a comment at a friending frenzy, please do leave a paragraph or two about yourself so people get some idea of who you are!

My current workflow for sharing screenshots

1) Use the Windows Snipping Tool to grab a chunk of the screen. It's been in Windows since Vista, so unless you're running XP (and you really, really, _really_ shouldn't be) you have it.

2) Open Imgur.com
3) Click "Upload Images":

4) Press Ctrl-V:

5) Click Start Upload:

6) Click on the icon next to the Direct Link:

7) Make an image link using it: <img src="http://i.imgur.com/k9lJ5Zf.png"> (I use Semagic to write posts, so I simply paste the link, select it, and press Ctrl-Alt-I to turn it into an image link).

I was using Photobucket at one point, but imgur makes it so easy to upload screenshots and suchlike that I've pretty much entirely moved over to using it.