You know, I’ve tried to remain neutral. Some of you have even congratulated me on that, but I don’t feel neutral. I’ve been trying to avoid answering the questions like “do I think SFSE has a valid trademark?” or “do … Continue reading
As noted in the comments to the last post, Yahoo has taken up knitting: This is on the main page of Yahoo Groups right now. I logged out and reloaded the Groups homepage just to make sure it was still … Continue reading
The word is that the link to the letter referenced in the last post doesn’t work any more. All that happened was that the HTML file was edited. The underlying file, statement.swf, is still there. All you need to do … Continue reading
An open letter from SFSE to the crafting community, signed by their marketing manager, who is also the fellow in charge of their online forum. The overall tone of the letter suggests settlement negotiations — if there are any ongoing … Continue reading
Thanks to an astute reader who just posted this last night: A request for an extension of time was filed on consent in the SFSE cancellation proceedings, pending settlement discussions. If the whole discovery process can be avoided, it’ll be … Continue reading
Some time ago, I registered stashforcash.com (because I thought it was cute–nothing to see there now, don’t bother clicking), pointed it to a subdirectory on my site, and used it for destashing purposes. After the first time, the site just … Continue reading
Right, I’ve had enough. The headlines that warning of some sort of impending Gay!Invasion!; the deliberate factual skewing calculated to disparage liberals (small and big “l”); the minor idiocies like editorials claiming that a paltry $1200 per year is somehow … Continue reading
Anecdotes are charming, but unfortunately they don’t always pan out. Take the Sarah Lawrence stitch-and-bitch group story, for example (it’s reproduced in the comments here). The story goes that somebody’s grandmother was in a “Stitch & Bitch club” at “Sarah … Continue reading
We have, perhaps, some explanation for the most recent round of Yahoo-mediated attacks on knitting groups using the “stitch n/and/etc. bitch” name. Deb Stoller has initiated cancellation proceedings against SFSE’s STITCH & BITCH CAFE trademark registration in November, and SFSE … Continue reading
I’m about to install WordPress 2.0 here. So if anything goes wrong, that’s what happened. Now where the hell did the comments link go? Okay, good. Minor CSS tweaks tomorrow. The rest of the site later.