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Media roundup for January 2009
Wed 14 Jan 2009 - 17:51

What's going up, down, sideways and a little bit diagonally in the world of furry media.

Anthrocon wins the ABC Missy Award for best convention
Sat 27 Dec 2008 - 20:22

News or media? News or media?!

Regardless, Anthrocon got the American Broadcasting Association's Missy for Best Convention. A little tongue in cheek, and of course not giving the most enlightened view of the fandom (again about dressing up as "stuffed animals") but life goes on.

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Wil Wheaton hates furries
Wed 17 Dec 2008 - 11:19

Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher, who recently showed a distaste for the furry fandom

Wil Wheaton, aka Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation, appears to have a bit of distaste for us furry types. On a blog about fandoms, he left this comment:

Furries give me the creeps, and I've had some random dude dressed up in a fucking fursuit try to hump my leg enough times to feel pretty comfortable saying that.

You want to dress up like animals and do shit together? Great, have fun. Just leave me alone when you're doing it. I don't think it's cute and I don't think it's funny. It's a violation of my personal space and I don't like it.

Just as everyone is entitled to their opinions about me and my work and my blog and everything else, I am entitled to hold this opinion and express it.

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Media Roundup for December 2008
Tue 16 Dec 2008 - 09:43

Yet more goings on in the great world of the media! [some from furrymedia]

FurreSpace threatens FurSpace with legal action over name
Sun 14 Dec 2008 - 02:36

FurreSpace and FurSpace get into legal strop over naming rights

FurreSpace – the social networking site started by furry web host Furtopia – has threatened social newcomer FurSpace with legal action over the similarity of their names and domains.

In a statement posted on FurSpace, founder Kisuka questioned what copyright claims that FurreSpace has to the name, and asked the community for feedback on the case.

Welcome to FurteanTimes.com!
Sun 7 Dec 2008 - 19:46

Tori introduces you to the new FurteanTimes.com!

Well, as far as I can tell everything is up and running! All systems are go and all your base are belong to us! So let's give a run down of all the new stuff going on here!

We're now run off a completely self-coded interface, giving us massive amounts of extensibility and opportunities for many new features - which will be coming along as time comes on (the new to-do list on the admin interface is absolutely packed).

Adding stuff is as simple as ducks, and it's all published instantly to our front page, which makes for a great platform for all you budding writers and artists out there! Just make sure you format things properly!

Just to give you a sneak peek, stuff planned for the next versions include RSS feeds, video embedding and uploading, better image placement management (they're currently displayed in predefined positions depending on the article type), search, vote functions and drafting functions.

Yes, I'm going to have a lot ahead of me :P

Meanwhile, enjoy!

A Doemain of Our Own comes to an end
Sat 6 Dec 2008 - 20:59

After nearly 10 years in the running, webcomic A Doemain of Our Own is shutting up shop and finally coming to an end.

In a statement posted on the site, Susan Rankin - the mind behind the comic - called it an "amazing run" and thanked her readers for making her feel "truly blessed".

The second Doemain book - Shift Happens - was released this month too, to accompany the previous self-titled volume of Doemail strips.

Rankin is planning future projects, however they are yet to be disclosed.

A Doemain of Our Own isn't the only one however, Ozy & Millie is another long-running strip popular amongst fandom members that will be soon coming to an end. The strip is already well into it's finale and is due to end in the next few weeks.

The GreenReaper Interview
Sat 6 Dec 2008 - 15:43

GreenReaper, the subject of a recent Furry101 interview

The folks over at Furry101 - home of the quite informative Furry Social Tips comic (you should check it out, especially if you lack common etiquette) - have conducted an interesting little interview with WikiFur founder and lead admin GreenReaper!

Go check it out!

ConFuzzled announces 2009 schedule
Fri 31 Oct 2008 - 13:00

Residential registration has already opened and nearly sold out, with only 37 “attending only” placements left at time of writing. Compare this to last year, when the last tickets were sold only weeks before the start of the convention. And all these sold before the events schedule is even announced.

The 2009 schedule is much the same as last year, with an opening day barbecue and the new “WikiFur PubQuiz”. One notable change is the Guest of Honour slot, this year occupied by Tabbiefox, and his cartooning workshop. The Furrylimpics is still a large part of the weekend line-up. Timduru’s FursuitTV makes a return too, followed on by QI parody quiz “Furry Interesting”.

One more guest of honour is due to be announced, be sure to get your place if you haven’t already!

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Furry Sociological Survey results released after two year wait
Fri 31 Oct 2008 - 13:00

The results of the Furry Sociological Survey held by Kyle Evans in 2006-2007 have finally been released to the public. Based greatly off David Rust’s survey in 1998, it shows a few significant changes in the state of the fandom. The fandom is younger, more heterosexual and is now composed out of many more ethnic minorities. I won’t ramble on, but be sure to check out the results of Evan’s survey.