+ I’m coming out of retirement for One Night Only, this Saturday in SF — see you there?—The Bay Area’s craziest spoken word event celebrates its 10th anniversary, with an all-star lineup! When: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 7:30 to 9:30 ...

+ Girlfriends ask, boyfriends deliver: Design your own luxury sex toy—I estimate that at least half of the sex-tech entrepreneurs I’ve written about over the years are men who say they invented their product or ser...

+ Follow-up: ThriXXX supports Kinect and Fleshlight simultaneously—I’ve had a great email exchange with Brad at ThriXXX and am still following up on some details to see what I can and can’t publish about w...

+ Follow-up: ThriXXX supports Kinnect and Fleshlight simultaneously—I’ve had a great email exchange with Brad at ThriXXX and am still following up on some details to see what I can and can’t publish about w...

+ Kinect goes Wiiiiiiiiiiii, Wiiiii, Wiiii, all the way home — to home base, that is—The month has been full of “OMFG when will someone develop a sex game for Microsoft’s new Kinect thingie” and I have not chimed in, ...

+ Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In ‘Berlin Patient’—Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In ‘Berlin Patient’. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the “Berlin Patient,” received the transp...

+ I’ll see your tentacle and raise you a Pigeon—Geekologie and about a billion other nerdy sites posted about a robot tentacle prosthetic today, saying it was designed by Kaylene Kau as part of a st...

+ 5 years later, The Toy pairs with Droid to bring more joy—Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote about a complex and interesting Bluetooth-enabled vibrator called The Toy. The one drawback of The Toy was the ...

+ Sherri Williams plays by Alabama rules, opens sex toy drive-thru—I wrote about Sherri Williams v. Alabama in 2005 (“Do You Have an Rx for That Vibrator?“), describing the battle Sherri fought to keep her...

+ Tentacle Dreams erotica anthology now on Kindle—Yay! [Category: erotica, me!, mobile, stuff i produced, fantasy erotica, sci-fi erotica]

+ My erotica story is alive and writhing in Tentacle Dreams (Republica Press, 2010)—This feels something like being thoroughly French kissed while wearing vibrating nipple clamps and having someone nibble the nape of your neck…....

+ Hey baby, wanna come over and … fold my socks?—It’s a little bit Rube Goldberg for both of the purposes people are talking about, but who cares. It’s a robot! (And reminding me of a Big...

+ Naked Ambition: A retrospective?—I just stumbled across my chapter from the anthology Naked Ambition, written five years ago, from a completely different life than I have now. I still...

+ Sexier Sex is available on Kindle! Did I know this already?—I can’t remember if I knew this already, but if I did, I’d forgotten. I think the subject matter of this book makes it perfect for electro...

+ Love reduces pain? Anyone over 30 knows otherwise.—This is why I don’t trust stories about new findings in sex or relationships, no matter how fun the conclusion might be. Sometimes even reading ...

+ Rate avatars so scientists can breed more attractive ones—bodyLab is researching attraction and has a couple of studies you can participate in. One study collects information about faces and the other collect...

+ I hope the Avatar Fleshlight is just the beginning—I saw this morning that the Avatar Fleshlight is here, so far sneaked past any James Cameron-related lawsuits by being a companion to the porn parody ...

+ Shopping stimulates the same neurotransmitters as porn—I hate shopping. I hate being in thrift stores. I can’t deal with coupons, limited offers, or the hell of special sale events where people queue...

+ World’s oldest leather shoe still significantly newer than dildo—Researchers have found the world’s oldest known leather shoe in Armenia. It is about 5,500 years old. Yet the world’s oldest known dildo ...

+ Teacher Can Still Teach in Wales, Despite Porn—Teachers Jane and Colin Moyle lost their jobs when Colin’s porno film business was discovered, but only he will lose his credential, according t...

+ Judged Judged for Husband’s Bad Judgment—I wish some grad student somewhere would do a project counting all the people who have lost their jobs or had their careers challenged by unexpected o...

+ I wish some grad student somewhere would do a p...—I wish some grad student somewhere would do a project counting all the people who have lost their jobs or had their careers challenged by unexpected o...

+ It’s just like old times! Porn in the mail—I don’t know if where I live is considered “remote” or “rural,” but I do have to drive into town to pick up my mail. I t...

+ How sex-happy is your U.S. city?—Men’s Health reports that Austin, Texas, is the most sexually active city in the United States, but I knew immediately I couldn’t believe ...

+ Daisy Fuentes advises women not to reveal too much—I saw on Guanabee that Daisy Fuentes told Siempre Mujer magazine (in Spanish) that “women reveal too much information [on Facebook and Twitter]....

+ PinPointsX tries to fill the void left by Craigslist adult services—Craiglist has removed its adult services section after an impressively long tenure as a business that served both mainstream and adult sectors. With m...

+ Sex-tech communication and development jobs at ISIS—Passing it on … Internet Sexual Information Services (ISIS) ISIS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preventing STIs, including ...

+ Come see me in Austin, TX on the 17th— I’ll be at the Lanai Lounge on Friday, September 17, from 6pm to 9pm, for the EstaNoche.com official launch party. If you’re in town, com...

+ Longevity linked to emotional intelligence—If you have stepped outside of the rules of “normal” for your culture, you have probably become attuned to language that reinforces those ...

+ Do you Like me? If yes, check this box.—I guess now I know why no one tries to pick me up in Facebook. According to Top 10 Social Networking Pickup Tips on AskMen, you are all avoiding me be...

+ iPhone + FaceTime + OhMiBod = Cybersex under the covers—Debby Herbenick gives the iPhone 4 and FaceTime video chat a turgid, throbbing thumbs up as a cybersex platform. I’ve been taking another look a...

+ People with more sex partners use iPhones, not Droids—According to Mashable, Dating site OkCupid reports that among its subscribers, iPhone users report the highest number of sexual partners, while Droid ...

+ Momentum 2010: social media, sexuality, and feminism— This looks like an interesting event, similar to Sex 2.0 (or perhaps it actually is the evolution of the Sex 2.0 unconference?) Welcome to the first ...

+ I gotcher sex toy discount code right here—I noticed that polyamory author Jenny Block is gettin’ all coupony with Good Vibrations, so I negotiated a discount code for my readers too R...

+ Do you set or update your relationship status?—I’ve never set my relationship status on Facebook or any other social media. As you have noticed, I am an extremely private person, never willin...

+ Male deep-water squid solves relationship problem with ’strongly elongated penis’—I suppose this isn’t on-topic as it is sex science related to animals, not people. Also, it’s sad — if I am reading it correctly, th...

+ Psssst … want to buy a domain? Sex.com is up for auction—The sex.com domain is for sale again, along with two trademark registrations, reports CNET blogger Lance Whitney. But before you whip out that credit...

+ Is there more sex online or in your head?—Apparently 37 percent of the Web is porn. I don’t know if they mean pornography literally or if they included all sex-related content – I ...

+ iPad to revive porn economy?—Interesting post over at Gigaom about the opportunity for porn companies to take advantage of Apple’s use of HTML5 instead of Flash for its mobi...

+ Facebook Freudian Send: Why is the Search so close to the Status?—If you have ever obsessed about a flame, an ex-flame, or an ex-flame’s new flame, then you have probably noticed how close the Facebook people s...

+ Cool New Research on Vibrator Use—I’m sure that “people use vibrators!” isn’t news to you, but here are some honest-to-goodness statistics with which to wow you...

+ Chatroulette considers penis-recognition software—Russian-based adult chat site Chatroulette says it may implement penis-recognition software to filter out unsolicited cock pics for the rest of its us...

+ PinpointsX and PPX-to-Go: All sex aside, the activity planning is cool—I interviewed Ronen Gabbay one rainy morning about his mobile application PPX-to-Go, which finds you a sexually compatible person, a convenient gettin...

+ Playing with the g-spot—One of the fun things I’ve been doing lately is joining four sex educators — Jamye Waxman, Tristan Taormino, Deborah Sundahl, and Megan An...

+ I wish I could talk sex in multiple languages—My sympathy goes out to French first lady Carla Bruni, whose 1996 appearance on a talk show has come back to haunt her via YouTube. Yes, that’s ...

+ Unicorns, the holy grail, and the female libido pill—This Washington Post article raises some interesting questions about the role of pharmaceuticals in sexuality: FDA considers endorsement of drug that ...

+ Toy Review (NSFW): Body Heat Vibrator from Pipedream—Let me start by saying that the heat functionality makes up for a lot in this new vibrator from Pipedream Products. But it doesn’t make it worth...

+ Nina Hartley’s new community, free ebook, and direct marketing—Nina has launched a new adult community, SexWise with Nina Hartley, providing a mix of education, entertainment, and discussion for $10 to $15 per mon...

+ Privacy on Facebook? Did I miss something?— I’ve seen a lot of commentary lately about Facebook and privacy, mostly to the effect of “ack Facebook isn’t keeping my private inf...

+ BBC News – Scientists to test ultrasound as a male contraceptive—Interesting news on the male contraceptive front: BBC News – Scientists to test ultrasound as a male contraceptive. Scientists are beginning tes...

+ Coming soon? A Nordic view of sex education—Carnal Nation reports that people in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway love the idea of group sex, public sex, and sex with a friend. Whether they ...

+ What Star Wars taught a generation about love—Embarrassed as I am to learn from a women’s magazine that a) there is a Star Wars day and b) it is today (may the fourth be with you), I thought...

+ Slave Princess Leia car wash only raised $1,000?—Maybe there just aren’t enough geeks in Los Angeles? Or maybe even a flock of bikini-clad Leias can only wash so many cars. Either way, the cha...

+ Midwestern sex blogger dooced. Was it the BDSM? the poly? or the vegetarianism?—Aagblog posts a personal letter from the author of The Beautiful Kind, who blogged explicitly about sex without revealing her name, occupation, employ...

+ Kinsey asks: has all social contact become technological?—I would like to reassure Kinsey Institute blogger Kristen Mark, M.Sc., that no, all social contact has not become technological. Although in my case, ...

+ Free porn for government workers—I don’t usually paste press releases but I thought this one was pretty cute. It’s a clever adult company that can jump on current events a...

+ US$100 says grandmas and grandkids won’t be the first to use the robot hand—Professor Liu Yunhui leads a team in Hong Kong that has produced an internet-enabled robot hand. Connect the hand to a network and it will perform mov...

+ There’s nothing more suspicious than a plain brown wrapper—A U.K. postman got caught with his shorts down for stealing pornographic DVDs and lingerie from the packages he was supposed to be delivering safely, ...

+ Regina vs. Kaiser: I win! Finally.—As the health insurance reform arguments continue, I find myself thinking about the one argument I’ve had with Kaiser Permanente. In every other...

+ Do you keep a sex web / Langdon chart? Are you on one?—I’d like to talk to you if you keep one of these, privately or publicly. Also if you’re on one, whether willingly or not. (If you want, yo...

+ In the spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of baseball, and yet…—I’m not sure what has happened, but suddenly I’ve had a bunch of reporters contact me, on sex-tech subjects ranging from infidelity to sex...

+ G Ki Hits the Spot, Mostly—The G Ki g-spot vibrator hit the shelves about the same time the argument about the g-spot not existing hit the headlines. I missed most of the furor,...

+ 3D porn doesn’t have to suck—In the aftermath of the Adult Entertainment Expo last weekend, one of the rumbles making its way through the bloglands is “are we sure we want t...

+ Gmail helps prevent the Freudian Send—The Freudian Send can get you fired, but it could also get you dumped. Gmail has added a feature — in the Labs, not in full release yet — ...

+ XKCD is irresistable today (as usual)— [Category: general]

+ 13 years ago—This past Sunday was the 13-year anniversary of my first foray into adult chat. There was something special about that time and place, when the Web wa...

+ The History of Vibrators—In honor of today’s Adult Novelty Expo in Universal City, CA, I post this link to my History of Vibrators cover story in the final issue of Adul...

+ Have I mentioned recently that I fangirl Randall ‘XKCD’ Munroe?—Too bad he’s outside the Standard Scale of Creepiness — he’s younger than my age divided by 2, plus 7. The squashing in these images...

+ Announcing: Sexier Sex Lessons—The new Sexier Sex Lessons blog is up and running and has a couple of months of content now, so it’s ready for you to check it out. It’s a...

+ A modern take on a historic vibrator—You know that the first modern vibrator was powered by steam, yes? Look at what this engineering major with sexuality minor came up with: Photos &...

+ Greetings to WHYY listeners—I just spent an hour on the phone with Marty Moss-Coane on WHYY/NPR in Philadelphia, talking about sex and tech and online relationships, and wow does...

+ ‘Complete Woman’ article interviews me ‘n’ Dr. Ruth…—… and I can’t find it anywhere online. Perhaps I shall scan it in from the hardcopy magazine. It’s a feature about having great sex ...

+ Less than a fortnight ’til Sex 2.0 (reposting press release here w/info)—I can’t go this year but it’s not too late to register and attend Sex 2.0 in the Washington, D.C. area on May 9. These folks are friends o...

+ Best vibrator to pack in your emergency kit - no electricity required—What will you do if you didn’t pack enough novels, playing cards, and board games in your earthquake-or-other-disaster survival kit? Love Honey ...

+ recycle old sex toys - for reals— Happy sexy Earth day! I’ve seen couple of sex toy recycling program websites over the years that turned out to be hoaxes, but just this year a ...

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