Links
In this issue: avoiding spam
Web site recommendations: IT/misc
The Center for Democracy and Technology did a nice study on how email addresses end up on spam lists (in other words, why you end up getting unwanted junk email).
http://www.cdt.org/speech/spam/030319spamreport.shtml
The main finding: posting email addresses on Web sites is a major source of spam. Even if you post your address without a mailto link, spam robots will harvest your address. The report offers some alternatives, among them: posting your address in a human readable format, e.g. eszter~at~eszter~dot~com. See some more relevant links on this blog entry: http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000251.html
And yes, I handed in another dissertation chapter draft, thus the new issue. (No, I don’t write them this quickly, I’m working off of existing material which in some cases is just in need of some editing.)
And now on to some links. Also, lots of additional links - especially related to war coverage - are available on my various blog entries from the past week. http://www.esztersblog.com
The SSRC Information Technology and International Cooperation program is seeking scholars and activists to participate in two research networks it is currently organizing
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/researchnetworkrfp.page
How Google Grows… and Grows… and Grows
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/69/google.html
Connected to the Future: A Report on Children’s Internet Use
http://www.cpb.org/ed/resources/connected/
References: Research on ICTs in the Home
http://members.aol.com/leshaddon/ICTRefs.html
Detailed article about Larry Lessig
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig.html
Appellate Court Rules Media Can Legally Lie
http://www.sierratimes.com/03/02/28/arpubmg022803.htm
With 6 Degrees of Separation, Computers Stay in Sync
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/27/technology/circuits/27next.html
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my comment about an aspect of the story the author did not address
http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000228.html
Things helpful to think about when taking your laptop abroad
http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/modem.htm
Harvard Professor Proposes Alternative Economics Class
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/04/business/04HARV.html
Bank glitch gives Princeton student access to univ accounts of $9.9million
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/06/offbeat.banking.error.ap/
A Medium Meets Its War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56322-2003Mar19
Technology Providing War Insights
http://news.com.com/1200-1025-993560.html
CNN Expelled from Baghdad by Iraqi Government
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=597&ncid=772&e=1&u=/nm/20030321/tv_nm/iraq_cnn_dc
Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War
Cheney’s Former Company Profits from Supporting Troops
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6008
A reminder: What is in the Saudi peace initiative?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1844214.stm
A Life Lost, A Family In Jeopardy: The Story of the Hasan’s
http://holt.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=4037&type=Home
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/
Disability Links for people of All Abilities
http://www.allabilities.com/
All sorts of interactive online games for kids to learn about safe use of
roads
http://www.walkingbus.com/kidszone1.htm
The Mirror Project - Adventure in Reflective Surfaces
http://www.mirrorproject.com/
For cow fans: cow memory game - great alternative to Solitaire
http://www.crazyforcows.com/concentration/smallboard.html
Today’s quote:
“The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” — Pablo Picasso