Blogathon ‘03 & Links
In this issue: Blogathon 2003
Web site recommendations: IT/maps/misc
Some people run or cycle for charity, I’ve decided to blog for it instead. (I know, it’s shocking!:) I am participating in Blogathon 2003, which means that I have committed to staying up for 24 hours straight to blog and thereby collect donations for Planned Parenthood. To find out more about this event and the organization, please see my Blogathon ‘03 page:
http://www.esztersblog.com/blogathon03
Please consider supporting this cause. You can donate by clicking here:
http://www.blogathon.org/Pledge.php?p=78
Thanks!
If you have any questions about all this, please let me know.
And now onto some links.
Where Are They Now? Search Engines We’ve Known & Loved - helpful timeline of search engines
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2175241
How Netflix decides who gets a movie next from the queue
http://dvd-rent-test.dreamhost.com/
Does ‘True’ Warchalking Really Exist? - if you can prove it, you can win this bet
http://www.niftyc.org/bet/
Political Artivism Collection - “activism possible through hypermedia”
http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/polart.html
Bloggers Gain Libel Protection
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59424,00.html
Oxford Univ Press offers developing countries free (or greatly reduced) access to many journals
http://www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/devel/
College Rivalry “Universities will do almost anything these days to land a star professor who can bring instant prestige, attract large donors, and, oh yes, even do some teaching.”
http://boston.com/globe/magazine/2003/0629/coverstory_entire.htm
Extreme weather prompts unprecedented global warming alert
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=421166
Women and heart disease
http://www.womenheart.org/
Anti-Semitism in Israel
http://virtualjerusalem.com/news/infocus/?disp_feature=y4IF7E.var
What you should know about “zero-percent for life” credit cards
http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/01/pf/banking/q_zeropercent/
Inside Iraq’s National Museum
http://www.artnewsonline.com/currentarticle.cfm?art_id=1368
Historic Cities - old maps
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/
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Ancient Maps of Jerusalem
http://maps-of-jerusalem.huji.ac.il
Need a US map to work with? Here’s an outline free for use
http://www.io.com/persist1/projects/sketchgfx/us_map.html?pop-up&size=632,432
Giant sea creature baffles Chilean scientists
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/07/02/chile.science.reut/index.html
For cooking:
Ingredient Substitutions
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ftfeb01.htm
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Preparing Healthy Food: How To Modify A Recipe
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5543.html
The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation - a parody
http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/
Word Search Game - online interactive
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/summer/wordsearch/index.htm
Battleship Flash game
http://www.funsilly.com/free-online-games/battleship.html
Today’s quote:
“Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. We believe that respect and value for diversity in all aspects of our organization are essential to our well-being. We believe that reproductive self-determination must be voluntary and preserve the individual’s right to privacy. We further believe that such self-determination will contribute to an enhancement of the quality of life, strong family relationships, and population stability.”
From Planned Parenthood’s Mission Statement
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/about/thisispp/mission.html