Links
In this issue:
Web site recommendations: IT/gender/misc
Blogathon ‘03 takes place this weekend. Feel free to stop by http://www.esztersblog.com/blogathon03 to see what I’m up to those 24 hours. Thanks to all those who’ve contributed to Planned Parenthood via this event!
And thanks to those who keep sending me pointers to interesting material, here’s some of it.
Digging for Googleholes - some thoughts on Google’s shortcomings
http://slate.msn.com/id/2085668/
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my thoughts on this from a few weeks ago
http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000363.html
Journal of Digital Information - full text online
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
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current issue on
Economic Factors of Digital Libraries
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/?vol=4&iss=2
Report on Internet use for health information
http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=95
Yahoo acquires Overture.. and what does the search engine landscape look like now
http://www.researchbuzz.com/articles/2003/yover051403.shtml
List of spam laws across the world
http://www.spamlaws.com/
White House E-Mail System Becomes Less User-Friendly
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/18/technology/18MAIL.html
Blogging for Bucks
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59603,00.html
A map of francophone blogs in Europe
http://blogmap.fr.st/
Microsoft drops development of Internet Explorer for Mac
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/06/13/explorer/
March for Freedom of Choice in DC - April 25, 2004
http://www.marchforchoice.org/
When Women Lose Health Care Options
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/business/yourmoney/20HEAL.html
Weird Science - If You Want the Truth about Abortion and Breast Cancer, Beware of the National Cancer Institute
http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/jordan.asp
Look for more links along these lines this weekend during my Blogathon 2003 participation.
http://www.esztersblog.com/blogathon03
It’s not too late to contribute!:)
Game Makers Aren’t Chasing Women
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,59620,00.html
Gender bias in teaching evaluations - a list of relevant readings
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~twilliam/teaching/genderteaching.htm
Passenger made to leave airplane for wearing a “Suspected Terrorist” button - a must read!
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04973.html
Grounds for Sculpture - a wonderful sculpture garden in the middle of New Jersey
http://www.groundsforsculpture.org/
The origins of words and expressions (e.g. “spitting image”, “pushing the envelope”, “sabbatical”, etc.)
http://www.wordorigins.org
Something different - an interactive digital art site
http://www.tamar-schori.net/beadgee/beadgee.html
[requires Flash - it’s a bit invasive as it goes outside of your windows]
“Hunting for Bambi” (I posted on this last week) is a hoax
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/bambi.asp
Forgotten New York - lots of old photographs (e.g. signs, cobblestones)
http://www.forgotten-ny.com
A nice description of the game Go
https://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/7/11/62356/9269
Today’s quote:
“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.” — King Whitney Jr.