Links
In this issue:
Web site recommendations: IT/politics/misc
For readers in the US interested in expressing their political views through stickers, T-shirts, hats and more, check out some no-W merchandise I’ve put together here: http://www.cafepress.com/eszter
(For those not interested in politics, there are some other designs as well.:)
For links to other sites selling similar material and for information about participating in a design contest, see this recent blog post:
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/001892.html
This issue has a number of political links, a sign of the times I guess. Do send me materials of all sorts though, I’ll keep posting an eclectic mix of links. Here’s this issue’s batch:
The population of political blogs (a methodological question about a new study I’m undertaking)
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/001915.html
Timeline for job search for PhDs in Communication (useful for other disciplines as well)
http://www.pitt.edu/~jsterne/jobtime.html
Free election stickers from MoveOn
https://www.moveonpac.org/stickers/
(although one could argue they understate the level of problems caused)
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/001916.html
ID checks on Boston T
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/05/22/mbta_set_to_begin_passenger_id_stops/
A few notes on the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20030616-104109-4241r.htm
Ten fights the Democrats should stop having
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7762
The Jesus Factor - examining George W. Bush’s personal religious journey, its impact on his political career and presidency, and the growing influence of America’s Evangelical Christians
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/
How Democrats Can Talk of Religion
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/sunday_review/7844253.htm
“It’s quite difficult to convince people you are killing them for their own good. That’s our basic problem in Iraq.”
http://www.creators.com/opinion_show.cfm?next=2&ColumnsName=miv
Comparison of this morning’s CNN International and CNN US edition
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/001910.html
The UN’s Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About
http://www.un.org/events/tenstories/
Weapon Smuggling Tunnels in Rafah - Background Material
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terror+Groups/Weapon+Smuggling+Tunnels+in+Rafah+May+2004.htm
Teenage kissing: The new sex crime?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3672591.stm
Applying social network analysis to the Eurovision Song Contest
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/001852.html
Tales from the Techs (ouch)
http://www.techtales.com/tftechs.html
Humorous English mistakes on products
http://www.engrish.com
Amusing road signs
http://www.signslanguage.com/
Most likely of interest to Hungarian E-LIST readers: lots of famous children’s stories and cartoons
“Bálint Ágnes irono honlapja”
http://www.balintagnes.hu/
Today’s quote:
“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different.”
— J. W. v. Goethe