Links
In this issue:
Another ELIST innovation
Links (conferences/politics/cool tools/misc)
Apologies, yet again, for taking so long to send out another issue. I’ve
been on the road _a lot_. It’s been fun, interesting and very valuable,
but also exhausting. Next destination: NYC & Princeton in ten days. Let me
know if you’re around and would like to meet up, I’ll have some free
time.
I’m thinking about trying something new again with ELIST. If you have
cravings for more regular Web site recommendations, you can check out the
DashLog I just started this morning:
http://www.dashlog.com/logs/eszter/
I will be posting links there as I find them. (Or I’ll try this for a bit
anyway.)
If you use an RSS reader, here is its feed:
http://www.dashlog.com/dash/feed.php?log=eszter
And now let’s proceed to this issue’s finds.
IMPORTANT Proposed Dept. of Commerce rules pose threat to research (they
are taking comments until May 27th)
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200505/msg00061.html
Free conference on Media Ownership, Research and Regulation
this coming weekend at UCSB
http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/conference/
Conference: Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication
http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac
ASIST Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIG
USE) symposium: Connecting Research and Practice: Special Populations
http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/siguse-l/2005-May/000150.html
Spam seems to annoy people less, although 6% (!) still respond to
solicitations by buying products.. we can thank them for the continued
deluge of unwanted email
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/155/report_display.asp
Blogs Continue To Gain Traction
www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/traffic_patterns/article.php/3502201
related Pew reports here:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/113/report_display.asp
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/144/report_display.asp
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/154/report_display.asp
How to blog anonymously (more than using a pseudonym!)
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php
The Village Voice on academic bloggers (I am quoted:)
http://villagevoice.com/arts/0515,edsuppdayal,62903,12.html
Center for International Media Action
http://mediaactioncenter.org/
Duke Law Center for the Study of the Public Domain
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/
Resources for the study of Social Capital
http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org
Social Capital, Quality of Life and Information Society Technologies
http://www.eurescom.de/socquit/
New reports from the UK Children Go Online project
http://www.children-go-online.net
World Development Report data query
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
Students Filibuster Against Frist at His Alma Mater
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/10/princeton.filibuster/
.. more at this Princeton site:
http://www.FilibusterFrist.com
Oppose abuse of majority power
http://democrats.senate.gov/filibuster-form.cfm
Report Shows Three Times More Women Killed Than Men in Tsunami-Hit Area
http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=8977
Oppose the blacklist of Israeli Academics
http://www.petitiononline.com/j141789/
Your Identity, Open to All
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67407,00.html
… even worse: Bad Data Fouls Background Checks
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66856,00.html
Class Matters - a focus on social class in the NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/national/class/index.html?hp
… including some interactive features
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20050515_CLASS_GRAPHIC/index_01.html
Cartoon about scandal regarding pharmacist who refused to sell
contraceptives
http://www.livejournal.com/community/feminist/1819547.html
.. here is some background on this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5490-2005Mar27.html
.. and a critique of the “conscience exemption” approach
http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/18/conscientious-objectors/
Sex-Ed by Bush, can you pass the test?
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/sexed/index.html
Mix multiple RSS feeds into one unique feed
http://www.rssmix.com/
Access all Google search options from one page
http://www.xtragoogle.com
Search Google and Yahoo! at the same time
http://yagoohoogle.com/
.. then again, there is always Dogpile, which gives you the “best of”
those two plus Ask Jeeves
http://www.dogpile.com
Yahoo! Creative Commons search - searches sites that display a Creative
Commons license
http://search.yahoo.com/cc
[of course, it’s important to proceed with caution as some sites may
claim a CC license even if they don’t have rights to all of the
content themselves]
Web Album Generator program new version out (recommended)
http://www.ornj.net/software/webalbum/
Make up to ten to-do lists (unlimited number of items each) for
yourself through this nifty little online tool
http://www.tadalists.com
.. I prefer the desktop Rainlendar though since it is
accessible offline as well
http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=projects&project=rainlendar
Online service to help organize to-do lists, trips, etc.
http://www.backpackit.com
(free version does not allow uploading files)
Dealing with life’s little annoyances
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/nyregion/15annoyances.html?ex=1268542800&en=5a77805b2fcc1e66&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
.. of note:
http://www.bugmenot.com
(a NYTimes article instructs you on how to get around NYTimes registration)
Site devoted to people standing in line waiting for Star Wars Episode III
http://www.liningup.net/
If You Could Teach the World Just One Thing… scientists elaborate
http://www.spiked-online.com/Sections/science/sciencesurvey/
Parody of social networking sites
http://660.sixfoot6.com
click Sign In to move on to example page:
http://660.sixfoot6.com/home.html
In the “what will they think of next” cateogory (or “fun with the Web”)
http://www.netdisaster.com/go.php?mode=dino&lang=en&url=http://eszter.com/
(replace your favorite Web site at the end of the Web address for
other examples of dinosaur attack or just start here:
http://www.netdisaster.com )
Acronym/word of the day: Captcha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
(I don’t promise to make this a regular E-LIST feature.. we’ll see)
Today’s quote:
“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously
considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of
no value to us.” — Western Union internal memo, 1876
My latest musings:
http://www.esztersblog.com/