too many topics,

    too little time.

i don't care what anyone else says… for a pre midnight snack, it is poifect.

Forum on Information Technology and the Research University. Brought to you by the good folks at the National Research Council Info… [Computing Research Policy Blog]

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worth reading, at least for me.

Look Like A Film Noir Babe.

Look like a film noir babe.

Online clothing boutique Danger Dame offers some super-cool retro styles for wannabe vixens. Lace up, slink over to a barstool, and pretend you're in a Raymond Chandler novel with a tragic ending.

Link to Danger Dame shop. See also this lush new Taschen book, FILM NOIR. [Boing Boing]

That's how women should dress… Of course, men should use hats and gabardines.

[Tyromaniac] [The Mediaburn Radio Weblog]

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i'm not sure that i agree that people should dress like this, but if they want to, they should as well. cause it looks cool.

You're a Denial Goth! You are so not Goth. In
fact you're Post-Punk/Darkwave/Whatever
lesser-known synonym for goth is popular this
week. Give it up, it's obvious you're a Goth.

What kind of Goth would you be?
brought to you by Quizilla

12 Nations, 14 Scholars and One Big House. Scholars from 12 countries get a chance to spend a year in Montreal, and delve into social and political issues. By Katie Zezima. [New York Times: Education]

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this is interesting and seems like a very good thing to do, if a few more were started around the world, i wonder if it would change anything.,…

The Military-Academic Complex: Who's the Real National Champion? [InfoWar Monitor]

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who gets what, where, how…. or perhaps you wonder why some universities end up being more 'elite' than others and wonder where the money comes from to do that?

The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad grad school question. Between the Chronicle of Higher Ed's farewell paean to the Invisible Adjunct, the current Crooked Timber thread attempting to theorize… [Critical Mass]

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If I've read it right, Erin Oconnor is leaving higher education for k-12, which actually might not be a bad deal for many people.

Innovation Network. Innovation Network
http://www.innonet.org/

They provide program planning and evaluation consulting, training, and Web-based evaluation tools to nonprofits and funders across geographic and programmatic boundaries. They want to make evaluation accessible to all nonprofits, so they have the knowledge and skills to:

* Manage their internal matters, programs, and services effectively;
* Gain a stronger understanding of what is happening in their programs, and how those programs are affecting people and communities; and
* Collectively raise a strong voice in funding and policy decisions. [Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant]

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this looks like it could be a good way to get more non-profits technologically enabled.

another yetisports game

Ashcroft Campaign Finance Investigation. The Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice will conduct an investigation of Attorney General John Ashcroft's alleged campaign finance irregularities: The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is reviewing allegations that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft may have violated… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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shouldn't they be appointing an special external investigator for this?

this article in the village voice might help explain why so many young people are frustrated at college/post-college and I think we can infer why they then don't find problems with anti-education politics. it isn't the education part, it is the financial part, it is the broken dreams part, and finally it is the whole of the crushing burden of being an american consumer with having everything including education interpretted as consumption.

A Democrat Grumbling. Why is the Kerry campaign spending precious political capital fighting this stupid battle over medals? Yes, sure the Bush campaign is trying to smear him, but they do that. They're going to do that until the election. It just seems… [Kathryn Cramer]

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you should always expect republican's to run negative campaigns, they are very effective at negatives, they can run anything into the ground.

Blogging at Ten Cents a Minute, the $400 Yoyo, and related contemplations. This is Duncan's” Cold Fusion Yo-Yo, made of aircraft-grade aluminum and featuring a ball-bearing axle, is one of the longest spinning yo-yos in the world. Holder of previous World Records for spin time, the Cold Fusion is capable of spin times over 10 mi [Funlog]

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i have two yoyo's in my office, neither cost $400, but i probably would buy a $400 yoyo if i had the money, because there is nothing quite like the state of yo…..

he cleaned his glasses on another person's clothing. presidents should not do such things, it is not appropriate even with permission. gentlemen carry their own glass cloth, and boy scouts should be prepared. he apparently is neither.

Pizza? Not Tonight. As Gary of Amygdala writes, ordering a pizza may get you in hot water with the government: It's dinnertime, and you're hungry and tired, so you pick up the phone and order your favorite pizza. But you might have just… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]