society problems caused by Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is one of the few common features of every small town in the States. There are hundreds of them on I-80 alone (having used their immense parking lots to turn around a 17ft Uhaul towing a car last year). Over and over again, i heard locals defend the Wal-Marts […]

This is unacceptable activity by any government. it really seems to me that they are attempting to persecute women by removing valuable scientific information that disagrees with their opinions. Which we know they've done before, if you read this blog frequently I've posted on it in the past. However, this is the first time they've […]

Italo Calvino Online. A website devoted to Italo Calvino, author of the magical, wonderful, Invisible Cities and many other books to treasure…. [Discourse.net] ——- i've always liked Calvino, esp. Cosmicomics and Numbers in the dark.

Tenure and May Day. Just a placeholder here for a blog that picks up Joseph’s and Naomi’s thoughts about tenure in the context of International Labor Day (and the commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre). [AKMA’s Random Thoughts] —— both are excellent essays on some of the issues of tenure, the academy, and related topics.

Women in Computing Professions. Open Lecture & Meeting by Invitation Women in Computing Professions: Will the Internet Make a Difference? Date: 17-18 June 2004… [GENDER & COMPUTING] —— will it make a difference? no, to me, or at least it seems to me. the issue isn't a technical one, so much as a socioeconomic one… […]

California Bans E-Vote Machines. Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertifies all touch-screen voting machines and recommends charges against Diebold. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News] —— i hope there are charges… this is a fiaco.

L'internationale on your blog day!. It occurred to me this morning that today might be a really good day for the workers to unite and rise up. I mean, what do they have to lose? In that spirit (the tune is here for those of you with RealPlayer): Debout les damnŽs de la terre Debout […]

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] —- 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 […]