this issue Volume 30 no. 2 out now has several interesting articles in it. one by latour, one by homi bhaba, jerome mcgann, peter galison, etc. etc. all in all it has alot of interesting commentary about an important tradition of scholarship, and is well worth perusing. some people may get upset because there are […]

googling me. it is interesting to see people googling me over the last few days, i don't know why of course, it might be job applications or somesuch. keep in mind if you are looking here for information about me, you don't get that much other than some rants, some descriptions and some ideas. i […]

Patriot Act In Action. Fuck you John Ashcroft, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and all you other dissent squashing neocon assholes. In what may be the first subpoena of its kind since Sept. 11, 2001, a federal judge has ordered a university to… [Eat Your Vegetables] ——- supressing free speech on campus with the […]

8 Questions for Russert — for George W. Bush… (David Corn). 8 Questions for Russert — for George W. Bush… (David Corn) [Common Dreams] WHy do I think that none of these questions will be asked by Russert? It would make compelling TV, though. Maybe they will have a 5 second delay so they can […]

Viral Politics on Our Money. I was waiting to pay a bill today, while the person in front of me was getting his change. He got something that stopped him in his tracks. Something that he showed all of us, getting a huge reaction. He got a bill (I'm not sure if it was a […]

You Could Waste Hours On This. Careful about whether you click on the official BBC Office Time Waster. There’s a certain type of person who could spend hours on this…. [Discourse.net] —— well, really just one game, it lasted a few minutes…..

Kazaa, Sharman offices raided in Australia [bOing bOing] —— it isn't that i'm against the enforcement of property rights, i am just against storm trooper style enforcement.

why is USATODAY quoting Grover Norquist about gay marriage? he is not an elected official, he has no say other than he seems to be herding both the bush administration and the republican congress in ways that are probably not beneficial to our nation. in short, the man has no qualification nor clue as to […]

Scholars who blog. Scholars who blog at the Blogalization Conspiracy Wiki. Eventually, Jill's list, PhDweblogs, the research blogs page on my wiki, and this ought to be merged together… [Seb's Open Research] —— all kinds of blogs, yep, all kinds, well not really.

CTO Conference on “Implementing the WSIS Action Plan”. The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is organising a follow-up conference to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) focusing on ãImplementation and Best Practicesä from 25-26 March 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference will have the following objectives: Understanding and reviewing leading thinking and strategies on best […]