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Tweets
- Things I'm not doing this weekend: http://t.co/ZEW612Im #fb 1 day ago
- Filming a congressional hearing? Be ready to be arrested for it. http://t.co/C7fuwy9k #fb 1 day ago
- Campus is changing to require password updates 2x a year. Their recommendation for a "tough" password: @Qu2012! Yeah. #fb 2 days ago
- Maybe the AAA (http://t.co/2S4falTt) should listen to @cshirky ToTN (http://t.co/EAs81JRv). 3 days ago
- I believe it is presently colder in my office than it is outside. But they have screwed shut my window, so I can't check. 4 days ago
- Chatting with Ron & Jon about "interactive media" on Hangout live. (Still getting a handle on the process.) http://t.co/0V7qKRIF 6 days ago
- Seems that an old blog post of mine, "Does Mitt Romney Hate Noodles" is suddenly getting new traffic: http://t.co/ELSrWuHG 6 days ago
- More updates...
Archives
Monthly Archives: October 2002
“Feeling much better, really…”
While many scientists consider this a bit wacky, if it turns out they are right, it will make this seem a bit less wacky. Did you know this was the real origin of “saved by the bell”? Makes the eponymous TV show a bit morbid, no? Enjoy your Samhain. Bring out your dead.
Pierre Levy goes to Canada
Pierre Levy has taken a chair at the University of Ottowa, where he will press on with his study of “collective intelligence.” He “says”:http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3244==–==296107-,00.html : Mon ambition est de creer un nouveau champ scientifique dans l’etude de la cooperation intellectuelle. L’intelligence collective est une approche de la societe qui considere les groupes humains (une entreprise, [...]
Elitism and Democracy
Bush doesn’t like “elites, these kind of professor types that love to read their names in the newspaper.” I’ve been thinking a bit about elitism, and I have to admit it’s slowing growing on me. Mind you, this is coming from a long-held position that students should have the power in a university, and that [...]
Supporting GPL Development
So, while the “New Democrats” are arguing that we should not support the development of GPL software with public money, the French are moving in to fill the void, and have supported the development of a new Mandrake cluster. Good for them, and for their French investors. Wonder if we have resolved to play defense [...]
NYT Anti-War Ad
Those responsible for the web petition for faculty opposed to rushing into war with Iraq have published a full-page ad (pdf) in today’s New York Times.
Sokal Karma