There is nothing that pisses me off more in academic contexts than ripping off someone’s work and taking credit for it.
NYC Wireless – be aware that your beloved chat system was not designed or developed by Sociable Design, but by one Fernanda Viegas.
Boston is one of the first cities to fully include gender identity and expression in its city-wide non-discrimination policies. Yippee! Of course, entertainingly, the one guy who dissented did so because “If I put on a dress and heels and lipstick, am I a woman?” Some people just never seem to get it.. ::sigh::
Don’t you hate it when you see disaster emerging and yet you feel so ineffective at stopping it?
Well, duh… They think that they’re building a Castle, right?
I love how i always learn more about Eve every time i read an article about her… And how i’m a member of the “Vagina Army.” Wait until the V-Party really exists.. oh boy oh boy.
It always makes me smile when i run across other folks with similar views on identity control and the loss of privacy. And i do love the powerful thought of disinformation.. Maybe i should start normalizing my own site?
I’m quite humored by this week’s Village Voice horoscope:
SAGITARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Happy Holy Daze, Sagittarius! I’ve been meditating on the perfect holiday gifts for you. What might inspire you to make best use of the astrological opportunities in the coming months? Here’s one idea: the entire costume collection of a defunct theater company. With your closet full of exotic and dramatic new choices, you could dress up in a variety of roles without becoming attached to any of them. And that, in my opinion, would be just what the soul doctor ordered for you to achieve prime psychological health during the Great Experiment that will unfold in 2003.
Happy winter solstice!!
Just think: the days start getting longer now…
Don’t you just love the culture into which girls are forced to assimilate?
Meritocracy has taken over the higher education system, and with little time, sex has become has a social transaction (even for the girls). Or so says David Brooks in discussing love & success at America’s finest universities.
Although i’ve read notes on Googling potential dates before, i really like this latest by the Ethicist at the New York Times (even though i don’t completely agree). It’s a tough conundrum, and the technology has certainly changed our expectations of privacy and awareness of one another. Then again, should this information be so readily available? How does it change our lives when we have to always operate as though we could be Googled by dates, by potential employers, etc.? How do we stand up to inaccuracies that do not go away because someone else owns the site that throws libel against us? Interesting ethical questions… [Of course, Google realizes they’re in a tough place too.]