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Tweets 2007-09-22
Krugman says: “the Clinton plan basically is the Edwards plan” (and both are better than Obama’s plan) http://tinyurl.com/24fzwn #
Season 2 of “The IT Crowd” is even better than season 1! Elements of Seinfeld, but sillier (and more British). #
Belgians faces the possible demise of their nation with “exasperation and a hint of embarrassment.” http://tinyurl.com/2oxgz2 #
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Tweets 2007-09-21
Talking about racial injustice in class, a student really wanted to know if, given power, Blacks would behave the same way towards whites. #
Even if Dr. Evil asked for a billion dollars instead of a million, he still wouldn’t be "rich": http://tinyurl.com/2rkvzs #
Thousands of young boys and girls are being forced to fight in the […]
Tweets 2007-09-20
I wish I could convince my colleagues to use box.net and google groups instead of CC’ing 9MB e-mails to everyone … #
Job Announcement
Job Announcement
College of Indigenous Studies at National Dong Hwa University [Taiwan]
http://www.ndhu.edu.tw/
POSITION DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES: The Department of Indigenous Cultures and the Graduate Institute of Ethnic Relations and Culture invite applicants for three (3) open-rank faculty positions in the humanities and social sciences, beginning February 1, 2008. We are seeking applicants who do research in […]
Tweets 2007-09-19
Wow. I didn’t know Siouxsie Sioux had a brand new album out. How cool is that! #
[status] Kerim is happy he asked Juno to guest lecture on animal communication. http://tinyurl.com/2p35fc #
Tweets 2007-09-18
Musicovery works surprisingly well… http://musicovery.com #
[reading] NY Times Ends Subscription-only Access: After two years (to the day, actually), the Time.. http://tinyurl.com/2k7zpm #
Jottit.com is just about the easiest way to create a website I can think of. Has some wiki-like editing features too. #
[reading] Will Anyone Pay for a Newspaper Online?: Earlier today, The New York […]
Tweets 2007-09-16
A little girl came into the supermarket to tell me that Juno was crying. I put her in charge of petting the dog till we came out. #
"assume that the first report of an association is incorrect or meaningless" http://tinyurl.com/2z8lkp #
The hardest part of web design is getting people to think seriously about what content […]
Tweets 2007-09-15
[reading] New iPods reengineered to block synching with Linux: The latest iPods have a cryptograph.. http://tinyurl.com/ywovkz #
[reading] Idea Festival: Woz. Wow.: Steve Wozniak is the featured speaker at the second night of t.. http://tinyurl.com/25gumj #
At last night’s party everyone was admiring the book of Juno photos printed by HypoDot. I should make more of these! […]
Tweets 2007-09-14
@jencardew I use parallels without any problems, but I don’t use atlas.ti. I use Journler to store my fieldnotes… #
[reading] Giant web woven by a variety of spider families: Scientists report that the massive 200-.. http://tinyurl.com/34annv #
Love the Soviet Poster a day blog and the Posters of Cuba blog! http://sovietposter.blogspot.com/ http://cubanposter.blogspot.com/ #
The smart money […]
Tweets 2007-09-13
[status] Kerim is eating guava instead of apples dipped in honey. http://tinyurl.com/yrekxx #
Victor Mair explains the Sanskrit origins of the Chinese euphemism for taking a dump. http://tinyurl.com/2b6s3c #
[reading] China: River Crab With Three Watches: Rebecca explains the political meaning of “river c.. http://tinyurl.com/2zkwvn #
Palm’s hiring of Jon Rubinstein (the guy behind the iPod) is the […]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
