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Month September 2003

In Cleveland…

Just in case anybody’s been wondering where I’ve been the past few days, here’s the update… On Sunday morning, Jenny’s dad had a heart attack in synagogue. Luckily, both a doctor and a defibrillator were on hand, and within a few minutes he was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. He wound [...]

S&TS Connections: Making Digital Stuff…

Phoebe Sengers just presented an interesting critique of S&TS, arguing that as we’ve been discussing it this weekend, there are several aspects which in fact obstruct S&TS from engaging with engineers and designers in HCI and other cultures. In essence, her argument is that in emphasizing itself as an academic discipline, S&TS has erected boundaries [...]

Argh redux

Was so tired last night, I went to bed at 11:00 pm. Woke up at 6:15 am, decided that was too early, set my alarm for 8:00 and went back to sleep. Woke up at 11:15. Argh indeed.

Argh…

On a campus like Cornell’s, you’d like to think that it would be relatively easy to get a wireless internet connection up and running. Unfortunately, the campus wireless network is a patchwork of balkanized zones, with one overarching initiative linking some of them, but which doesn’t cover any of the buildings in which the Science [...]

Why Neal Pollack Rocks…

Stuff like this: I’ve also been hired, for this tour, as the unofficial spokesperson for Music For America, a political action committee run by smart young people. According to the mission statement for Music For America, “We believe that the Democratic Party has become a pale shadow of the progressive powerhouse it once was. Many [...]

Connecting S&TS…

I’ll be spending Friday through Sunday at a conference hosted by my department. If I can snag a wireless connection in the room the sessions are in, I’ll try to blog it a bit – if not, I’ll post some synopses afterward…

Amateurs…

Been meaning to write something about this for a few days, but I’ve had my hands full… A few days ago, Alex at Relevant History wrote about the rise of the “amateur” vs. the “professional” with regard to blogs: Some people have taken umbrage with the term “amateurization,” on the grounds that it’s pejorative: empowerment [...]

Ithaca…

Though I don’t really live here these days, it’s really good to be around. It only takes a few hours to remind me how much I love the academic culture, and the sheer density of interesting, smart people on the south end of the third floor of Rockefeller Hall (not to mention this little upstate [...]

Buying vs. Tipping…

Something interesting and a little bit amazing happened tonight. Around noon on Saturday, Jeralyn at Talk Left posted a plea for help (short version: her computer was dying, and she needed a new one to continue blogging from the road). Among others, Atrios linked to her request around 8 pm. Between then and the time [...]

Avast, ye scurvy dogs…

…aye, ye scalawags, it be “Talk Like a Pirate” day, and a fine day fer talkin’ like a pirate ’tis. Ye can git yer pirate name here (courtesy that fine master of the high seas, Captain Blood and Guts) – mine be Cannibal Drake Ironman. In honoro’t'occasion, I’d liket’offer a little bito’news, pirate style: Despite [...]