...and all she brought us was this lousy clip-post!"
I rarely do one of those "round up" entries where all I do is link to other stuff. (Actually, I may have never done it.) But I'm going to make an exception this once. I came back from vacation at my family reunion and my Bloglines feeds were just jam packed with wonderful stuff. Below is only a sampling:
"Black Gay Pride"
...I once had a corporate marketing executive tell me that they sponsored a Black film festival and sponsored a gay pride celebration so they didn't see the need to sponsor a Black gay pride. In their minds, Black was straight and gay was white and there was nothing in between. Sadly, that's the misinformed thinking of many corporate executives when it comes to marketing... (more)
Science Friday podcast segment: "Looking vs Seeing"
New research says that the more rare the object you're looking for is, the more likely you are to make a mistake when it finally appears. The work has practical implications for people like airport security screeners. Join Ira and guests in this hour of Science Friday for a peek at how the brain tries to find a needle in a haystack. (listen)
From the Chronicle: "Flame Wars"
...For academics, the appeal of new online forums of communication, such as blogs and discussion groups, becomes obvious. You can drop your hyperscholarly, footnote-saturated demeanor and discuss real issues with your colleagues instead of exchanging slightly stiff "hellos" in an office or hallway... (more)
A Bitch. PhD commentary about another Chronicle piece, this one about going into debt to take advantage of sabbaticals. (Also see the discussion in the comments section.)
Via Arts and Letters Daily, a Boston Pheonix discussion about the recent and much talked about NYT series on social class in America:
...Alas, however, the New York Times is in no position to deliver. In contrast to, say, the paper’s conscientious reporting on the ’60s-era civil-rights movement in the South, its foray into class consciousness suffers from a fatal flaw. Social class is at the core of the Times’ institutional identity, which prevents the paper from offering the sort of dispassionate, critically searching discussion the subject demands... (more)
Via EGAD, info about a science blog "carnival" (my newest geek term and another potential avenue for procrastination and my certain complete downfall), Tangled Bank.
Posted by perry032 at June 8, 2005 12:04 PM