Posts from — June 2005

StreamingPortal:

ICT & Creativity
Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft – Österreich lädt zu Vorbereitungsevent

Women and ICT Policy:

Focusing efforts into increasing women’s participation in policy, regulatory and advocacy issues is an effective and powerful way to achieve competitive and fair levels in the ICT sector. This has the potential to increase the role of women in community decision making, where they can influence policy issues at any government level. With increased participation, women can then ensure that gender issues are taken into account in ICT resource planning and administration.

http://www.dot-com-alliance.org/newsletter/article.php?article_id=122

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this could be a very good thing.

communication skills – zefrank:

heh

Rachel Gets Fruity!:

this might seem like one thing…. but it something else, and something smart for men to do.

i ordered a dissertation from umi and what do i get…. a roll of film, who uses microfilm anymore? i don’t. dumb.

Outstanding Article on Politicization of Science:

Philipp Steger, editor of bridges — a publication of Office of Science & Technology at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, D.C. that I have only just recently learned of – has published by far the best analysis I’ve seen…

yes pandora’s box is pretty good, but for those who watch eu policy there is a nice set of articles below it that is just as good http://www.ostina.org/html/bridges/

jukebox – POPULAR VICTOR, EDISON, COLUMBIA RECORDINGS FRO 1900 – 1930:

TURTLE’S “78 RPM” JUKEBOX

some classic mp3’s converted from 78rpm records

Having poured over the umpteenth attempt to give some meaning to the
now-official ‘crisis’ of the EU, this one looked all the more
refreshing, as the reiteration of Stenger’s call for a democratization
of the production of scientific authority reminded me of the many
terrains ‘beyond politics’ where Europe takes (its) shape, sz

Europe’s foremost philosopher of science offers a devastating indictment
of contemporary European science

Isabelle Stengers
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WSWE.php

As a philosopher, I can imagine no better keynote to strike than: what
are you doing, what are you trying to do? Organizing a discussion on the
European Research policy matters! It matters because it is both urgently
needed and difficult.

How to read the seventh framework programme? The first point to note is
that this programme does not really invite political debate. Indeed we
do not dealing with choices that could be discussed but with what
presents itself as the simple enactment of the “Lisbon agenda”, fully
endorsing its slogans, such as “knowledge society”, “economy of
knowledge”, “knowledge and its exploitation” as “the key for economic
growth” and “the competitiveness of enterprises.” All this, leading, as
we should trust, to employment, while maintaining and strengthening the
so-called “European Model”, and also providing an improvement of welfare
and well-being, quality of life, health and the environment; for such
improvements rely, as history has shown, on the progress of knowledge
and its many applications.

Garden-in-a-Bag:

Now it doesn’t get much easier than growing fresh herbs, but I still totally dig these ‘Garden-in-a-Bag’ kits from Wishing Fish, which provide the dirt, nutrients, and seeds you need to grow herbs and plants right out of the packaging. Pop them open and add water and it won’t be long before you have a believable excuse about why your entire office smells like chives.

Catalog Page ($8 – $10) [WishingFish via CoolHunting]

i’ll have to get a few of these…. nothing quite like fresh herbs.

via antonio gramsci

Originally uploaded by buridan.

it crosses via roma in turin… it has quite a few clothing shops.