today was my first day… I actually got a fair amount done today academically, just didn’t get much done where it needed to be done. as usual… in any case, i also signed up for my health insurance, and all my other bennies. I think I’m going to change the blog a bit. I am actually going to blog a fair more about what i’ve do in the day… perhaps diary like, but likely i’ll post a bit of writing, a bit of work and generally just log things. For instance, today I spent a good bit of time talking on AoIR about privacy, property, and data. I also read an interesting Zygmunt Bauman article and read an article on design. I also spent some time working on my syllabus, which I’ll finish off tomorrow morning.

Blog Meme:
Here are the rules:

1. Delve into your blog archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

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i did not get to 5 sentences……
http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2002/12/30/30/

Rumsfeld ‘offered help to Saddam’. Declassified papers leave the White House hawk exposed over his role during the Iran-Iraq war. [Guardian Unlimited]

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why, isn’t this surprising?

Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Andrew Brown: on how much we divulge to Google & co :
Every time you use an internet search engine, your inquiry is stored in a huge database. Would you like such personal information to become public knowledge? Yet for thousands of AOL customers, that nightmare has just become a reality. Andrew Brown reports on an incident that has exposed how much we divulge to Google & co
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unfortunately, i don’t think the populace at large really cares…..