Posts from — June 2007

ICT Security Standards Roadmap (Version 2.0 May 2007):
ICT Security Standards Roadmap

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interesting to see this from itu.

International Memory of the World Conference:
“Communities and memories: a global perspective” is the theme of the Conference to take place in Australia next year.

In association with the Australian Memory of the World Committee and under the auspices of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the National Library of Australia will organize the Third International Memory of the World Conference from 19 to 22 February 2008 in Canberra, Australia.

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This looks like it could be something cool.

Women’s participation in research:
Read Head counts and headaches measuring women in science,which summarizes a survey by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics of women’s participation in research in 86 countries (A World of Science, April 2007, pages 21-23).

Read also the editorial on The Glass Ceiling by UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences (A World of Science, April 2007).
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this is another situation that needs to be resolve. equality in science.

» A Craigslist Wedding » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century:
“Hey,” said the Ginger Ninja, who was sitting on the couch, sifting through Craigslist Toronto for yard sales. “Get a look at this.”

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This is the best Internet story I’ve read in quite some time.

Thanks Joey and Red

53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | Smashing Magazine:

some of these are handy

Encyclopaedia Introduction:
an encyclopaedia of semiotics

Education: Many Colleges Reject Women at Higher Rates Than for Men – US News and World Report:
Where girls face the biggest challenge is at small liberal arts colleges, like the University of Richmond and Kenyon College in Ohio. An op-ed entitled “To All the Girls I’ve Rejected,” published in the New York Times last year, set the college admissions world atwitter when it outlined the reality of what most officers had been seeing for years. “The fat acceptance envelope is simply more elusive for today’s accomplished young women,” wrote Jennifer Delahunty Britz, the dean of admissions at Kenyon, which, according to the U.S. News data, is not even among the schools that most heavily favor boys in their admissions process.

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this is what i would call demonstrably unfair. women should be treated as pure equals. the sole basis of this policy is the separation of men from women and generalized opinion that they aren’t equal. they should get past their puritanical single-sex dorms and build equal facilities and separate people not by floor or building, but by room.

Intellectual Property Watch » Negotiators Agree To Add Access To Knowledge To WIPO Mandate:
World Intellectual Property Organization members negotiating development-related proposals for WIPO’s future mandate reached preliminary agreement on several more key issues Thursday, including access to knowledge and exceptions and limitations.
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well that’s a plus. now they’ll gut the concept.

Kids Domain Crafts – Ice Cream in a Bag:
Ice Cream in a Bag

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it’s science!

The ReDistricting Game:
“The polarization and poisonous atmo-sphere that have infected the House of Representatives for the past two decades or more can be traced — in large part — to the manner in which district lines are drawn in most states.”
- Les Francis, former Exec Director of the Democratic National Committee

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cool