All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

a coin toss isn't random, though it isn't predictable necessarily. instead it tends to land on the side the was up when you flip it. i've used this knowledge on occasion.

hmmm…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A668694

the hitchhikers guide 2 the galaxy…

The Jante Law

Thou shalt not presume that thou art anyone [important].

Thou shalt not presume that thou art as good as us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art any wiser than us.

Thou shalt never indulge in the conceit of imagining that thou art better than us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art more knowledgeable than us.

Thou shalt not presume that thou art more than us [in any way].

Thou shalt not presume that that thou art going to amount to anything.

Thou art not entitled to laugh at us.

Thou shalt never imagine that anyone cares about thee.

Thou shalt not suppose that thou can teach us anything.

the northerners

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hmm, this undermines a significant part of my american-style public persona…. i best be careful.

i don't understand people's sense of irony sometimes…. i really don't….

apparently something about the eye in the new u.s. 20 dollar bill will burn in the microwave…

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: DRH 2004

**** Deadline: March 15th 2004 ****

DRH 2004: Digital Resources for the Humanities
University of Newcastle, UK

Sunday 5th September ö Wednesday 8th September 2004
Conference URL – http://drh2004.ncl.ac.uk/

The DRH conferences have established themselves firmly in the UK and
international calendar as a major forum bringing together scholars,
librarians, archivists, curators, information scientists and computing
professionals in a unique and positive way, to share ideas and information
about the creation, exploitation, management and preservation of digital
resources in the arts and humanities.

The 2004 Conference aims to address some of the key emerging themes and
strategic issues that engagement with ICT is bringing to humanities
computing and scholarly research. Themes for 2004 include:

á Methods in humanities computing
á Cross-sector exchange between heritage, national and local government, and
education bodies
á Broadening the humanities computing base
á New forms of scholarly publication

Proposals for individual papers and full sessions addressing these themes
are invited. Proposers should indicate which of the themes their papers
will seek to address.

DRH also has a tradition of supporting and encouraging new scholars and as
such will be showcasing postgraduate research. Postgraduates are invited to
submit proposals for short papers of approximately 15 minutes duration

Please visit the website at http://drh2004.ncl.ac.uk for full details of the
conference and how to submit proposals.

Email enquiries are also welcome at drh@ncl.ac.uk

or did they? oh this is highly problematic…..

tomorrow, march 2, is unofficially “Buy a Librarian a Beer” day.

Brutal article on declining computer science enrollments. Today's New York Times carries an article entitled “Microsoft, Amid Dwindling Interest, Talks Up Computing as a Career” about Bill Gates going around to universities encouraging young people to major in computer science.  The chairman of EECS at MIT worries about the decline in enrollment (10 years ago his predecessor fretted about the explosion in enrollment; sic transit gloria major).  All too close to home… [Philip Greenspun Weblog]

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i wonder why people don't want to go to school to learn these skills…… any thoughts?

Most Americans aged 18 to 35 support gay marriage, according to a NY Times article yesterday. It's often the case that bigotry dies with the generation that embraces it… [www.gulker.com - words and pictures from Silicon Valley]

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and then is picked up by the next generation… bigotry is likely cyclical…..