From the daily archives:

Saturday, October 23, 2004

The “Blogging is Male Dominated” Myth

by Jim on 23-Oct-2004

In his post The
gender profile of Wikipedia Joi ito writes

I haven’t conducted any scientific analysis or anything, but Wikipedia seems much
more gender balanced than the blogging community. I know many people point
out that ratio of men at conferences on blogging and [...]

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Lies and Truths

by Jim on 23-Oct-2004

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me� well, so says the quote. But honestly, with so many conflicting claims and lies, I�ve become increasingly frustrated by my own inability to figure out what�s actually true. Whether it�s lying through omission, lying through misdirection, or outright lies, it�s awfully hard to [...]

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Windows error on giant Toronto animated billboard

by Jim on 23-Oct-2004

Cory Doctorow:

Windows errors on giant public billlboards are their own cult Internet photo-genre, but this is a great example of the species: an enormous Windows error dialogue-box on the towering billboard across from Toronto’s Eaton Centre. It showed up in my RSS feed of images on Flickr tagged with “Toronto.”
Link

…excerpt from: http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/22/windows_error_on_gia.html

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School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches

by Jim on 23-Oct-2004

ABC News: School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches

A Washington state school district is canceling its annual Halloween celebration, and the explanation has some parents baffled.
A letter sent home to parents Wednesday said there will be no observance of Halloween in any of the district’s schools.
The district said Halloween celebrations and children dressed in Halloween costumes [...]

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