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Monthly Archives: June 2003

Stereotype threat - excuse or explanation?

Monday, June 30, 2003

“stereotype threat” — the threat of being viewed through the lens of a negative stereotype, or the fear of doing something that would inadvertently confirm that stereotype. Everyone experiences stereotype threat. We are all members of some group about which negative stereotypes exist, from white males and Methodists to women and the elderly. And in [...]

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Who do we think we are?

Monday, June 30, 2003

A first rate New Scientist article on human nature.
“We ‘ve been obsessed with human nature ever since we knew we had one. And we ‘ve fought fierce intellectual battles and even real wars trying to impose different versions on each other. The irony was that much of what we thought we knew was wrong [...]

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Victorian Visions of the Year 2000 [Cards]

Friday, June 27, 2003

A couple of my favorites…
Personal Buoyancy Balloons to enable us to walk on water

Personal Flying Machines

There are also moving pavements, moving houses (and entire blocks) on railway tracks, weather changing machines and roofed cities amongst others.
[Update: "Miracles You will see in the next 50 years" has visions of 2000 from the 50's whilst [...]

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Oddly compelling propaganda poster photo of Erich Honecker, former East German dictator

Friday, June 27, 2003

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To All My Former Fuck Buddies [Craig's List]

Thursday, June 26, 2003

A girl says goodbye and thanks as she farewells a former life.

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East German and Nazi propaganda site [propaganda]

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Caption: A quotation from Stalin: “The fundamental principles of modern
capitalism can be put this way: Guaranteeing maximum profits through
the exploitation, ruination and enslaving of the majority of the population
of the given country, through the systematic plundering of the people in
other countries, in particular the undeveloped nations, and finally through
war and economic militarization. All these contribute [...]

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Total Recall 2: New X-ray sees through clothes

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Susan Hallowell, the director of the Transportation Security
Administration’s security laboratory, allows her body to be
X-rayed by the “backscatter” machine at the Transportation
Security Administration in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.,
Wednesday, June 25, 2003. The X-ray reveals a gun and a
bomb that she “hid” under her outfit. (AP Photo/Brian Branch-Price)”

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Lessons of the War by Victor Davis Hanson

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Brilliant military historian expounds on the recent Iraq war.

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Choose the Best Search Engine for your Information Need

Thursday, June 26, 2003

This is a very good table to help you choose the correct search engine to use for any type of search. [Site]

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Whichbook.net

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

“Whichbook.net gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood.
Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook.net starts from the reader, and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive ‘good read’ we are all looking for but don’t quite know how to define.
The [...]

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