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In this issue: comedy club in NYC
Web site recommendations: IT/refs/fun

I took some time off on Monday and went to the Boston Comedy Club in New
York with a good friend, it was great fun.
http://www.bostoncomedyclub.com
Although the Web site says there is a cover, they are so desperate to get
a few peope in on a Monday night that they'll wave that fee with a flyer
they give to everyone who passes by. There's a two drink minimum, but
it's completely reasonable. It was interesting to be at a show with such a
small crowd. If you're super-shy you may not enjoy it as everyone gets
picked on over and over again, but I thought it made the experience that
much more amusing. I'm sure you'll never guess what theme comes up when a
male and female friend sit together and say they're not on a date.:)
Monday is their New Talent Showcase which worked out really well. If
you're interested in trying out your talents, you, too, can become part of
the show. Check out the details here (and let me know if you try it out,
I want to be in the audience!):
http://www.newtalentshowcase.com/pages/main.html

On a completely different note, Thanksgiving is approaching in the US.
Last year I cooked a full meal (minus the turkey) which was a lot of fun.
Pictures of the dishes and pointers to the recipes are here in case you're
looking for some ideas:
http://www.eszter.com/recipes/#tx

And now onto site recommendations, thanks to those of you who sent me
links!

You Are a Suspect - if you will click on just one link in this issue, this
should be the one
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/14/opinion/14SAFI.html

How Free Are We? - a quiz
http://www.aclu.org/Quizzes/QuizIntro.cfm?ID=4

Descriptions of some fascinating projects by Warren Sack
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/socialtech/
&
his Conversation Map: An Interface for Very Large Scale Conversations
http://web.media.mit.edu/~wsack/CM/

The Information Society in Switzerland - 130+ page report free online
http://www.statistik.admin.ch/stat_ch/ber20/publ/fpub01-01.htm (in French)
http://www.statistik.admin.ch/stat_ch/ber20/publ/dpub01-01.htm (in German)

Information Research (free online peer-reviewed journal)
http://informationr.net/ir/

Kuro5shin - for discussing technology and culture, a great example of
a popular ongoing peer review system
http://www.kuro5hin.org

How Stuff Works - descriptions of cell phone, automobile engines, toys...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/

HTML code for special symbols (math symbols, currency, etc.)
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~eddy/bits/chars.html

London's Privacy Falling Down
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,56152,00.html

The Social Life of Paper
http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?critics/020325crbo_books

The Sociology of the Arts Network of the European Soc Association
http://ace.acadiau.ca/artsnet/artsesa.htm
&
CFP: New Trends in the Sociology of the Arts
http://ace.acadiau.ca/artsnet/calls.htm

Googlism.com - some fun with Google
http://www.googlism.com

Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Internet stats in particular
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stsci.html#internet

Half-A-Million March in Anti-War Rally in Italy
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/1109-01.htm

The First National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences
http://www.maternitywise.org/listeningtomothers

The Big Cartoon Database
http://www.bcdb.com

First Gov for Kids (includes a Treasure hunt game)
http://www.kids.gov/

Remember Lego Star Wars Trilogy?
http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~mbsf/sworde.htm
Here are some other stories via Lego
http://www.ozbricks.net/bricktales/

A nice description of the game Go
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/7/11/62356/9269

Grad Student Deconstructs Take-Out Menu :)
http://www.theonion.com/onion3826/grad_student.html

Today's quote:
"Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it."
-- Lily Tomlin

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