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In this issue: call for papers for a great conference
Web site recommendations: IT/gender/misc

I'm on the Program Committee for TPRC 2003 on Communication, Information
and Internet Policy. TPRC hosts a great conference every year, this will
be their 31st (my fourth). Participants come from a range of academic
disciplines but also include decision-makers from both the public and
private sectors. The topics range from digital inequality to spectrum
policy, from privacy issues to education policy and much more. Check out
the call for papers here: http://www.tprc.org/tprc03/call03.htm .
Submissions of 500 word abstracts are due by March 31, 2003. I encourage
you to attend! It will be in the DC area on Sept 19-21, 2003.
http://www.tprc.org

I'll be at the Easterns in Philly this coming weekend if anyone would like
to meet up. http://www.essnet.org/Program/program/index.htm

And now on to our regular programming. Thanks for expressing concern -
from several continents, no less:) - about the lack of frequent E-LISTs
recently. I'm making a push toward finishing the dissy which is keeping
me away from some of my other activities. Do keep sending me links
though, that helps accumulate new lists.:) Enjoy.

Number of corporations that control nearly all US media
http://www.corporations.org/media/

Top US ISPs by subscriber
http://www.isp-planet.com/research/rankings/usa.html

List of articles on cell phone use
http://socio.ch/mobile/index_mobile.htm

The Internet in China - a look at govt's role in how the medium is used
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/china021108.html

Google buys Blogger
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000802.shtml#000802

A Penny for Your Blogs
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20030204-9999_1c4blogs.html

Transforming Disciplines: Computer Science and the Humanities - conference
summary
http://www.carnegie.rice.edu

Free/Open Source Research Community
http://opensource.mit.edu/

People-Rating on the Web?
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/technology/circuits/20POGUE-EMAIL.html

Great way to share the love and joy of books
http://www.bookcrossing.com

Retelling Jewish History, Abraham to Israel - huge multimedia project
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/technology/circuits/20hist.html

Software for organizing photos with superimposed messages - introductory
1/3rd price (<$10) offer expires tomorrow (2/24) - looks promising
http://www.photags.com
(requires Win and IE)
via NYTimes review: Write on Your Pictures (Without Ink Smudges)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/technology/circuits/20pixx.html

Schoolgirl turns tables on email credit card fraudster
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29403.html

Song: "The Lurkers Support me in E-mail" :)
http://rateyourmusic.com/yaccs/commentsn/blog_id=90000016394_and_blog_entry_id=9\
0338851#4594361

Amazon.com Recommendations: Item-to-Item Collaborative Filtering
http://dsonline.computer.org/0301/d/w1lind.htm

Pre-movie ads rip off theatergoers, suits claim
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-film19.html

Govt officials don't approve of hacking activity directed at enemies
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/20/technology/circuits/20hack.html

A National-Security Gender Gap
http://www.prospect.org/print/V14/3/crittenden-a.html

Girls Find Safety Posing as Boys on Tehran's Mean Streets
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/19/international/middleeast/19IRAN.html

An Alarming Report on the State of New York's Women of Color
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0308/davis.php

Nicaragua Mulls Abortion for 9-Year-Old
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2412399,00.html

Violence against women & girls statistics
http://www.feminist.com/antiviolence/facts.html

Gender and HIV/AIDS Web portal
http://www.genderandaids.org/

Operation KFC (Kuwaiti Field Chicken) - use of chickens in war to detect
chemical attacks
http://www.time.com/time/europe/me/daily/0,13716,423690,00.html//

Answers to environmentally relevant questions, like this day's column on
whether it's best to turn off fluorescent lights or leave them on
http://www.gristmagazine.com/ask/ask011603.asp?source=daily

Explanation of threats to salmon and rainforest, with lots of great photos
http://www.raincoast.org/imagebank.html

Residents take offense to snow woman's figure
http://www.stater.kent.edu/today/fristories/residentstake.html

Antiwar Error Message (it really does look like an error message, don't
just hit the Back button)
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Dave Barry Answers Alert Slashdot Readers' Questions
http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/03/02/18/0027217.shtml?tid=133&tid=149

Lonely socks out there :) - another one in the series of "Yes, there's a
Web site out there for the most random things"
http://www.lonelysocks.co.uk/

The Flash Mind Reader - How long does it take you to figure this out?
http://mr-31238.mr.valuehost.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf

Today's quote:
"With every true friendship we build more firmly the foundations on which
the peace of the whole world rests. Thought by thought and act by act,
with every breath we build more firmly the kingdom of non-violence that is
the true home of the spirit of humanity." -- Mohandas K. Gandhi

Recently on Eszter's Blog:
Tidbits
Larry Lessig's Princeton visit
Social norms, trust, privacy
Real winters
Why discard anything?
Mind reader or ...
Still more snow
More snow
Closed due to snow
The marches in pictures
Signs in NYC rally
V*gin* Monologues
E-voting - striking the right balance
NJ art funds in danger
See them here: http://www.esztersblog.com

From E-BLOG: V*gin* Monologues (2/15/03)
See http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000198.html for underlying links
or to comment

Just saw another production of the V*gin* Monologues performed by
Princeton students (and a "special guest" from the administration). It was
yet another great production.

By now, V-Day has become a global movement. Around this time of year,
hundreds (perhaps by this year thousands) of groups perform the play
across the world. The goal is to raise awareness about violence against
women and girls across the world and to celebrate women's se8ual freedom.

Here are some statistics to consider:
Four million women and girls are trafficked annually.
An estimated one million children, mostly girls, enter the se8 trade each
year.
An estimated 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the United
States annually for se8ual exploitation or forced labor.
More than 90 million African women and girls are victims of female
circumcision or other forms of genital mutilation.
Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes.

See more statistics here.

Proceeds of this weekend's performances here at Princeton go to Womanspace
in Trenton.

[I haven't spelled out certain words to make sure my blog doesn't get
blocked by filters.]