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Archive for May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה

women, engineering, & mit

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

a fascinating NYT article on Dr Susan Hockfield of mit. Many thanks to Karen Miller who just finds the most wonderful things and tends to read parts of my mind? :)
This reminds me, an event coming up soon, aka thursday …



women, engineering, & mit

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

a fascinating NYT article on Dr Susan Hockfield of mit. Many thanks to Karen Miller who just finds the most wonderful things and tends to read parts of my mind? :)
This reminds me, an event coming up soon, aka thursday …



happy penguins

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

How do you make me very happy? Take me to see some penguins (Edinborough Zoo ROCKS). Failing that, send me an article on Penguins.
Thank you to my wonderful husband for brightening a tired afternoon with this nyt article.
I just wonder if that means we’re going to the Bronx Zoo sometime soon? :D



google geek…

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

bbc article on google working to improve its news searches.
The patent would create a system to compare the track record and credibility of different news sources …. The system means a news story written by trusted sources such as the BBC or CNN could be outranked by a more obscure publication if the latter is [...]



(recent re-read) hg2g

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: books

I finially bought the Ultimate Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I read hg2g over yontif and most of the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Wow. It’d been too long. Such a fun read. I’ll add my favorite quotes soon… maybe. :)



finished

By penny • May 3, 2005 - כ"ה ניסן תשס"ה • Category: misc

finished moving, cleaning, and painting last night. whew. i’m exhausted. though i know i’m not the only one
next up? unpacking. ug.
maybe i’ll find the stuff i’m meaning to babble about.