The first 45 minutes of The Trojan Women had two levels — yelling and interpretive dance. The next 45 minutes turned into a Greek Rocky Horror picture show, thanks in large part to over-the-top performances by Menelaus and Helen of Troy Greece. We secured front row seats in a black box theater, thanks mostly to [...]
What strikes me about the Letterman scandal is the complete lack of acknowledgement of any ethical wrongdoing. I mean sure, older men having sex with young female assistants is icky, but nobody seems to be stopping to consider why this is icky. Even feminist blogs, who really should know better, seen more obsessed with other [...]
It seems odd that women are drastically underrepresented at Wikipedia when women in graduate school outnumber men. This means that there is more to the story, possibly more issues — cough, sexism — which Wikipedia must investigate to figure out what gives when it comes to their lack of women contributors. I find it difficult [...]
One of the most interesting things to come out of the Robert Taylor lecture was this little anecdote. I think it is important to remember that maintaining diversity, beyond the ethical and moral importance of doing so, confers tangible benefits. And we should remember that a lack of diversity at Xerox circa 1970, viewed retroactively, [...]
Last night was my first visit to the Texas Performing Arts Center. The hall was pleasing and larger than I expected, or at least felt that way from our nosebleed seats in the second balcony. We did get a chance to enjoy the outdoor sixth floor balcony during intermission, though the entire evening was, for [...]
The blog Computational Complexity usually focuses on issues of, well, computational complexity, but sometimes a post veers off in another direction, like this particular post on the relative strength of French engineering: In my last post one of the comments asserted without justification that The French will never be as good at Engineering as the [...]
To post too often to Twitter. I’d follow you if you weren’t clogging up my timeline! Suggestion: twabby. Blogs that I subscribe to but don’t want to admit to reading. Suggestion: glogs.
I’m sorry, but among the already super annoying style repertoire at the Times, this has succeeded in cultivating in me an entirely new level of disrespect for the vapid heart of NYC social life.
I really cannot comment on the Iranian election itself, but I think I can comment somewhat on the popular pundit reaction to the election. Fortunately, Matthew Yglesias captures most of my thinking in < 140 characters: People who now think Obama is insufficiently concerned with the Iranian people used to think we should drop bombs [...]
I’m working on an in-depth post on sights around Ann Arbor, but I thought I’d highlight this unique business: Robot Supply and Repair.