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All previous E-BLOG entries are listed here » This blog is moving » Happy Arrival Day! » Stay tuned for more blog » Political blogger who is who dinner » Digital divide symposium » Some light shed on crazy 9/11 rumors » Our gendered world » All comments closed » Extending Internet access to low-income communities » Shattered » The story behind red alert » Weekend trivia » Would you cut up a book? » Pizza, cholesterol check, the works » Welcome » A different kind of road trip » Allowing comments on blogs » Paddling for bandwidth » The right to a soda.. at any price » Online communities » Silly.. but we all do it » Paris notes » New book on Social Inequality » Dear Ralph » Misc posts » Internet use reports » The Creation of the Media » Upcoming travel » Middle school orals » Celebrity sightings » Free stickers » The population of political blogs » Taking the subway? » Ooops » Design for Kerry » Phone numbers » W » In other news... » WWW conference » Blogiversary » Staying the course.. or not » FDA rejects Plan B » Women in science.. at the top » Weekend celebrations » Nem tudhatom... » More in Google news » What can you not find online? » Where do you go first? » Liliputian Lilith » Degrees of separation » Free trip to Israel » I read your email » More in search engine news » Webshop '04 » Random links » The big questions » More on assumptions about search engine use (and related research) » In IT news » Seasonal goodies » Blog coverage » Finding playmates » Selective intelligence » The public life of a dissertation » Altering copyright forms » Do you google? » Passion(ate?) discussion » What's in the order of a name? » Did someone say.. » Something new at the Oscars » Basic science and tech education » Posts on CT » Kleztravaganza » Famous quotes from nowhere » Science and politics » En masse resignation of journal editorial board » Women politicians » Some consequences of bad spelling » And where were you educated? » Name that product » Sixty years in two hours » Your taxes hard at work.. uhm I mean at play » Movie: Good-Bye, Lenin! » Random Web Wow » Sing a bleep bleep » On the road » Birthday boogie » A different book list » Playing safely » Whose product? » The un(?)intended consequences of courseware » Cooking week » Race for funds » The sky's not a limit » Call for papers: Standards and Public Policy » Stupid code » March for Choice in April » The importance of context » Treasure hunt in the stacks » Upcoming travel » Articles about "digital divides" » Book cites » Updated picture gallery » Preferably lost in translation » Mobile phones, mobile numbers » An update for friends » World Cup finals » Where do you search? » More on teaching and blogs » Experts on media deregulation » I am joining Crooked Timber » New blogs added » An interesting tattoo and other related items » Video glitches on United » TPRC? » Pyalnig wtih langguae » Blogs and teaching » Remembering » Different school jitters » Arrival Day follow-up forthcoming » Blogs added: Pen-Elayne & Protocols » Happy Arrival Day! » Color me purple » On the road » Moving - blog hiatus » "Blogging for Development" » PC Pine for Windows » Night sky » Salon subscriptions » Net neutrality » New Web site: CACPS » When the rest of life intervenes... » Movie: Dirty Pretty Things » The politics of science » Can social connections and recommendations be automated? » New blogs added » Pill controversies » Friendster comments on Kuro5hin » Nation stats » The best of Blogathon 2003 » Six degrees of separation or unification? » How to sit at a cafAMPeacute; » E-BLOG design » Countdown to Arrival Day » Movie: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life » Great conference: TPRC (September 19-21) » The global Blogathon » I blogged for 24 hrs straight » Blogathon 2003 » Last-minute Blogathon incentive! » Choices » The world we live in » Blogathon countdown! » More on how Google isn't God » Scary » Bumper sticker » Completely free credit reports » Blogathon '03 sponsorship update » Daily health reports » Labor market updates » Hidden treasures of New Jersey » It's not too late » New blog: Crooked Timber » It is not Google but search savvy that may make the Web God, and only for some » WMD » Always password protect! » Photo scavenger hunt » Blogathon 2003 on Eszter's Blog! » Oxford prof rejects student based on nationality » Photo fun » Blog (and general Web) ban likely worsens » Music recommendations » Post-doc available immediately » Blogathon 2003 » More on name changes » Neat ad » How do you feel about English grammar? » Another sociology blog » Defense party » Is there a doctor in the house? » TV shows on demand online » The 2 percent club » Webshop 2003 » Upcoming defense » Not your typical 404 » The academic journal review process » Others reporting » Reporting live... » When using the Web is a big challenge » Petition to Reclaim the Public Domain » Amusing search result » New sociologist blog: Tina Fetner's Blog » New developments in Web search » Movie: Bruce Almighty » Prof 101 » Some thoughts about orange » Journals guide » Hurray for cartoons » It's party time... » More on media diversity » Blogger meeting » If only books had a search function » More on the FCC's media deregulation plans » Let the world know... » Mapping globalization » Random news of the day » Panel on the FCC's media deregulation plans » Book: The Grasshopper King » What's good research? » Fristfest 2003 » Pictures of the lost treasures » Settlement between RIAA and students » Book review: Our Lives » Yom HaShoah » Raki raki » Finding more blogs of interest » Celebrating 50 years of the double helix » Choose the leader » Appendixes going strong » Blow to women's rights in Israel » How much is a childhood memory worth? » Light blogging ahead » Expert on technology and policy » Mixing holidays » Looting and apple pie » Movie: Bend It Like Beckham » Gender Equity Project post-doc » How 'bout some serious studies of gender? » The environmental effects of war » US Internet diffusion levels off » Out sick » Finding tax forms online » When will the RIAA sue Google? » The demand for feminist humanist modern version Haggadahs » More praise for Nobel Prize book » Blog wreckage - help needed » YES: Hungarians vote to join EU » Destroying artifacts, new and old » EU expansion » More on RIAA vs students » TAPPED usability » Blogs added » A humanist feminist modern version Haggadah for Passover » Religion and schools » Rational consistency about religion and the Loch Ness monster » Something different » RIAA vs Princeton student(s) » Letting go » Tracking blog coverage » Classifying computer and Internet terms » Do I have your coordinates? » The new science of networks: pastries and other goodies » Forgetting to remember » Vote for music and more » America's French's » Testing Lynx » Cartoon political commentary » Match that blogger! » Serious on April Fool's Day » Networks of diseases » New blog: Political Aims » Blog added: ResearchBuzz » Hit parade » More on student visas » Concert: The Klez Dispensers » Learning from the past » Foreigners need not attend » Ouch » Proposed ASA statement against the war » SSRC IT and International Cooperation research networks » Paper: The Changing Online Landscape » Great study on spam - careful with email addresses on Web sites! » More sources on Iraq » More on Iraq » Firsthand account from Iraq » A different petition » Violence forgotten » Blog added: Brad DeLong » Where do you get your news? » $1,250/word » Documenting domestic violence » Public Knowledge » Gender and self-assessed skills - some puzzles » Appendixes triumph » Berlin as a safe haven from anti-Semitism » Video: Read my lips » Gendered pronouns » Paths to blogs » A pledge and the dissy » Communication, Information and Internet Policy » New sociology blogger.. and more on current affairs » The less visible consequences of war » The right to protest or ignore » Your privacy for pennies » Networks by networks » Quiet weekends in blogworld » Blog added: bIPlog » Creativity » Bank glitch gives student access to Princeton's accounts of $9.9 million » Who rules? They rule. » New blog added » Free trip to Israel » Ann Crittenden's ultimate survivor game » Local Googles try to second-guess user preferences » Paper: Serving Citizens' Needs » Celebrations » Freedom-to-Tinkerer profile & where are the sociologists? » Concert: Kasey Chambers » The digital divide and what to do about it » More blogs » Sociologist dies » E-LIST update » Helpful software: PhoTags » Tidbits » Larry Lessig's Princeton visit » Social norms, trust, privacy » Real winters » Why discard anything? » Mind reader or ... » Still more snow » More snow » Closed due to snow » The marches in pictures » Signs in NYC rally » V*gin* Monologues » E-voting - striking the right balance » NJ art funds in danger » Nature photos » Political cartoons » Innovative ways of teaching » A penny a song » Blog types » Power law distributions and blogs » From above » Pictures » Similar yet different » How pink can you get? » NPM in TANF » I know what you did .. way back when » Crosslinks » Launching E-MIX » Staying warm » The future » M$ vocab & blog definitions » Sotudg » Classifications and world soccer » Oh-oh » Sex unknown - now passport-proof » Cool Google features » More on antiwar protests » More on Google rankings » More on mp3 players » Anti-war protests » Movie: The Net » Recent work » Mobile blogging.. any blogging? » Short break » Overdue thanks » Cool quote » Some good empirical work in econ » 21st century 8 ball » Bloggies 2003 » Google does seem to love blogs » The New Year is finally here, blog on » Mp3 player recommendations? » Continental DiViDes » Memories » Movie: Chicago » Welcome to 2003 » Lentil soup for good luck in the New Year » Back to the basics » The thinking behind movie ratings » Today's front pages » Internet user statistics » More on airport security » The Internet and political campaigns » Taking a break » When you become the spammer » Guarding email » Adbusters » Happy Birthday E-LIST » E-BLOG blocked » Recipe page keeps on giving » More products of interest » Proud to be a geek » Best of E-LIST? » Public use of wireless and the military - a century later » Too old for the candles » Laptop nightmare at airport security » The kindness of strangers » Almost back... » Pool disassembly not included » Some books to read... » Holiday weekend » Thanksgiving cooking and Web searches - take II » Email 101: the importance of bcc » Thanksgiving cooking & Web searches » Water, lozenges and some CH3COOC6H4COOH » Who counts as a techie? » M$Speak » "Fast Food Nation" at Princeton » "Please leave the plane, we can't close the door with this many people in it" » More on mixing computer science and social science » Success! » Scientific fraud » Computer science and the liberal arts » Halloween costumes » Helpful resource on prison statistics » Google censors sites » Shawn Colvin concert in Princesstown » Usability glitch at EWR » A visitor » I'm still here... » The Nobel Prize keeps giving (Literature) » Nobel Prize down the hall » Cool software » Regulate electronic whoopee cushions! » The online trick or treat experience » Another Google game » Internet Problems for the Public Interest » Hello goodbye » Clicking frustration » Making sense of proposed gadget regulation » Smiling Marx » Book sales » Closed due to illness » Journalists and academics » Selective Google blocking in China » Free books online, copyrighted or not » A really good conference » Free the mouse sticker is here! » Google block in China - the plot thickens » Gadgets galore » Patterned parking lots, hanging trees » Shana tova - take II » Yahoo usability glitch » 9/11 teddy bears? » Shana tova » Seeking gadgets » "Remembering 9/11" searches » Google blocked in China » The art of listening » Memories » Happy August 31st! » Here a blog, there a blog, where's the blog?! » Comic relief » Woman from Joysee seeks news » Required first year books » Nice map » Free the mouse! » Budapest & the region's floods » From Chicago » From a different perspective » What money can buy... » Blank pages, crowded lenses » Frenetic fanatics » Why Web retail is cool » Apple fans beware » Smile, your hometown's on camera » Interesting business strategy » iDrive yourHype » Book: Fast Food Nation » Observing Surveillance » Geekiness at Eszter.com » Usability experts (and my 15 seconds of fame) » Public on- and offline - take II » Happy Birthday » A good interviewer » Proposed social science PhD requirement: live in another country » Going pro » Archive while you write » Protecting your - and others'! - email from spam » How public is public on- and offline? » HTML, please » Great Excel advice or Does anybody need a dissertation topic? » Random sampling » I spoke too soon! - Cell phone telemarketing take II » Pondering Privacy @ Pool Parties » Spam hell at a new level » 100! » Donkeys and cows » Do email vacation messages spur more spam? » Humor & dissertations » Creativity » Book: Nickel and Dimed » Watch your ATM! - and how to get back... » Google's limitations » Play: Placebo Sunrise (& The Tipping Point - take III) » "Linking prohibited" aka clueless about the Web » The Tipping Point - take II » Glimmer of hope on the privacy front » In Memoriam: Danielle Drumke, Smith College Class of 1995 » Book: The Tipping Point » From thought to drawing » Computer/video games » Internet measurement hardships » In New York this summer » Webshop » Summer is here » On filtering software... » P-Rade and other Princeton fun » Your privacy.. take II » "The Future of Internet Regulation" - a conference » Classroom projects you shouldn't do... » High school students and Web searching » Cool software » Without TV » Hurray for the blogging community » Escaping Excel (well, not quite..) » The future of blogs.. maybe » Blog sighting » On teachable search engines » Protecting your privacy » Movie: About a Boy » Movie mistakes » My piece in First Monday » The politics of human subjects review » The disappearance of Geography departments » New pics » Earthlights identified » Launching [Archives] Search entries: April 2004 S M T W T F S         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30   Links of Interest How to win the Nobel Prize Click for Mammogram Play "Match That Blogger" Blogathon 03 Archives Recent entries » This blog is moving » Happy Arrival Day! » Stay tuned for more blog » Political blogger who is who dinner » Digital divide symposium » Some light shed on crazy 9/11 rumors » Our gendered world » All comments closed » Extending Internet access to low-income communities » Shattered » The story behind red alert » Weekend trivia » Would you cut up a book? » Pizza, cholesterol check, the works » Welcome Previous entries May, 2002 - July, 2003 Blogger info Eszter Hargittai Communication Studies Department Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208 blog at eszter dot com Blogs I Visit The small print A few words on what I will and will not post on this blog (taken from my E-LIST entry of January 2, 2002). I have nothing against posting commercial sites as long as they come highly recommended. In fact, I'm quite interested in improving informed consumer choice so I'm very curious to hear about good experiences with online retailers. What I will refrain from posting are sites that require plug-ins or programs that are painful to deal with. Example: I will not post anything that only works with RealOne/RealPlayer as that program is intrusive and annoying beyond belief and I am not willing to reinstall it on my machine (it was hard enough to get rid of it completely in the first place) nor do I want to encourage others to have it. If your site has audio content, please make it available in multiple formats or choose one that can be run on multiple players (e.g. .avi). Feel free to link to my Weblog with or without this graphic button. http://www.esztersblog.com

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