Comments for Eszter's Blog http://www.esztersblog.com social commentary, gadgets, art, travel and whatever else comes to mind Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on Those were the days… by Mashups of various kinds | Susan Crawford blog http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/#comment-14288 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:09:29 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/18/those-were-the-days/#comment-14288 [...] And, of course, YearbookYourself, which Eszter Hargattai used to great effect recently. [...] […] And, of course, YearbookYourself, which Eszter Hargattai used to great effect recently. […]

]]> Comment on Herr Professor Daddy? I didn’t think so. by scott http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/19/herr-professor-daddy-i-didn%e2%80%99t-think-so/#comment-14287 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:07:15 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/19/herr-professor-daddy-i-didn%e2%80%99t-think-so/#comment-14287 Definitely, something needs to change there! At the same time, people relate to men and women differently in every context, not just this one. Every profession, every organization--and surely in non-professional, social situations too. Should we strive to eliminate all of these differences? Maybe just the professional ones? I'm all for professional and workplace equity, but I wonder if there's a limit to how androgynous we can become in our interactions as human beings. Definitely, something needs to change there!

At the same time, people relate to men and women differently in every context, not just this one. Every profession, every organization–and surely in non-professional, social situations too.

Should we strive to eliminate all of these differences? Maybe just the professional ones? I’m all for professional and workplace equity, but I wonder if there’s a limit to how androgynous we can become in our interactions as human beings.

]]> Comment on Herr Professor Daddy? I didn’t think so. by Kristin http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/19/herr-professor-daddy-i-didn%e2%80%99t-think-so/#comment-14286 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/19/herr-professor-daddy-i-didn%e2%80%99t-think-so/#comment-14286 I saw another manifestation of this sort of thing during my Master's courses. Male professors, with the exception of one, were always addressed by students as "Professor Smith", and female professors were always addressed by just their first names, and this held true for both male and female students. With the exception of one male prof, who asked each class to just address him by his first name, none of the other professors invited students to call them one form or the other - it was just the accepted cultural norm that students would address one gender one way, and one the other, which sets up a strange hierarchical element that elevates men up to a more respected position and brings women down to a more personal level, regardless of their place in the academic hierarchy. I saw another manifestation of this sort of thing during my Master’s courses. Male professors, with the exception of one, were always addressed by students as “Professor Smith”, and female professors were always addressed by just their first names, and this held true for both male and female students. With the exception of one male prof, who asked each class to just address him by his first name, none of the other professors invited students to call them one form or the other - it was just the accepted cultural norm that students would address one gender one way, and one the other, which sets up a strange hierarchical element that elevates men up to a more respected position and brings women down to a more personal level, regardless of their place in the academic hierarchy.

]]> Comment on Expert knows best by Chef Q http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/17/expert-knows-best/#comment-14285 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:15:13 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/17/expert-knows-best/#comment-14285 Thank you for including me on your blog Eszter. Happy, healthy cooking to one and all!! Thank you for including me on your blog Eszter. Happy, healthy cooking to one and all!!

]]> Comment on Why Olympics coverage in the U.S. sucks by Going for gold… : orioncloudysky.com http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14275 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:28:43 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14275 [...] To end this unexpected long post, here are some sites where others have protested in how the US Olympics coverage sucks: http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/08/why-olympics-coverage-in-the-us-sucks/ http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/ [...] […] To end this unexpected long post, here are some sites where others have protested in how the US Olympics coverage sucks: http://crookedtimber.org/2008/08/08/why-olympics-coverage-in-the-us-sucks/ http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/ […]

]]> Comment on Why Olympics coverage in the U.S. sucks by Graham http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14274 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:19:26 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14274 Agree with your post. I actually chanced to be in Italy last week watching the games. Interestingly, there was a heck of a lot of Italians winning, but the other main set of events was basically U.S. athletes winning. The result, anyway, is that I saw U.S. basketball players on TV for the first time in many months and watched more fencing than ever before. Italians for whatever reason seem to be really good with skinny swords! Agree with your post. I actually chanced to be in Italy last week watching the games. Interestingly, there was a heck of a lot of Italians winning, but the other main set of events was basically U.S. athletes winning. The result, anyway, is that I saw U.S. basketball players on TV for the first time in many months and watched more fencing than ever before. Italians for whatever reason seem to be really good with skinny swords!

]]> Comment on Why Olympics coverage in the U.S. sucks by Mike3550 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14271 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:31:17 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14271 I wish that they showed more sports that Hungary was good at -- then maybe I'd actually get to see water polo (my sport growing up). Of course, since the US team has a chance this year, there is actually a decent amount of coverage, proving your point Eszter. I wish that they showed more sports that Hungary was good at — then maybe I’d actually get to see water polo (my sport growing up). Of course, since the US team has a chance this year, there is actually a decent amount of coverage, proving your point Eszter.

]]> Comment on Why Olympics coverage in the U.S. sucks by Alex H. http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14269 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:23:08 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/08/why-us-olympics-coverage-sucks/#comment-14269 What that means is that sports in which the US rarely or never medals get no coverage year after year. I am not a fan of spectator sports generally, but I competed in Judo for many years, and like to watch it, even though (with perhaps one exception), it is unlikely that the US will take a medal this year or any year soon. On the plus side, I fully expect that this is the first year I will be able to download fairly complete coverage of the Judo events as torrents recorded from broadcasts in other contries. NBC seems to have some coverage online of Judo, though you have to download Silverlight to watch them, so pfffft! (Erm, I mean "No, thank you.") What that means is that sports in which the US rarely or never medals get no coverage year after year. I am not a fan of spectator sports generally, but I competed in Judo for many years, and like to watch it, even though (with perhaps one exception), it is unlikely that the US will take a medal this year or any year soon.

On the plus side, I fully expect that this is the first year I will be able to download fairly complete coverage of the Judo events as torrents recorded from broadcasts in other contries. NBC seems to have some coverage online of Judo, though you have to download Silverlight to watch them, so pfffft! (Erm, I mean “No, thank you.”)

]]> Comment on Batch of links by David Brake http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/09/batch-of-links/#comment-14268 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:42:58 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/09/batch-of-links/#comment-14268 Re Social networks traffic: 1) That's US user only traffic I think 2) It puts MySpace still well ahead of Facebook? I thought Facebook overtook MySpace last year? Re Social networks traffic:
1) That’s US user only traffic I think
2) It puts MySpace still well ahead of Facebook? I thought Facebook overtook MySpace last year?

]]> Comment on Batch of links by Jacob Christensen http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/09/batch-of-links/#comment-14266 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.esztersblog.com/2008/08/09/batch-of-links/#comment-14266 A little update. There is a discussion about the api hiccups here: http://support.delicious.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=359&page=1#Item_0 This has been suggested as a workaround. Haven't tried it, so I definitively wouldn't guarantee anything: http://deliciousblogrescue.mozdev.org/ A little update. There is a discussion about the api hiccups here:

http://support.delicious.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=359&page=1#Item_0

This has been suggested as a workaround. Haven’t tried it, so I definitively wouldn’t guarantee anything:

http://deliciousblogrescue.mozdev.org/

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