Archive for August, 2007

My name is Glenn, and this is my book collection

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

So, about 5 years ago at the Aurora Picture Show, I had the good fortune of seeing a curated screening of heavy metal-related movies, including the infamous Heavy Metal Parking Lot and the magical clip above, which shows Danzig talking about his book collection. Thanks to Youtube, I can now watch this gem over and […]

Social Networking Under Analysis

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

danah boyd has compiled an excellent bibliography of research on social networking sites. It’s a work in progress, so if you know of things she’s missed, you should e-mail them to her. Regardless, though, the bibliography includes some interesting pieces of work, particularly with regards to privacy on the net, so if you find […]

Sexual “differences”

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Cindy M. Meston and David M. Buss, researchers here at UT, just published a massive study they did of why people (specifically, college-aged people) have sex. The results of the study: men and women have sex for roughly the same reasons.
While the researchers readily acknowledge that the results may vary across age groups, the […]