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Diversity Technology

Now what was that joke again?

More from the Women in Linux paper:   Don’t tell sexist jokes Sexist jokes are the number one way to drive women out of any group, and they are more common than many people realize. I have more than once heard a man say that he doesn’t make that kind of joke, and then hours or minutes […]

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Diversity Technology Web

The true secret behind the X

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea linked to a power house web site tonight: Women in Linux. You all should print this out on pretty paper, put a bow on it and give it to the Alpha Man in your life. Seriously, though, Dorothea, I’m finding that this straight forward, honest, and out in the open approach just isn’t effective. […]

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Diversity Technology

Coders-only-club strikes again

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Catching up on reading tonight, I stumbled over the following at Mark Pilgrim’s:   On a side note, remember that flap just before the holidays about the Coders-Only Club? Well, look at it this way: some people have strong opinions about the way computers should work. Other people have strong opinions about […]

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Just Shelley

Trying to save the gooseneck lamp

More detail than ‘Out’… I fell on the ice last week and hurt my lower back/hip area. It’s been getting progressively worse and today, when I tried to walk around the gentle, flat Tanglewood Trail at Powder Creek, I fell again. Except it was 70 F, and clear trails and I didn’t slip as much […]

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Burningbird

Out

Sorry to rescind my offer to take screenshots of your weblogs with Safari. I’m going to be out of touch for a while, and won’t be checking my email, or this weblog. Others will be willing, I’m sure, to take screenshots for those of you interested.