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"We thought you might like to know about how our little motorized beach wheelchair company is doing..."
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Zuska is the kick-ass alter-ego of Suzanne E Franks. When not dispensing Zuska's wisdom, Suzanne can often be found gardening, reading, or having one of her thrice-weekly migraines.
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The place where I come from...is a small town. Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.
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Hidden City Philadelphia - Disston Saw Works
Category: Geekalicious
If, like me, you just enjoy looking at technological objects anyway, you would doubly enjoy seeing them sculpted into art objects.
Posted by Zuska at 11:10 PM • 2 Comments •
The Iron As Technological Art Object: Part II
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As Raymond notes in his preface, the audience he had in mind for his book is aesthetes, and "the essential 'facts' of the irons are in the photographs."
Posted by Zuska at 2:29 PM • 9 Comments •
The Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia
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Question: Did you know that there are National Historic Chemical Landmarks?
Posted by Zuska at 9:07 AM • 8 Comments •
Scientist/Guitar Hero
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Isis has a post about the secret life of scientists - an important topic, lest the young 'uns think that grown-up scientists have no lives and just sit around in their labcoats all day reading journal articles, plotting experiments, and...
Posted by Zuska at 9:26 AM • 2 Comments •
Fashion Critic Metes Out Faux-Science Smackdown!
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Mmmm...now this is my kinda fashion blog!
Posted by Zuska at 9:03 AM • 4 Comments •
Links for 4-3-2009
Category: Linkfest
Scads of stuff I don't have time to blog adequately... Johns Hopkins Provost Kristina Johnson was nominated by President Obama to be under secretary of the Department of Energy in mid-March. From the email press release: She is a distinguished...
Posted by Zuska at 7:10 PM • 5 Comments •
Pi Day Voting Has Begun!
Category: Announcements
Pi Day has come and gone. Sciencebloggers have posted their pie recipes and pictures - including, of course, my fabulous Bird Pie - and now it is time to vote for your favorite. You may also enjoy checking out Janet's...
Posted by Zuska at 1:10 AM • 0 Comments •
Celebrating Pi Day With Bird Pie (No, Not That Kind)
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Bird Pie is nutritious for wild critters and nourishing for your soul. I highly recommend it.
Posted by Zuska at 2:50 PM • 5 Comments •
Eweek Global Marathon - Women In Engineering
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The Global Marathon For, By, and About Women in Engineering is going on right now! for the next 24 hours. It's part of the Eweek celebration, which was last month, which I totally missed because I was off in a...
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