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ALD 10 Unconference and other news.

Mar 30

Posted by Kathryn Cann in Feminism, Law, News, Sciences, Technology | Comments off

The Finding Ada blog have posted video from the Ada Lovelace Day 2010 Unconference in London. Special Guest was Maggie Philbin of Tomorrows World fame. I post the video below as it is well worth a watch if you have the time to learn about Women In Technology.

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Karen Spärck Jones – Search Engine Pioneer on Ada Lovelace Day 2010

Mar 24

Posted by Kathryn Cann in Feminism, Sciences, Technology | 1 Comment

When we type a query into any search engine these days most of us probably take it for granted that the results we get will be somewhat related to our search term. Long before the internet existed, the the pioneering work of Karen Sparck Jones was laying foundations for giants like Google and Yahoo to provide their search engines today.

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Noam Chomsky to become new X-Factor judge August 28, 2010
Professor of linguistics and political campaigner Noam Chomsky has been confirmed as the new judge on TV talent show The X Factor. ‘Cheryl Cole was still recovering from malaria and we needed someone who could fill the intellectual void,’ said programme creator Simon Cowell, ‘Professor Chomsky is perfect and the audience just loves him.’ In his first outing […]
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Pope and Blair to combine state visits August 26, 2010
Britain is preparing to host a joint state visit in September from two religious men convinced of their own infallibility and who refuse to make a public apology for their actions, his holiness Tony Blair and Pope Benedict XVI. ‘Look, it just makes sense to combine the two visits,’ said Mr Blair, ‘we are both Catholics, we both have books to promote and we b […]
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Nick Clegg to wet nurse Cameron baby August 24, 2010
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that he is 'absolutely delighted' to be the wet nurse for David and Samantha Cameron’s new child. ‘I have spent the last few months undergoing hormone replacement therapy in preparation for this very moment,’ said Mr Clegg, who has already developed what he describes as ‘a fulsome pair of lactating man boobs.’ […]
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Return to 1950s style policing as international drug lord given ‘a good clip round the ear’ August 24, 2010
The Home Secretary has heralded the return to traditional 1950s-style policing methods as ‘a major success’ after a local bobby smashed an international drug ring and gave their leader a ‘jolly good talking to’ and a ‘clip round the ear’. ‘I know how to deal with these young scallywags,’ said PC George Dixon, who single-handedly disarmed a gun-toting militia […]
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Outrage as BBC shows repeats of last year’s A-level students jumping up and down August 19, 2010
A-level students have expressed shock and disappointment after being denied the chance to excitedly jump up and down live on TV as they receive their results, following a BBC decision to re-broadcast video of last year’s pupils instead. ‘We simply cannot afford to go out and film yet more students jumping up and down,’ said BBC Director of News Helen Boaden, […]
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