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So yes I am cheap or as others would put it: frugal. And I do think that $3.50 for a healthy sandwich on campus is not too much to ask for. So I did my research and consulted my ubersonogeek brother and decided that based on my budget a mini-disc player is what I need and can afford.

My car's cd changer broke, my cd-player is an old clunker and I need something I can walk to, listen to in the car, run to on the treadmill and listen to at work. And I had to spend less than $150. Enter Sony MD WalkMan MZ-NH600D and a cheap Belkin FM transmitter. Problem sold. Fantastic sound quality with 48kbs sound. Easy and quick audio transfer. $7 per mini disc for 1gb. It even has a little jog dial and all the standard player features one really needs and I get five free songs. It is light and takes one AA battery that lasts forever. All for $105 shipping and tax included, courtesy of eBay. My only compromise was that it has no FM, but my radio works in the car and at work I listen to KCRW or KJazz over the network so I can live without.

Two hours later 26 albums later from my cd/mp3 collection, I am ready to rock and the disc is not full yet. And I even had enough money left over to visit Zara on the Promenade and buy a fabulous scarf.

Now who said it takes a lot to please a woman?

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Our home page is tentative until we decide what will become of it but here it is for now:
http://www.oxymoros.org/.

This is very exciting news for us. Irina has been on the map for awhile but I am slowly dragging her into the new era. Hopefully with the new piece we are working on (SoulMates) there will be some new tech onstage. I can't choreograph linearly so it will have to be interactive.

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Xbox Power Cords Can Catch Fire, Recall Announced
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...when you find chocolate wedged in the corner of your laptop trackpad and you wonder if it was dark or milk.

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Irina's picture somehow made it in the NY Times...above Clint Eastwood (which is really cool!)

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Women's shrinking presence in IT has become a major area of focus since Harvard University President Lawrence Summers suggested last month that innate gender differences could partially explain why women are less successful at science and math. Some scholars argue that biology is less influential than stereotypical views of computing jobs as nerdy and male-oriented, while the long hours they often entail can be discouraging for women who want to raise families. Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer Radia Perlman notes that women are more susceptible to self-doubt and insecurity than men, and she thinks tech companies should take this into account by making the business culture less cutthroat. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard software engineer April Slayden fits the profile of women who are attracted to technology as a vehicle for making a social difference. The National Science Foundation estimates that women accounted for just 28 percent of computer science bachelor's degrees in 2001, down from 37 percent in 1985; meanwhile, the percentage of female IT professionals fell from 33 percent in 1990 to 26 percent in 2002. However, some initiatives to boost those numbers appear to be having a positive effect. For example, female enrollments in Carnegie Mellon University's computer science school have increased significantly since the institution changed its eligibility requirements to place less emphasis on prior programming experience. And UCLA has received grants from Hewlett-Packard to overhaul an introductory course in electrical engineering so that students can use wireless instant messaging to send questions to the instructor during class--a strategy that is less intimidating for shy students.
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