On the gendered aspects of the Bluetooth as a tech artifact see the February 26 2008 entry at genbot course blog .

"You bet I've gotten confirmation from her in the last three weeks, are you ready, are you ready, and yes we've gone over the audit reports, the commitments are being made, and we'll just have to see, I think districts fine with this. I'm hoping beyond hope and I've been told absolutely we're ready to go, we're ready to go...

Why do they always look so silly?

Stuck in Toronto Airport With Those Philly Blues Again...

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 28(1): 80-91 (2008).

This article argues that post-September 11 political debates and
legislation around security necessitate a reconsideration of a right to privacy in Canada. It looks at the proposal for a Canadian Charter of Privacy Rights promoted by Senator Sheila Finestone in the late 1990s and the current challenges of emergent material technologies accelerated by digitization and political technologies of regulation and governance.

Zachary Lazar -- Sway: A Novel (Little Brown, 2008).

A narrative wherein early Rolling Stones ca. Brian Jones till he gets booted from the band and drowns in a swimming pool while Anita P. runs with Keith and Mick learns how to sing and strut meets up with a middle-aged Kenneth Anger of cult films Scorpio Rising and Kustom Kar Kommandos (among many) notoriety who in turn is wanting to cast a young pre-Charlie Manson Bobby Beausoleil in Lucifer. Dark, at times funny, and remarkable that many of the real-life characters are still alive after imbibing that many drugs.