Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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HMS Daring launched
The most newsworthy aspect of the launch appears to be that crew quarters will be fitted with iPod docks. Development of the Type 45 goes back to 1988, when it was a multi-nation project, that broke into a tri-nation one in 1992, and then a UK only project in 1999. Construction began in April 2003,…
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Blasts rock gaming halls in Russia's Caucasus
It could be political or criminal, you never know in this region: Near-simultaneous blasts rocked three slot machine halls in the Russian Caucasus town Vladikavkaz on Thursday, killing two people, the local Emergencies Ministry said. There was no word on what had caused the blasts in the gaming parlors, which are popular across Russia after…
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Boston bloggers
I am off to Boston this month for a week long visit, and wondered if anyone out there (including my readers) knew some bloggers in Boston I could meet up with for dinner and/or beers. I have been to Boston before briefly, but hope to have a better look around this time.
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On outlawing mushrooms
Richard has a post discussing the absurdity of outlawing some types of mushrooms, prompted apparently by the death of a man who took his own life while ‘high’ on a substance. My sympathies go out to the family of the victim, but such an event does not warrant the banning of ‘magic’ mushrooms. And it…
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Back
Well after some downtime due to a move of hosts, I appear to be finally back working. If you find any problems please let me know.
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What is it that blogs do?
Dan Drezner has a good round up of a debate in the blogosphere about itself. Jack Shafer’s column on Slate is especially worth reading. So, when newspaper reporters bellyache about shoot-from-the-hip bloggers who don’t fully investigate the paper trail before writing a story or double-check their facts before posting, they’re telling a valuable truth. Bad…
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Wikipedia blocks Congress
Following wholescale rewriting of bios on Wikipedia by suspected staffers in the US Congress, Wiki have decided to block IP ranges. Congressional staffers have made more than 1,000 changes to entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in the past six months, an investigation by the Lowell Sun has found. The Massachusetts newspaper highlighted changes made…
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'No progress' from EU-Iran talks
It looks like deadlock. We will have to wait and see. A UK diplomat said the EU3, the foreign ministers of the UK, Germany and France – had not heard anything new. The Iranian official, Javad Vaeedi, cast the talks in a positive light and said he hoped the talks would continue. The UN’s nuclear…
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Questions and Answers
I made a decision last year that I would not be commenting on the events that happened in the town I live in. I did briefly discuss some of the issues in the podcast yesterday, but as a rule I have decided to refrain from commenting on the events – and will continue to do…
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Podcast
Myself, Richard, and Mick did a podcast this morning. We discussed a range of issues – but please bare in mind my following of recent events has been as lacklustre as my recent blogging, exams tend to affect things. But download it here, if you dare. (39Mb) Comments are welcome, but please go easy! 😉
Got any book recommendations?