Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Discussion podcast
Reaction has been quite positive to the idea of a podcast with a panel discussion, perhaps via Skype. I would probably use Audacity, but have yet to purchase a microphone – where is a good website for buying good quality mics in Ireland?
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McCreevy to save Europe?
The Economist outlines Charlie ‘bundled to Brussels’ McCreevy’s plan for simplifying financial services in the EU. The former Irish finance minister, now the EU’s internal-market commissioner, is regarded as both a sensible champion of capitalism and a bureaucrat who has slowed the march towards a single market. But he is also seen as an enforcer…
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A ghost that won't go away
The Economist has an unusually rambling article on the current Irish political situation concerning Sinn Fein/IRA. I guess given its brevity it couldn’t do much more than what it does: outline the current situation on who will or will not go into government with Sinn Fein. I did like this bit though: Why—given that its…
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Ideas for the blog
I have been thinking about how to approach adding new content to the blog – I guess I have shortlisted in my mind a number of ideas. Firstly, digests. A weekly Economist digest, with the best of its content (in my opinion anyway), with other periodical digests such as the Atlantic or FP, or indeed…
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Backlog
I have a backlog of stuff the post from the last week or so, best to post it all at once I guess.
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Quiet
Things have been quiet on here of late, thanks to essay deadlines. I hope readers aren’t put off. I have uploaded my latest essay on Islam here, if you feel like having a read. It’s not great, but let me know what you think.
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Probe 'gathers asteroid material'
It still amazes me that humans can do this kind of thing, not only send things into space, but land them on objects like asteroids.
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George Best
The media coverage is too much, ease off just a bit!
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DL on top blogs
DL tries to compile a list of the top Irish blogs on the basis of inlinks via Technorati. A difficult task given Technorati’s increasing unreliability. I do note that Donncha is missing from the list, I do envy his rather stratospheric inlink status. As Frank notes, I do remember that a few more link to…
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On readership
As a blogger I have developed an unhealthy preoccupation with analysing readership. I don’t generally let it affect my output, but I do like looking at how people come here, where they are from, and assorted other statistical information. One thing has stood out in recent months with regard to visitors to this blog. I…
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