Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Village Magazine
I hadn’t checked in a while, but Village have a redesigned website that actually has content now. The links seem to be permanent ones too. All of the content is free to read, but I imagine only subscribers will get full access to all the archives. I like the design too, all they need now…
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Apple faces iPod Nano litigation
As an owner of an iPod nano I can say that my one at least is incredibly easy to scratch. Even sliding it into your jean pocket, as Jobs demonstrated at the launch, was enough to mark the colour screen. I will be posting detailed photos shortly.
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Magdalen Laundries
Anthony has posted a transcript of the interview Vincent Browne did with Kathy O’Beirne. It makes for harrowing disturbing reading, read it, but be prepared.
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Britain and Ireland
Just attended a seminar in Croke Park on a new website just launched, britainandireland.org. It is a very interesting idea and I will certainly be keeping an eye on it. The launch got some coverage on Newstalk 106 this morning and on Ireland.com. Mick Fealty from Slugger, and co-guest with me on de telly, is…
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Rory Carroll
Rory Carroll missing in Baghdad? I hope he will be ok.
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Freedom of the press in Dubai?
A curious development given the bad state of press freedom in Dubai: Sheikh Mohammed, Dubaiâs Crown Prince, has called for a new era of press freedom in the United Arab Emirates. In mid-October, he waxed poetic before 500 journalists at his palace, saying, âThe UAE will continue to be an oasis of freedom, democracy and…
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An affair to remember
One of the stranger stories you might hear from the UAE: A camel has been condemned to death after a worker was caught having sex with it in the remote emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. The man, a Bangladeshi driver, was sentenced to three months in jail for his dangerous liaisons. His employer reported him…
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Podcasting question
Can anyone from the podcasting/audioblogging world recommend a good high quality but inexpensive microphone?
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Police: Wife of TV legal analyst slain
This could turn into an even bigger trial than the ones Daniel Horowitz is involved with. The wife of prominent defense attorney and TV legal analyst Daniel Horowitz was found slain in the entryway of the couple’s San Francisco Bay area home, authorities said Sunday. Horowitz, currently leading the defense in a sensational murder trial,…
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Stopping blogging
I have to sympathise with the views expressed by Xanadb in his final post. To my mind the bloggersphere has reached a saturation point. I just can’t be bothered following them anymore. A case in point was the recent announcement of apple’s Video iPod, and the whole hype around web2.0. I don’t really need to…
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