Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Brian Rossiter
Vincent Browne has taken this story to heart. It is an extremely serious incident, and one that I believe people do not know enough about. In fact it’s not extremely serious, it’s blatantly and completely unbelievable that this could happen in any country that claims to be a democracy. The long and short of it…
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Finally..
…a well put together, decent, thought-out, genuine, weblog from the BBC (kind-of), using Typepad no less. It really is very good, I hope they keep it up after the one issue they have targeted is over. Over at Perfect.co.uk, the weblog’s writer, BBC hack Paul Mason left a comment: Thanks for that – we are…
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Martian life might threaten human mission
It is a scenario that may seem sci-fi, but it could happen. NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group this month issued a report on research needed to certify the safety of such a Mars mission. One of the panel’s top priorities goes well beyond the scope of any mission in NASA’s current plans. The panel…
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Tom Cruise doesn't have a hissy fit
So Tom Cruise actually comes across looking like a sensible human being. The video of it actually makes the guy from Channel 4 look like a plonker, by virtue of the fact that Cruise takes a completely reasonable position.
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Chinese Blogger Slams Microsoft
Some more on the Chinese blog/MSN censorship story. It seems that Chinese bloggers are not too pleased, understandably. “Internet users know what’s evil and what’s not evil, and MSN Spaces is an evil thing to Chinese bloggers.”
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Newsnight joke
A wife walks in the kitchen and sees her husband holding a fly swatter. She asks him, “Why are you holding the fly swatter?” The husband says, “I’m killin’ flys.” She asks, “Well, have you killed any yet?” He says, “Yep, three males and two females.” The wife, puzzled, says, “How can you tell what…
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Ships docked in Cork
A lovely day for some photos, here is the HMS Grafton docked in Cork: And the Australian ship HMAS Anzac, on a courtesy call to Cork.
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I do love blogging
A blogger, either Georgian or of Georgian descent, living in Germany, so impressed with my coverage of Georgian politics was kind enough to leave a comment on my blog. In turn I had a browse around, despite my lack of German. I find some lovely photos of Georgia, and this fascinating study into the just…
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Deepthroat
Interesting, and indeed disturbing, that I’m ranked fourth on Google for ‘deepthroat’.
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MSN Spaces workaround
MSN recently decided to go along with the Chinese authorities and block certain profane words like “human rights,” “democracy,” and “freedom of speech”. The fascinating blogosphere reaction is detailed here. Thankfully with technology there is always a workaround.
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