Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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London Bloggin
Sorry for the lack of contribution on the vigorous debate folks, and indeed for the lack of posting. I am in London at the moment and hope to get to some events before I return to Ireland on Tuesday. Please make allowances for my lack of posting until then! Cheers.
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How to lose friends and alienate people
What to say? The level of response to my post on Irish political blogging was certainly not what I expected. I was away from a computer all day, but I did get home to read some harsh criticisms. Pointedly, FMK made her(his?) views explicit: there’s a lot of blogs (/sites) in the “irish blogosphere” that…
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Irish political 'blogs'
The Freedom Institute helpfully links to some sites the major parties have put up for their candidates, hastily it seems. I don’t want to seem like I am trying to discourage new bloggers, or even political ones, but for god’s sake, if you are going to get on the bandwagon at least make a half-assed…
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Garda corruption or negligence?
Mary is a single mother. She has ME and suffers from chronic pain. She gets €20 per week from the State. She has a young teenage son who she describes as having the mind of a five year old. He suffers from depression, drinks a lot, does drugs and is generally messed up. He’s in…
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Snow photos
Rannie’s latest photos are just completely amazing. Oh when will I be able to take photos like that? This earlier one is a picture of a snowy tundra, yet looks like a scene from hell. Cold and hot at the same time. Keep it up Rannie!
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Internet Exploder
I’ve only just realised that this blog is not displaying at all properly in Internet Explorer. It all works fine in Firefox, because Firefox uses standards. Microsoft just do their own thing. Anyone got any ideas on how to get the right sidebar to display properly in IE, without breaking it in Firefox? And will…
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Fanning on blogs
Karlin did a quite a long stint this week on Dave Fanning’s show talking about blogs. The show will be available to listen to later this evening. Lots of plugs in there, and some names, including Maura McHugh, from the Irish blogosphere were on to talk about it. Good stuff. PS – at least 3…
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Tennis in Dubai, theater of the absurd?
Steve Clemons got a bit peeved at seeing tennis being played on top of the Burj Al Arab, the hotel I blogged about after visiting back in October. He notes: But this match in Dubai makes my head spin. It’s certainly dramatic to play a game of tennis on a building’s top floor heliport in…
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The Pope and Fatima
I never realised, but according to the Pope, and to the Vatican, there was a divine intervention during the assassination attempt in 1981. This is all related to the ‘secrets of Fatima’. There is a conversation with Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart detailed on this Vatican website. The original text, in Portuguese,…
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Viriathus vs Rome
Viriathus is a name I had not come across before, but reading about him in The Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyzsak, he is certainly someone I won’t forget. Viriathus was perhaps one of Iberia’a greatest military leaders. He succeeded in defeating the Roman army on several occassions, until he was eventually betrayed. The story…
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