Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Bush leading in exit polls
Bush has taken 34 and Kerry has taken 3 college votes. Virginia is too close to call.
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Exit polls posted by Slate
Slate has published exit polls, and it looks like John Kerry is leading. Slashdot cover the story of the publication of these secret polls.
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Weblogs inundated
Foxnews, Sky news and BBC news are all reporting stories on how weblogs are likely to be the first news souces for many people during the election. You know things are really bad when this happens: C:>ping www.instapundit.com Pinging instapundit.com [63.247.138.238] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out.…
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George Bush or John Kerry?
Were I a US citizen, my vote would be going to, you guessed it – John F. Kerry. Early indications are a big turnout. An interesting few days to come no doubt. And I am having serious difficulty getting into the BBC news website – not often that happens.
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Firefox Preview Release 1.0
I downloaded Firefox PR1 the other day, and as much as I liked the previous versions, this version surpasses them all. Not only to I have the option of tabbed browsing, popup blocker built in and assorted other handy things, but a built in RSS detector and aggregator now too. Go get it.
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Veteran Gulf ruler Zayed dies
What an interesting story. Rumours were circulating in Dubai when I was leaving there earlier this month that the Ruler of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, had died. The news of his death was apparently being kept secret for some reason. Today his death was officially announced, but the authorities are saying he,…
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John Kerry likes Mosh
Bush’s opponent likes Eminem’s song Mosh. John Kerry expressed it publicly while asked by MTV about the recent song: MTV-“Last time we talked, in March, you said that it’s important to listen to hip-hop because it gives you a sense of what’s going on in the street. Have you heard the new Eminem song that’s…
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New server
I have moved to a new server, and am in the process of restoring large parts of the weblog. My bandwidth limit has increased to 40Gb per month. Though it does seem to be having trouble coping with the demand…
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The launching of Shade 45 at the Shady National Convention: an official step in favor of freedom of speech
He’s been protested against for his wicked lyrics, the government has constantly tried to censor his music and videos…some people still want to shut him down.
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Still here
Still here, up late. I was just checking my referrals and it turns out I’ve been ranked in at 216th, of the blogospheres most visited weblogs. Who’d have thought it? A few things. The server is groaning under the bandwidth, I will be looking into a new one shortly. My computer is groaning like it…
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