Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Remember Me
When I bought the Marshall Mathers LP, I think that « Remember Me » used to be my least favorite song from the whole album. Probably also because it sounded more metal than hip hop to me. But when I took time to have a look at the lyrics, I noticed that the song was…
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Titan surface revealed
I am speechless. Whoah.
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Condoleeza Rice for Vice President?
Kevin Drum is hearing some buzz in Republican circles in Washington, but pretty much discounts Rice, saying that Bush-Cheney is much more likely. On another note, is Condi Rice a lesbian? A quick browse around reveals this popular story. I had an interesting chat about the idea with an editor from a big magazine and…
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Captors seize Bulgarian hostages
An Islamic militant group in Iraq has threatened to kill two Bulgarian hostages – the latest to be captured. A videotape broadcast by al-Jazeera television shows two men with their hands tied, flanked by three gunmen. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is suspected to be behind it, but some Iraqi militias apparently have put a price on…
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Blog party in Dublin
Well a deluge of email arrived concerning the blog party in the Market Bar in Dublin this Saturday. Actually no, nobody emailed really to say they were going, but some emailed to say they weren’t. So at the moment I am expecting about 7 people to turn up, which is a poor showing given the…
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Rumors are not always the mirror of reality
Sometimes rumors spread faster than true facts on the internet and in the newspapers, particularly when the so called information has to do with a personality such as Eminem.
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Besieged Movie Industry Suffers Record Takings
A rather bitter but funny contributor to Slashdot notes that: “The BBC is reporting that the movie industry, in yet another illustration of just how much damage the Internet is doing to the long-suffering members of the MPAA, has just endured a record breaking $1Billion dollar takings for the single month of June. Clearly there…
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The customer is always right? Not anymore
It appears that Best Buy might think that customers are no longer always right. I feel the same, in fact so would anyone that has worked in a service industry. Anyway, Slashdot links to the story that Best Buy is not happy with some of its customers – they rightly note that this may be…
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The money spinning blog
Drezner also has some dirt on the $300,000 book deal that a blogger got last week. But the blogger in question was only blogging for, well, two weeks. As they say in Cork to say something is really good, “how bad”. Wonkette has more.
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The philosophy of Spider-Man 2
Dan Drezner joins an interesting discussion on the philosophy of Spider Man 2. The film isn’t even out here yet. Do not read it unless you want to spoil the story, but I do like the way the arguments are presented. I think that Henry Farrell over at Crooked Timber probably has the best conclusion.
Got any book recommendations?