Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Google speak to search
Ah, it might take time to tweak this, but within a year or two it should be fine for any accent I imagine. Way of the future I guess. Well, that and magazines designed specifically for the iPhone.
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Facebook group update
I am still amazed. We can no longer keep count of invites to the Cervical Cancer Vaccine Facebook group. When it went beyond 6,000 invites, Facebook simply stopped showing how many are now invited. So the revised figures, just 60 hours into the campaign: 1,781 members 6,000+ invited (could be way higher) 61 wall posts…
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Olbermann in a minute
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Cervical cancer vaccine Facebook group
I’ve been helping Red Mum out with her Facebook group on the cervical cancer vaccine debacle. The figures are nothing short of staggering. In just over 30 hours the group has gone from 1 member to nearly 900. The number of invites has gone from 300 to more than 5,000 in the same time period.…
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Washington
This picture sums up my memories of DC pretty well, what a relaxing time I had there. Chicago was just a bit crazier.
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November 11
On this day I remember my great grand uncle, Owen Clerkin. At aged 26, slightly younger than myself, he was killed in action on September 15, 1916, at Delville Wood, France, in the middle of the Somme campaign. He served in the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards. He is buried here, a place I…
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Back again
To the other side of the Atlantic. I guess I would call my trip eventful.
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Predictions
Gerry has pointed out that I somehow managed to call the US election back in January. I remembered one of those posts, but not the other two. My most clear cut prediction was in April. I guess I was reasonably confident throughout the year that Obama would win, as were many people I expect. I…
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Buying papers in Chicago
It’s proving hard for people in Chicago to get copies of the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune. So much so that lines formed on the streets, and people bought dozens of copies each. This guy was happy with his purchase, having already bought about a dozen copies, he asked for another dozen. And…
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Oprah's port-a-potty visit
Some readers and people here in Chicago have shown much interest in the pictures I took last night of Oprah Winfrey’s visit to the port-a-potty (Yes she did). Here are the pics in all their glory. Oprah’s minder shines a light on the ground before her, lest she fall. Oprah exits the port-a-potty, minder at…
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