Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Brian Lenihan's speech in Wordle
It will also feature in tomorrow’s Irish Examiner. I took out the sub-heads from the text – words that Lenihan didn’t actually utter. He obviously says “Government” a lot, but I think it serves as a good anchor to the rest of the words.
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John Cleese on Sarah Palin
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Business blogging
The Irish Times have started a business blog, with Laura Slattery and John Collins. It’s a good move, but why does the Irish Times insist that I click “more” to read full posts? Just publish the full posts! I have a roller on my mouse and can happily skim down the page. One cannot run…
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PPARS
October 2005: When you are talking in terms of massive and unprecedented growth, created by this Government, in a €41 billion budget, the level of expenditure of misspent money is relatively very, very small. Then Minister for Communications Noel Dempsey, speaking about the HSE’s controversial €150 million PPARS computer system. I bet they are wishing…
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New MacBooks and Pros
Gizmodo and Engadget are live blogging the event. Let’s see what happens. Update: Ok, I’m not going to live blog the live bloggers but I will add the most important bits. Nvidia has been confirmed, the 9400m. Multi touch glass trackpad. New MacBook Pro unveiled. Looks nice. Solid state drive option too. Two graphics cards!…
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Gori, looking south
I had a quick look round the tank base in Gori two weeks ago, and posted some photos. Towards the end of my trip to Georgia, I made my way up to the castle in the centre of Gori – it gives commanding views of the town and the surrounding area. Looking south I took…
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Saakashvili's Camp David – Borjomi
Don’t ask me how I got access. When I was in Borjormi I managed to get into the grounds of the summer residence of the Georgian president, Mikhail Saakasvhili. The house was formerly occupied by Eduard Shevardnadze, and before Soviet times it was a Dacha of Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov Dynasty. The residence…
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The F-35B
Whatever about the ultimate purpose of planes such as this (killing people), they sure are impressive pieces of technology. If only we put the same innovation (and billions) into more constructive endeavours.
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Some more music
Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra – Man, That’s Groovy. Something so nice about it. And isn’t Ms O’Connell stunning?
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New Macbooks
Finally it is confirmed, Apple will unveil new MacBooks and MacBook Pros on October 14. I can’t say I’m not tempted to upgrade my existing MacBook Pro.
Got any book recommendations?