Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Ah, bloggin
Apologies for the lack of posting. A combination of laziness and tiredness is to blame. However I have started tagging stuff on delicious, and hope to start using it on a much more regular basis. Just don’t want to find it replacing regular blogging either. You can view my delicious feed here.
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Michael Moore on CNN
Mr Moore goes for Blitzer’s jugular.
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Colbert on Iran
Love it.
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iPhone with 3G
Hehe. I do wonder sometimes. This week Cringely hints that the iPhone has in built 3G, which will be activated through software upgrade. I speculated on the same thing over on engadget a couple of weeks ago. The announcement might be made when the phone is announced for a particular network in Europe. I might…
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Debris view
This is extremely similar to the view I had of what remained of the WTC when I visited New York in late September 2001. It was of staggering proportions.
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Terrorism in NY
Strangely, photos like this make the terrorism that happened in New York seem more real to me than the ones we are used to. This appears to be a chair that hit a BMW after the planes hit the WTC. Amazing.
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Cloverfield
The trailer everyone is talking about (filmed on a phone in a movie theatre). Everytime it’s uploaded to Youtube, Paramount order a takedown. Yes that’s the head of the Statue of Liberty at the end. Poor quality I know, but these videos are hard to find. Dailymotion still have it: ClovrField TTUploaded by anil31
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Alan Johnston released
Thank god for that. BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has been freed from kidnappers in Gaza after almost four months in captivity. Television pictures showed Mr Johnston, 45, leaving a building and entering a white car, accompanied by armed men. He said he was tired but in good health. During his time as a hostage, three…
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Kijiji
I really don’t like the name. But I’m guessing that Kijiji will further decimate print classifieds in the US and beyond. Kijiji is owned by eBay. More here.
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Newsnight joke
I like it… In Jerusalem, a Reuters journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was! She watched him pray…
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