Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tullow again
Ghana to be become African Tiger? With the help of now “UK-based” Tullow. Technically true, since they have offices in London. Though they have offices all over the world, notably also in Dublin.
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Neokast beta
I’ve been invited to test out Joost rival Neokast. It’s in very early beta, and I have been having some difficulty streaming some videos. It is also not yet compatible with Firefox.
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Tullow Oil
BBC news piece. And there was me thinking Tullow was an Irish company. Does that mean all firms listed on UK exchanges become UK companies?
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Paul Potts
This has been the sensation on YouTube this week. I caught it on telly last weekend, but it seems to have proven a hit with the US audience, especially given Simon Cowell’s huge praise for Paul. Mr Potts will go far no doubt. Going by the various comments and hits on YouTube, we must be…
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New MacBook Pro arrives
Finally got it today, though I hear of backlogs. Looks like I got in early. So far so good. It’s really nice, thought haven’t tested battery life with the new LED screen yet. It’s nice and fast though, with the same amount of RAM as my Dell 9400 running MCE. Bootcamp shall be installed, and…
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Covestor
Via Jeff is this CAPS-like service of watching the investment portfolios of other people. The bonus is that successful pickers get financial rewards. Definitely a winner, and definitely going to be bought out by a bigger firm. I’ve signed up to the beta, looks nice so far. Better than Stockpickr, but not quite as good…
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Bush's watch
This higher definition video makes it appear that Bush’s watch was stolen in Albania. The White House is saying he put it in his pocket. Hm.
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MacBook update
My new MacBook Pro has left the TNT depot in Shanghai. Yay!
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Videohybrid
I found this website a few weeks ago. It puts together a range of movies and TV series into one site, embeds all the videos from other video websites such as dailymotion – and thus allows you to watch whole series episode by episode.[Graphic adverts though!]. Dunno about the legality of it though…
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Chinese space weapons
Meanwhile, in Foreign Affairs two writers weigh up the recent Chinese anti-satellite missile test. Bates Gill holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is the author of Rising Star: China’s New Security Diplomacy. Martin Kleiber is a Research Assistant at CSIS. Curiously and worryingly, they argue…
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