Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Hip-hop producer faces Dubai drug charges
One thing you definately don’t do is try to bring cocaine into Dubai. I guess given its increasing perception as a ‘Western’ city, many may be fooled into thinking its laws may be equally liberal for simple possession of a class-A drug. But no, up to 15 years for this guy.
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Jon Stewart on the Miami Seven
Classic Stewart. Go to C & L to watch the video.
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Street Fighter Online
It’s back, and it’s free. Brings back memories. (Shockwave required)
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Fired
The Comcast guy has been sacked. Poor guy.
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Scientology orientation video
Looks like someone smuggled a video camera into a Scientology induction screening, fascinating stuff. These guys are nuts. Best quotes: You are at the threshold of your next trillion years. You will live it, in shrivelling agonised darkness or you will live it triumphantly in the light – the choice is yours, not ours. If…
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Comment spam issues
In the last few weeks I have noticed an increase in the amount of comment spam coming my way. Akismet catches most of them, now standing at over 37,000 comment spam caught. It increase by between 500 and 1000 a day. Today I came across this. It appears to be a log for spammers, of…
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Orlowski on photo communities
Andrew Orlowski over at El Reg penned an article his week where he claimed Flickr was getting far more publicity than it’s due. He cites a Hitwise survery that suggest Photobucket is the biggest of photo sharing sites, while Flickr lies in 6th place. He suggests that Flickr, being a Web 2.0 darling, receives far…
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Ron Suskind: The One Percent Doctrine
Interesting interview over on C & L where Ron Suskind alleges that the US deliberately bombed al-Jazeera in Kabul in order to teach them a lesson. He also gives an insight into the Cheney’s thinking in the months after 9/11.
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Ann Coulter on Newsnight
Paxo wasn’t as good as I thought he would be against the American firebrand. You can watch it here (latest programme), and fast forward to 13.25.
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I've been added! Oh! Down with the Bourgeoisie!
Lo and behold, Dick O’Brien, myself and Tom Cosgrave, all old stalwarts of the blogging game have been added as contacts to Labour’s flickr page. I promise, I didn’t ask! 🙂
Got any book recommendations?