Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Greensdale on the blogosphere
Incidentally, I found some of the links in the previous piece via Roy Greensdale’s blog. He has a comment piece in the Guardian today about delving into the world of the blogosphere. I might as well quote the whole piece, it’s worth it. I’ve added emphasis for good quotes. I am at the bottom of…
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O'Reilly versus Murdoch, are newspapers worth it?
O’Reilly has again been trumpeting print newspapers this time calling them the “ultimate browser”. The response of Independent News & Media, the owner of The Independent and The Independent On Sunday, to the march of new media had been measured and thoughtful, he said. Sir Anthony said he believed we are in another period of…
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Blogroll renovation
For the first time I am probably going to have to start breaking up my blogroll to distinguish between bloggers in different parts of Ireland, Cork, Dublin bloggers etc. It is a testament to the the growth of blogging in Ireland that I have to do this, and something I am thrilled about. There are…
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China Restores Google.com
It appears China have lifted a recent ban on Google, but will Google stay in China? China has lifted its online blockade of Google.com after a two-week crackdown that had prevented direct access to the site and temporarily thwarted popular workarounds, a media watchdog group reported Friday. The Paris-based journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders,…
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Google Earth update
The more I compare Google Maps to the recent Google Earth update, the more I see just how big it was. Huge stretches of countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, Australia, Russia and Brazil have been added. Almost the whole of the UAE is now in high-res. And with the launch of more satellites this…
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Archives screwed?
My archive page in K2 appears to be well and truly gone. I have tried various means of bringing it back, but she is darn stubborn. Any thoughts? It seems I’m not the only one with the problem, the K2 page has the same 404.
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Web 2.0 shtuff in Cork, boy
Damien has a post up, and there’s a few photos floating around on Flickr. I didn’t get chatting to everyone, but I did have some conversations with Bernie, Donncha, Rob, Joe, Branedy, Fergus, Ed and a quick chat with Tom and Shel, Salim and Conor. What a great bunch of people and thoroughly enjoyable conversation!…
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Massive Google Earth update – Dubai updated
It’s taken a while, but we are finally seeing more of the world in high resolution via Google Earth. The changes were made last night and include areas of Russia, China, Africa, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Bermuda, the Caribbean Islands, many islands in the Pacific, Puerto Rico, South America, New Zeland, Australia. Of most interest to…
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Angela Merkel Video Podcast
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has her first video podcast, coinciding with the beginning of the World Cup in Germany. A Prime Minister doing a video podcast, who’d have imagined that 12 months ago? [via]
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Don't forget those other 27,000 nukes
Hans Blix is in the IHT today, talking about the nukes that actually exist, as opposed to the ones Iran might want to build. While it’s desirable that the foreign ministers talk about Iran, they don’t seem to devote any thought to the fact that there are still some 27,000 real nuclear weapons in the…
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