Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Zarqawi Killed
CNN are showing a video of the airstrike that has apparently killed one of the most wanted men in the world, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Whether or not his death will affect the overall insurgency remains to be seen. It could be just as likely that his successor will carry on as ever, though without the…
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United 93
I went to see it today. An emotional rollercoaster, and well worth seeing. But I found Flight 93 to be a better film overall. There are two chief differences between the two films. First, Flight 93 shows the people at the other end of the phone. We get to see a wife’s or mother’s reaction…
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Cork Opera House
I helped out with the production of this podcast for Cork Opera House… Life Boat Interesting listening, love the song in the middle.
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Government woes
What with all the furore over the Supreme Court judgment, at least we don’t have this spectacle in Ireland. That must be the weirdest and sickest political party I have ever heard of.
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Quote of the day
Minister Brian ‘Biffo’ Cowen on the News at One. Well I mean I have answered the questions insofar as is knowledgable in my knowledge. More transcript below the fold.
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Mac OSX appears on Dell website
Probably a mistake, but OSX appearing on a Dell website can create a stir. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that OSX will feature on PCs at some point in the future. [via Engadget]
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Prime Time on solicitor behaviour
Who watched? It was a damning indictment (Realplayer) of the legal profession. None of it surprised me, even Ken Murphy giving his traditional waffly defence of solicitors said nothing that I wouldn’t expect. Of course it’s fine for the Law Society to both protect the interests of solicitors and adjudicate over their own misbehaviour. There…
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Web 2.0 prior art?
I was browsing comments on O’Reilly and came across a link to this. It’s from 1999. The first glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo might develop.
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X-Men 3
Cian didn’t like it, but given the comments, it seems he didn’t stay until the end of the credits to see the last scene. I have to say I did rather like it as special-effects extravaganzas go, especially since almost none of the filming was done in San Francisco, and yet almost the whole film…
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Canvas
Just tesing out the Canvas plugin for WordPress. It is rather nice.
Got any book recommendations?