Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Late Late Show gaffes
Jaysus the Late Late is full of gaffes tonight. Gay Byrne made a no-holds barred claim that several judges of the judiciary are fond of the gargle. He even used the ‘swiggin imaginery glass to your mouth while saying glug glug’ jibe. I know the allegation isn’t surprising but the way he did it, and…
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Another year
Yes things have been quiet of late… 🙂 25 today! Ah! A quarter of a century!
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Google Trends
Everyone is playing with the new toy. My first search: Who was doing all the searching for cartoons of Mohammed? Pakistan figures highly. Strangely enough so does Ireland. And Peru seem to have a fascination with blogging.
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Colbert roasts Bush
Yes it’s Colbert again, this time at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. 3 parts. Full video.
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C for Cookie
Sorry for yet another video, but this is just too funny to pass up. Click here. via Boing
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Microsoft stock
What happened the Beast? MSFT fell 11% in one day, wiping $32 billion off the value of the company. Results did not meet expectations. They are now trading at just over $24. In related news read Cringely’s latest. He speculates that Apple will buy Adobe.
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Colbert versus Kristol
Colbert wins hands down. Click here.
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Tyler Drumheller
Do you still believe the Bush administration? Click here. At that meeting, Drumheller says, “They were enthusiastic because they said, they were excited that we had a high-level penetration of Iraqis.” What did this high-level source tell him? “He told us that they had no active weapons of mass destruction program,” says Drumheller. “So in…
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Apple argues that blogger can't protect source
An interesting case for Apple, and for bloggers: Apple has sued several unnamed individuals, called “Does” (as in “John Doe” and “Jane Doe”), for allegedly leaking the information. According to the EFF, as part of the lawsuit, Apple has subpoenaed Nfox, the ISP for PowerPage publisher Jason O’Grady, demanding that the ISP turn over the…
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How Microsoft can shut down Mini-Microsoft
Damien and Tom have been on about a rollicking good post from Robert Scoble. He really does care. And his job is on the line now too.
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