Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Happy Easter!

    To celebrate Easter have a listen to Bill Hicks’ take on Easter and Gideons… Easter.mp3 Gideons.mp3 Not work safe either!

  • Some Bill Hicks (not work safe)

    Click here

  • Oh they called back

    As happens with radio shows, they called back because of a cancellation. So I was on for a good 10 minutes. Good questions, I hope I sounded ok.

  • Delayed

    That stint on Clare FM put back to tomorrow. Maybe! 🙂

  • On libel

    Dick and Damien note a press release from McCann Fitzgerald concerning libel and blogs. Could someone publish more of the press release? It does seem rather interesting. What strikes me is going after the ISP. How do, say Esat BT, remove my blog from their service? Do they block it? Could someone just not get…

  • Sun ructions

    I have been watching Sun closely of late, especially given their recent share price rise. In-fighting continues however. Ashlee Vance at El Reg has a good story on the latest. I especially like her ending sentence. Referring here to retired server chief John Shoemaker, who is being critical of Sun management: Shoemaker clearly does not…

  • Moving house

    Irishcorruption.com has now set up shop at it’s new home, publicinquiry.eu. Irishcorruption will stay online until further notice, perhaps using redirects to the new site in the future. I will be speaking on Clare FM around 10.40 in the morning to discuss the launch of publicinquiry.eu.

  • Podge and Rodge interview Sargeant

    I watched it last night but a clip of it is now on YouTube: Via Limerick Blogger.

  • Arabic phrase of the day

    Masaa’ al-khayr = Good evening/afternoon

  • Off the shelf

    I had a listen to Off the Shelf yesterday, where they were reviewing Darwin’s Legacy by John Dupré. A really fascinating 30 minute discussion on creationism and evolution. Professor David McConnell, philosophy lecturer Fr. Brendan Purcell and presenter Andy O’Mahony are well worth listening to. Listen here with Realplayer.

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