Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tom Glocer gets it
[via Jeff] This is probably the most important speech since Rupert Murdoch’s address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in April last year. Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, made a speech to the Online Publishing Association last week. It’s in .doc format here. Some key bits (I’ve ended up posting most of the speech,…
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Planning in Kerry
This story on planning in Killarney warrants a look. I know it doesn’t surprise anyone anymore, but should we still accept it?
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Colbert loves Irishhealth.com
Colbert says Irishhealth.com is one of his favourite sites. He is always looking for new tips on how to beat Scarlet Fever. The Word is ‘Homo Sapien Agenda’.
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The Da Colbert Code
Lyndon Johnson was responsible for the death of JFK, Mike Myers was responsible for hurricance Katrina. It could only mean the Colbert Report.
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Where you been?
Dan Drezner posts maps of the countries he’s visited, using the visited countries site that I remember seeing some years ago. Given my dismal array of countries visited I won’t post mine (you can count the countries on two hands), I will instead show my sisters countries visited. It really doesn’t give an idea as…
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Podge and Rodge
Just watched it this evening, and Aine Chambers from Sligozone.net made it onto the show in the form of showing a video from the site.
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Ajaxpress
Some new blog software, based on Ajax, and going on the Demo it is the simplest format I have seen so far. A new competitor to WordPress?
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China delays space walk for six months
China are holding off on a space walk – but their prowess (regardless of reliance on Russian technology) is increasing. China’s planned space walk mission has been put back by six months and will not now take place until 2008. The scheduled launch of the Shenzhou VII rocket will be the country’s third manned mission,…
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The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy
Readers might remember that I linked to a piece by Ben Shwarz in the Atlantic earlier this month, concerning a paper on the perils of US nuclear primacy. The paper Shwarz talked about is published in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. Their conclusion is worth quoting in full. During the Cold War, MAD rendered…
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Letter to the Bank
Dan Buckley, columnist at the Irish Examiner, has a letter to his bank manager.
Got any book recommendations?