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That argument again…
Posted on January 25, 2010 | 4 CommentsA very brief explanation of why "free will" is a contradiction in terms. -
Not as surprising as you might think.
Posted on January 25, 2010 | No CommentsVin Diesel on a hobby of his youth. -
Quoth the Raven, etc.
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 1 CommentTuesday was Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. It was also Confederate Heroes Day in Texas, but that need not concern us at this time. -
From De Vaults: Selfstalk Blogtrawl No. 1a
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsWith regard to the subject matter of the previous blogtrawl post, I have rediscovered this esoteric and, to date, untitled bit of doggerel which I composed ex tempore a couple of years ago for a fellow-travelling Kropotkin crossword enthusiast: As the sharpener whets the pencil... -
Governor General Michaëlle Jean
Posted on January 19, 2010 | No CommentsA clip of the Canadian Governor General on the earthquake in her birthplace. -
Wait Two Years
Posted on January 18, 2010 | 1 CommentWithin minutes of my son being born — December 18 2009 after a forty minute labour and a harrowing drive to the hospital — I asked the doctor, only somewhat in jest, if I could hop on the table and have her right then and... -
Who dares to love forever?
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsRay Kurzweil is a nutter who probably drinks his own urine, but in a recent interview with Computerworld he talks about the possibility of human immortality in 30 to 40 years. Health- and youth-maintaining nanobots in the blood, the ability to upload total human personality and memory functionality to a non-biological substrate - the stuff of science fiction is getting closer, faster. -
You Know You Ain’t Gonna Use That Printer
Posted on January 14, 2010 | 1 CommentFor a few minutes of entertainment on a Thursday morning, I give you Toby Jones, off of Big Dog Eat Child. -
Suiting Up
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsHow I Met Your Mother is one of the best comedies on American television at the moment, and last night was their 100th episode. It's become an odd tradition in long-running shows to make round-numbered episodes particularly memorable (who could forget Stargate SG:1's hallucinogenic episode 200?) -
From De Vaults: Selfstalk Blogtrawl No. 1
Posted on January 12, 2010 | 4 CommentsI wrote the following on Tuesday 27 April 2004: I have five cigarettes to last me till morning: But 18 bottles of beer The Kropotkin cryptic this week vexes me. The day today is Tuesday already and I still have two more clues to get.... -
“O Vobis Praeteritos Referam Si Ego Annos” — after Vergil
Posted on January 11, 2010 | 5 CommentsYou know what's wrong with young people today? Too much not being in war. -
The Trouble with Muslims
Posted on January 11, 2010 | 3 CommentsOne of my naive fantasies is that New Zealanders are a pretty decent lot, and that while its trans-Tasman cousin may be the international home of racism, New Zealand is bit more mature than all that. Oh, sure, we've got fringe nuts like the National Front, but they're exceptions that prove the rule. And we do have a certain undercurrent of racial prejudice about the natives - but it's that nice, normal, acceptable level, like the background radiation of cellphone towers. Can't do much about it, not ideal, but we all seem to have agreed somewhere along the line not to talk about it. -
Lego Matrix
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsIt is a scene from the Matrix only it is done in Lego. -
Brian Edwards on Determinism
Posted on January 1, 2010 | No CommentsBrian Edwards recently expressed his innate laziness by rehashing his views on determinism. He cites the fact that he is a "hard determinist" as support for his position on crime and punishment. Basically, because a combination of genetics and environment entirely determine a person's actions, it makes no sense to punish them. While I appreciate Dr Edwards' sentiments, I take issue with various points and turns of phrase. -
DNA Transistor
Posted on October 23, 2009 | No CommentsBringing you the future today. -
Sinead’s Hand
Posted on October 16, 2009 | No CommentsContinuing with the theme of posting videos until I have time to write something more substantial, check this out. -
A Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Story
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsOr “How Some Vocalists Can Make Any Song Sound Whiny”. -
Your Personality, IQ and Geothermal Activity Shape Your Future
Posted on October 14, 2009 | No CommentsSorry I haven’t been updating recently. I’ve been very busy with several things, not the least of which is organising a team of volunteers going over to Samoa to help with reconstruction. I’m still quite busy, but have a few things for you to watch.... -
Beck
Posted on October 8, 2009 | No CommentsDid Glenn Beck Rape and Murder a Young Girl in 1990? (dot com) -
Where’s Willem?
Posted on October 7, 2009 | No CommentsBoondock Saints II: All Saints Day It looks a little bit like maybe they’ve replaced the feel of Willem Dafoe’s character with Julie Benz (from episode six of the horrible American attempt at Coupling Darla from Buffy and Angel!) But I love Willem Dafoe. Anyway,...
