Category Archives: Journal

The maddening bliss

Yesterday, as I was browsing through google news, I stumbled upon an article decrying the “Gospel of Scientific Materialism.” The article was posted on first things, a christian fundamentalist website, so one has to wonder – I certainly did – … Continue reading

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Periodic table of cursing

(Click to enlarge.) Credit goes to Stephen Fry for finding it on jezebel. Here’s one of my favorite comments on jezebel: I’d like to distill International Cunt Circus (Icc)and add it to Christ on a Fucking Bike(Cfb). I think I’d … Continue reading

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Bertrand

bertrand, n. (1) A state of profound abstraction of mind and spirit; a trance. “He went into a bertrand and began to babble about the class of all classes which are not member of themselves.” (2) The state of a … Continue reading

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wittgenstone

wittgenstone (from Old High Anglo-Austrian, witty and Stein) (1) v. To deny resolutely the existence or importance of something real or significant, on the ground that the grammatical pre-conditions for such a denial do not obtain. “Some think qualia should … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Alan Turing!

If he was alive, Alan Turing would have been 98 years old today. He could still be alive today. He could have met Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Nicholas Negroponte – he could have worked with them… I am sorry, I … Continue reading

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Avatar through the eyes of a master

I just read Greg Egan’s review of Avatar, and it’s spot-on.

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A. C. Grayling

I’ve read a couple of his books, I’ve heard a few of his speeches. Professor A. C. Grayling is one of the good guys.

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Images of Disgrace

Why do the photographers do it? What drives them to take pictures like these? I’ll never know. I can only hope they never stop. The “media” are only too happy to promote the party line. http://www.battlespaceonline.org/

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The Missing Link

“Most people would rather die than think, and most people do.” Bertrand Russell Forget the intermediates in the fossil record. How about the missing link in the chain of thought of the religious? How does one reconcile worshiping god and … Continue reading

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Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop

Wish you were here.

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Home, Sweet Villa

Our new home. This is our new home. Now we have to do landscaping. And stuff. whodathunkit

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Came crawling out of the woodworks

I hate spam. I hate spammers even more. No, wait – hate is too strong a feeling. I do not hate them, any more than I hate cockroaches and such. They bug me, but they’re part of the big picture … Continue reading

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Howl!

From Reed College @ iTunes U, here‘s “Howl” (and other poems) by Allen Ginsberg.

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My office at home

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