August 2009
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July 2009
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More Mario 64 Australian Rules videos! →
The videos of the Japanese guys avoiding the 1up mushroom in Mario 64 were great, and now they’ve posted another level. Clicky clicky!
WatchThe single greatest robot of all time. Watch it. Ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding, ding-a-ding-a-ding-a-ding
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Gadzooks
It never occurred to me that the above oath, so benign and absurd in sound, is actually a corruption of “God’s hooks,” a euphemism for the nails in the cross. Gadzooks indeed!
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“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible...”
– Thomas Jefferson
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Sunset - “Your Eyes Are Mirrors,” The...
Why we must ration health care →
A very convincing article by Peter Singer describing the need for health care rationing, although “rationing” is a term which should probably be avoided in debate situations, for obvious reasons.
Essentially, we are already rationing health care by way of cost, and the objections that life has no set value, while true in some ways, are not good policy guides. After all, the million...
The Psychologist's Dilemma →
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal absolutely nails the Russian doll-like way in which Psychology experiments are often organized. They’re never testing what you think they’re testing, and they always lie.
Amazon puts Orwell e-books in the memory hole →
Give me a god damn break. This is some serious bullshit. I was going to put this post on TechCrunch but was beaten to the punch by another writer (damn his eyes).
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“According to the best accounts which I have been able to obtain, this Chimaera...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
Charlie Brooker chimes in on the revelation that... →
Satirical (and hysterical) British columnist Charlie Brooker takes on the fact that suddenly we can’t trust the government, the press, or each other, even though we all know that’s how it’s always been.
WatchLate night! This debate, while less scholarly, was far more entertaining and even-handed than I expected, considering it’s with Al Sharpton. He does get schooled, though.
WatchOn an atheist kick, I guess. This was a most fascinating debate between Christopher Hitchens and Alistair McGrath about all things religious and moral. For once it’s not a network news commentator asking Hitchens how can he have the nerve to not believe in god, but rather an intelligent former atheist who is now a theologian of note. He still appears to be out of his league, although...
Forget Shorter Showers →
I’ve always felt this way (individual actions are praiseworthy but ultimately ineffective in large issues), but I tend to expand my view to further individual actions like say, handing out pamphlets or picketing. Change only comes at the breaking point, and although you can make sure others are willing to make that change, it’s too much to expect that change to come before it’s...
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Peach Pit - “I” Split w/ Majmoon
My...
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“And now, conscience, I defy thee!”
– Young Fashion in The Relapse, John Vanbrugh
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“O my sweet little people, you have no idea what a weight there was in that same...”
– Hawthorne, A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
women!
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“Let the chips fall where they may - as long as it’s in my mouth.”
– Me
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