Woo, here’s a long list of demos! I might be busy tonight downloading this lot!
Tag Archives: Holy Shmoly
Messy Thinking – How do we Organise at all?
Alright, I started reading this essay thinking I had met a kindred spirit because we both share the need to to do too many things at one time. In this day and age, and among the audience who reads this blog that’s probably not uncommon. How many windows have you got open?
Oh damn, must get back to that survey in a minute..
How Stating the False Hides the True
At first glance this essay makes a lot of sense but think about it. Is the media not biased? The author makes the assumption himself by referencing Fox News. Still, great comments after it and worth a read! (Thanks Justin for another great link!)
How to download Real Audio streams and convert Real Audio to MP3
This guide is good, and there’s even a link to a page with instructions on doing the same and more on Linux!
And in a timely coincidence, Justin’s delicious bookmarks points at this page with instructions on recording streaming audio with Mplayer! I’ve done the same and posted command lines here before. Go search for “mplayer” or something! Lots more Linux stuff on that site including the odd opinionated piece..
Six design lessons from the apple store
Facing the WTC – a protest
A loft appartment facing onto the site of the WTC is to be the location of a minor peace protest. I hope those banners stay up, but they also give me the shivers when I think I was there last summer. It was the one area of NY I didn’t photograph.
Black holes mangle Information!
I caught the end of Stephen Hawking’s presentation on TV3 tonight. While the discovery he made broadens the knowledge we have about space and the universe what caught my eye was the sight of the father of a guy I knew years ago in school in the front row! Hey Niall! How’s your dad? 🙂
Later … Here’s a page about the event. It cost €90 to get in to the conference! Ouch.
Midland, Texas – Home to George W. Bush and family
Last week The Times magazine ran an article on the town of Midland, Texas. It’s where George W. Bush and his wife live, or I suppose will live after the elections next Autumn. Not sure I want to go visit however.
A lot of people there seem to be quite zealous about religion. They’re waiting for the Rapture to come. When asked what the Rapture was, “there is reluctance among the most seriously committed to spell it out.” But at a local cemetary,
“Well, there’s Laura Bush’s father buried over there,” she says, pointing blithely past tasteful and titanic statuary. “Suppose the President and his wife were to come here this afternoon and the Rapture happens. There’d be bodyguards and press people and stuff. Most of them would be left behind, especially the press people.” She speaks through barely parted lips. “But where the Bushes had been there’d just be piles of clothes on the ground and that pin he wears. They’d be gone – into the air. That’s what we believe.”
Hmm, I’d hate to see Bertie Ahern running around naked without his clothes because I can’t imagine he’d disappear in the Rapture! 😉
In related news, the Sunday Times published an extract from John Edwards’ biography last week. The account of losing his son was heart-breaking and although I don’t agree completely (who sees eye to eye with any politician?) I wish the Democratic Party luck in the coming election.
Any Shed Will Do!
John posted this email
to #linux earlier today. It’s a great read and an eye opener if you’re on any email mailing list! If only people would consider some of the points made here we’d have a better experience in email communities! Just because you have an opinion doesn’t mean that you should post it.
Chances are, someone else has already expressed the same opinion! Especially if it’s not a complicated matter. Never mind emotive subjects, they’re just asking for trouble!
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Your email is about to be sent to several hundred thousand |
| people, who will have to spend at least 10 seconds reading |
| it before they can decide if it is interesting. At least |
| two man-weeks will be spent reading your email. Many of |
| the recipients will have to pay to download your email. |
| |
| Are you absolutely sure that your email is of sufficient | | importance to bother all these people ? |
| |
| [YES] [REVISE] [CANCEL] |
+------------------------------------------------------------+Even The President Stands Naked Sometimes
Scott Rosenberg has an excellent and alternative take on Fahrenheit/911. Moore may bend the truth sometimes as does “the other side” but it’s the fact that he’s rebelling against the presidency in the US that’s important. He’s commiting “lese majeste”.
When the throne holds an ignorant, incompetent, profligate pretender, lese majeste becomes a patriotic duty.