Ophelia, over at ButterfliesAndWheels, quite rightly skewers some extraordinarily sloppy thinking by The Guardian. Journalism is going to pot.
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To Hell In A Handbasket
Stories like this fill me with a deep depression about the incapability of the human species to improve its lot before it cuts its collective throat.Leave a comment
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Oo-Er
At some point today, the page hit counter for my blog went over the 100,000 total as measured from when the blog began. Notwithstanding that a large proportion is probably down to me checking my deathless prose, or the totally disinterested checking by spambots, I feel that a milestone has been reached. Here’s to the next 100,000…Leave a comment
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Bank Charges
Like death and taxes, bank charges are inescapable. Some banks, e.g. the British bank of Abbey National, seem to want to make it as difficult as possible to find out what they charge you for their so-called services. NeOnbubble has the tale of woe.Leave a comment
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The Little Prince’s Planets
These photographs might have been taken by The Little Prince.Leave a comment
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Hand Shadows
And to remove the sour taste of the last book, here’s something a little more innocent – the online version of Henry Bursill’s Hand Shadows, first published in 1858.Leave a comment
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Jaw-Dropping
I’ve mentioned the Online Books Page before. Then, it was in the context of a Lucky Dip – you never quite knew what you were going to come up with. Well, of course, sometimes you reach in and pull out something that is not pleasant at all. Today, for example, I felt as though I’d reached in and pulled out a large steaming turd. The library index contains a reference to a book published in 1907: Robert W. Shufeldt’s The Negro, A Menace To American Civilization. Jaw-dropping racism that quite takes the breath away. The book has been collected online in a web site that seems to have other, er, interesting treatises. Enter at your own risk.Leave a comment
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Beware The Path…
Henry Lizardlover must take care. He walks the same path that Louis Wain has trod. That way lies madness. In the meantime, the rest of us can go WTF?(hat tip, again, to Improbable Research)Leave a comment
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Late Summer
We’re on the point of tumbling into Autumn. The garden still has plenty of flowers, but this week the field of maize next to the house was cleared, and leaves are beginning to fall…
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Triple Sunrise
A striking photo illustrating the natural phenomena of sundogs and a sun pillar.(hat tip to Neatorama)Leave a comment
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The Blaschka Conference
I’ve mentioned the amazing glass models of the father and son team of Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka before. Apparently, today is the start of the first-ever international conference devoted to their work. I’m glad to see that there is growing interest in the Blaschkas’ work. The models are heart-stoppingly beautiful.(hat tip to the Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society)Leave a comment
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Illogical
Idle Words submits the evidence that, next to governments and religions, airline checkins are one of the great bastions of illogical thinking.Leave a comment
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No Free Passes
This man Keith Olbermann is a magnificent orator speaking words of truth. Pity that his fellow countrymen seem incapable of waking up to it.2 responses to “No Free Passes”
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This was great. Maybe the tide is turning?
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Perhaps, but on the other hand, the force of inexorable logic seems to have been ignored by people up to now…
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Evolutionary Design
Interesting little video about the use of computers to provide evolutionary design alternatives in, for example, drug design or civil engineering.Leave a comment
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Undertaking Betty
I’d not heard of this film before, but it looks to be the sort of offbeat humour that appeals to me, and with a good cast (Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina and Christopher Walken). It appears to be a little difficult to get hold of (Amazon in the UK doesn’t have it), but fortunately Bol.com here in The Netherlands has it in stock.Leave a comment
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How Logical Are You?
You Are Incredibly Logical 
Move over Spock – you’re the new master of logic
You think rationally, clearly, and quickly.
A seasoned problem solver, your mind is like a computer!(hat tip to Terrance)
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You and me both Geoff. That was fun.
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