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« Previous EntriesMidnight On The Coast Highway
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008This piece has become known by several names, including “Midnight On The Coast Highway” and “The Dope Cabala and a Wall of Fire”. This is due to it being being excerpetd and published out of context so many times. It’s actually most of the last chapter of Hunter S Thhompson’s 1967 book “Hell’s [...]
Circumventing Internet Censorship #1
Monday, November 10th, 2008AlwaysVPN, a free virtual private networking service, is promoted as a way for anyone to browse the web or trading files over a public net connection. And, by the way, it also lets anyone on the outside of a U.S.-only service like Hulu or Pandora get around that often arbitrary restriction.
Hotspot Shield is a [...]
Who cares what colour Obama is ?
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Some people haven’t got the memo.
I don’t get it. I mean, am I the only person in the world who’s noticed that Barack Obama isn’t black? He’s bi-racial. I don’t see why his election has prompted such an orgy of self-congratulation in America. (For an example, see Anne Applebaum’s piece on the front of [...]
Transcript of Mccain’s Concession Speech
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Sen. John McCain conceded the presidential race before a crowd of supporters in Phoenix on Tuesday November 5 2008. He also congratulated Sen. Barack ObamaThe following is an exact transcript of his speech, sourced from cnn.com.
Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
My friends, we have — [...]
Transcript of Obama’s Acceptance Speech
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday night November 5 2008, after winning the race for the White House . The following is an exact transcript of his speech, sourced from cnn.com.
Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where [...]
How do you sponsor Movember ?
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008The link takes you to @warlach’s sponsorship page, but you can use the search facility to find and sponsor anyone you want. It’s like voting really, I don’t care WHO you sponsor, so long as you sponsor SOMEONE.
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Response to “Christian Lobby Welcomes ISP Filtering Moves”
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008The Australian Christian Lobby have issued a press release welcoming the Australian ISP Filtering Moves PDF. Here’s my response
Hi Jim,
I doubt you remember me, but we’ve met twice at Shellharbour COC and you also spoke at a course I was attending , ran by Warwick Marsh of the Fatherhood Foundation. I’d [...]
‘No God’ slogans for London buses
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008According to a BBC report, buses with the slogan “There’s probably no God” could soon be running on the streets of London.
It is all the idea of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and has been supported by prominent atheist Professor Richard Dawkins. The original plan was to raise £5,500, which was to be matched [...]
Did Government Intervention cause our Financial Crisis ?
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008While almost everyone attacks the “Masters of the Universe”, Steven Horwitz from St Lawence University points out that Government (or more specifically, political) interference in the free market had a lot to do with the rise of the sub prime market and subsequent collapse of Wall Street:
In the last week or two, I have heard [...]
Stanford offers free CS, robotics courses
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Stanford University has launched a series of 10 free, online computer science (CS) and electrical engineering courses. The courses span an introduction to computer science and an introduction to artificial intelligence and robotics, among other topics.
The free courses are being offered “to students and educators around the world” under the auspices of Stanford Engineering Everywhere [...]