26 November 2008 – 2:12 am
I've got a Sony eReader — and I've quickly eaten through the free "classics" that come with it and a number of CC licensed works. Rather than buy books I've start on this site — there are 22,303 eBooks available and all free. [link]
16 November 2008 – 11:12 pm
Religion,’ Marx wrote, ‘is indeed the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself or has already lost himself again … It is the fantastic realisation of the human essence since the human essence has not acquired any true reality. ‘The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of […]
3 November 2008 – 3:09 pm
Rory rightly dismisses a press release that uses an ‘survey’ and twists the results so as to appear newsworthy. “So, while I’ll admit that I’ve occasionally fallen for this kind of stunt in the past, I’m going to resist it this time. But don’t be surprised if you pick up a paper this week and […]
23 October 2008 – 1:00 pm
It's worth reading what Momus has to say on most subjects, and this includes lots of PG Tips Chimps videos too. [link]
21 October 2008 – 7:01 pm
Stupidly long blog post about what I did when I went to Pisa last week. It's difficult to write about another country without decending into 'mad foriegners' mode. [link]
14 October 2008 – 12:05 pm
Free downloads of some of Mark’s TV lecture series. The man may only really do one joke (“see this thing of historical or political importance, it’s a bit like when you lose your shoes isn’t it?”), but he does it with panache and is possibly the only person who I find myself never disagreeing with. […]
12 October 2008 – 1:01 pm
Propper Red Dwarf geekery. [link]
30 September 2008 – 6:00 pm
If you're gratefl for nothing else in this world, give thanks that the UK doesn't have the personality cult thing going on for Estate Agents. British ones are bad enough, with their BHS suits, Wella hair products and small red cars – but at least we dont' have to deal with these: [link]
30 September 2008 – 11:01 am
Everyone thinks it's going to be hair surrounding bat symbol, but it's the other way round. Photos and instructions should you want to do likewise. [link]
