Tom Morris: 2006-04-13

2006.04.13

Stephen Bryant at Online Journalism Review chats with the ScienceBlogs types. I didn't know that Ed Brayton was a libertarian 2006-04-13T22:37:51Z

Austin Cline is reporting that Hovind is breaking building code regulations on the blasted Dinosaur Adventure Land. 2006-04-13T22:34:05Z

Peter Wall nails the "families and kids" argument. If families and kids stated that 2+2=5, then politicians would agree. They are doing it already: it's called ID. 2006-04-13T22:13:06Z

Pat Hayes is reporting that Ned Flanders is going to try and introduce Intelligent Design in Springfield sometime soon. 2006-04-13T22:08:50Z

A few days ago, a new Philosophers' Carnival. And today a Skeptics' Circle. 2006-04-13T21:46:35Z

Ed Brayton and Josh Rosenau have good posts on the historical anomaly of ID ("it's not creationism, no sir'ee, it's brand and new" and "it's based on Aristotelianism, not something we just thought up"). 2006-04-13T21:43:58Z

Koz is going Mac. Welcome back to the good side. 2006-04-13T21:22:07Z

Back in April 1997, Dave linked to a News.com article on Bill Gates and Java. Another example of Gates being wrong about a technology. They really dropped the ball there, guys. Smile and a wink That said, he did have some good points. 2006-04-13T18:39:52Z

Google Calendar? This is what I think. Nice, but I have to use Safari. No option. 2006-04-13T16:53:39Z

Colours are back in? 2006-04-13T14:20:02Z

Oh, and I have voted for all three of the main parties in Britain. I voted Lib Dem a few years ago because the candidate was the father of a childhood friend. I voted Labour as a tactical vote against the BNP. I voted Conservative because my MP ranks about 80% on my (rather out-of-date) liberty scale. 2006-04-13T11:01:53Z

The LA Times has an article on bizarre, left-wing movements and their intolerance of dissent. Tell me about it. I believe in both gay marriage and Austrian economics, the First Amendment and the Second, and as a result I've been called a "Tory", despite the fact that I'm (a) not a member of the Conservative party and (b) criticise the Conservative party a lot for things like their recent slavery-for-kids programme and their abysmal record on gay rights (Section 28 being an egregious example). But because I don't believe in the full extent of Marxist dogma, I'm Nick bloody Griffin to some of these nutters, especially when I point out that the student protest marches against the BNP don't work (because they take one group of ignoramuses and pit them against another group of ignoramuses rather than approaching them on a civilised level and devestating their beliefs). I have a set of moral beliefs, mostly centred around liberty, and I vote on those lines. If a left-wing party is likely to increase the net total of liberty, I'll vote for them. 2006-04-13T10:31:56Z

The US government, taking a leaf from PETA's playbook, is killing loads of dogs. Protecting our freedom, right, by killing man's best friend? 2006-04-13T10:20:18Z

Kyle at Kapitalismo: "It still would be interesting to see American "progressive" magazines as well as more Democrat pols openly advocate for socialism just to see if the GOP has any Reaganism left in it to define itself the other way." 2006-04-13T10:13:36Z

A good profile of Maryam Namazie, including discussion of her Marxist ideology. Interesting. 2006-04-13T10:04:38Z

Madeline Bunting: "My idea was that blogging could be like an intellectual form of Linux, the open-source software based on collaboration among volunteers. Everyone chips in with their own expertise and a global conversation evolves in which everyone benefits." First off, that wasn't your idea. It was Dave Winer, Ben and Mena Trott, Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan who had that idea. And it's produced far more benefits than the ability to demonstrate Bunting wrong in her own comments section (fun though that probably is for the people doing it - for me, I'd rather stick a cactus up my male whorehole). 2006-04-13T09:40:36Z

Mike Arrington points to a hilarious startup, with a shitty domain name, and a $399 monthly price tag. Hilarious! 2006-04-13T08:20:23Z

Put a little bit of the dark stuff in to your Google. 2006-04-13T00:13:49Z

Jon Bischke has tips to improve your life. The "flushing your body out" stuff sounds pseudoscientific, but there's some good advice there. 2006-04-13T00:04:52Z

Download Squad have tips and downloads for the Boot Camp folks. 2006-04-12T23:59:05Z

Google Calendar: Reaction 2006-04-13T22:41:38Z

Pete Cashmore: "Google has released some half-baked products recently, but in the case of the long-awaited Google Calendar, I think they¹ve done a decent job. It¹s a well-rounded, fully-featured product, and the usability is actually very good for a change."

How to subscribe to Google calendars in iCal, how to get your data in.

Matt Marshall: "it feels blocky in parts"

Rachel Clarke: "First impression about what is missing - export of calendars so I can put on my phone."

Brian Benzinger: "It has event planning, import and export options, quick adding of events, sharing, Gmail integration, and more. Looks like 30boxes has quite the competition."

Om Malik: "Someone who has been spoiled by 30Boxes and Zimbra¹s calendaring application, Google Calendar looks pretty mundane"

Comments 2006-04-13T14:10:29Z

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