Tom Morris: 2006-07-04

2006.07.04

Oh, and comments are off until I reinstall the comments function on my crazy hacked-up version of OPML.exe 2006-07-04T14:39:02Z

Bug of the day: I've just discovered an interesting thing about iTunes. If it tries to download a podcast and fails, it still keeps a copy of the half-downloaded file in your ~/Music/iTunes/Podcasts folder. I've just discovered a gig or two of 'lost' space on my HDD because of downloads that failed. It would be interesting to know if there's any software out there that would clean them out. I've got a half-downloaded copy of Adam Curry's Gnomedex 5.0 speech from last year which I've just thrown out, for crying out loud. Apple needs to fix this bug and make downloading more reliable (I mean, what with wget -c and a BSD backend in OS X, exactly how difficult is it to resume a file download these days?). 2006-07-04T14:35:54Z

The US immigration and border patrol are incompetent, as this story demonstrates. And you guys want to give more power to these goons? 2006-07-04T08:40:14Z

The Metropolitan Police - aka. the police force for the Greater London area - are goddamn fascists.This is why we need a UK version of the Second Amendment - protect yourself from the so-called "authorities". Smile and a wink 2006-07-04T08:27:48Z

Valleywag has lots of good Gnomedex 6.0 photos. 2006-07-04T08:26:20Z

Hawk Wings has a good suggestion regarding Gmail's spam filter. 2006-07-04T08:15:32Z

Talk Reason has an article discussing the many problems with Ann Coulter's coverage of evolution in her new book. 2006-07-04T07:37:47Z

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Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org

Currently in: Kent, England

Usually in: East Sussex, England

I am a vegetarian, an atheist, like to code in Ruby and Scala (and Java, but let’s not talk about that), and noodle about with microformats and the Semantic Web.

I have an MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London. My philosophical interests are in analytic metaphysics, ontology, modality, the work of Armstrong, Lewis, Kripke, Russell and Plato. I have a strange, unfulfilled interest in Gadamer’s hermeneutics. I’ve been influenced by Gadamer, by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rawls and Nozick.

Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

I also write for the Citizendium, an online encyclopedia project. If you know about stuff, you should join in. I occasionally produce audio recordings for The Pod Delusion.

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