Tom Morris



2007.01.29

The Times has an excellent article on university education from a somewhat more sober perspective than usual. I do find it a bit strange that so many people are coming to university with the belief that it's going to get them a job. I know that my Philosophy degree isn't going to help me get employment. That's why I spend my time hacking web projects and open-source bits and pieces, and that's why I'm applying to do Computer Science at graduate level next year. But I'm interested in the subject, and I'm getting a lot out of it. It's hopefully making me a better person. A significant rethink is necessary on the position of the ex-polys. They really do suck. I say that as someone who has been to one for just under a year and left to go to an old university. 2007-01-29T21:31:51ZUntitled entry permalink

If you missed the excellent Louis Theroux show yesterday, read this article. I'm not sure what my favourite Weird Weekend show was - it's probably a toss-up between the muscle worship episode and the Ann Widdecombe episode. If he's making a come back, he ought to do a show on furries. 2007-01-29T21:06:01ZUntitled entry permalink

I just launched a new little site called Opiumfield Mobile. It has a tiny little mobile Twitter application (which is a bit half-finished, but will be finished very soon), and a London Tube Status page. I'll be adding other pages that pull data from the 'net and display them in tiny mobile-friendly XHTML pages. 2007-01-29T21:00:16ZUntitled entry permalink

Moderate Muslims, my arse. 31% of British Muslims aged 16-24 want to kill apostates. If that's moderate, I can't wait for the extremists. 2007-01-29T20:56:45ZUntitled entry permalink

Les has found an article which notes that the Upgrade version of Vista won't allow you to do a clean install. You better hope that your Vista installation never needs to be reinstalled. Someone at Microsoft dropped the ball. Windows licence does not equal Windows installation. 2007-01-29T20:51:59ZUntitled entry permalink

The Tom and Ian Show 2007-01-29T21:51:49ZTitled entry permalink

I've just put out the first episode of a show I recorded with Ian Forrester. You can download the MP3 here or subscribe to the feed. I've got a cool way of doing show notes which will be arriving soon.

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Tom Morris
Currently in: East Sussex, England
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I am a , an , like to code in and noodle about with and the . I also have a BA in philosophy from London, and am studying for an MA. My philosophical interests are in Victorian-era German philosophy, Kierkegaard, Robert Nozick, hermeneutics and current approaches to the demarcation problem in the philosophy of science. 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.

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