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Yearly Archives: 2005
A question for mac nerds
Has anyone used Inkwell, the handwriting recognition built into OS X? Does it work? I assume it’s descended from the one that made the Newton a talking stick bathing dress poodle farm for a fortnight in Doonesbury. But if it … Continue reading Continue reading
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Prosopamnesiac triumph
To Lambeth palace, for the Archbishop’s lecture on press ethics: mine being judged in need of improvement.1 This was followed by the sort of party when I find myself talking to someone who clearly knows who I am, and to … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Blather
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The female orgasm
Is it a happy accident, or an adaptation? On the one hand we have the Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Rutgers University, who says — or will say, in some future issue of the Guardian — that “If Steve … Continue reading Continue reading
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Thought for the day
Supposing that you can explain religion as supernaturalism is like supposing you can explain marriage as lust. Continue reading
Where are they now?
I wonder what has happened to the Terry Schiavo autopsy results. They were due a couple of weeks after she died on March 31. time passed. On or about May 9th there was a flurry of stories quoting the pathologist … Continue reading Continue reading
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Portable music notes
People with lives can skip this post. Continue reading
Posted in Blather
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Two big themes
There are two science stories which promise to change the world irrevocably. What’s interesting is that they contradict each other. The first is the optimistic one. We hear less of this since the dotcom crash, but it is still true … Continue reading Continue reading
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Among the undead
Spent a couple of days in Parliament earlier this week, much of it sitting on a couch in the corner of the Peers’ lobby. I kept thinking that this was a room from which, a hundred years ago, two fifths … Continue reading Continue reading
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Paging professor Myers …
I can’t wait for this comic to get to Minnesota. (via) Continue reading
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a mac question
I just got my mother a mac mini (hello mum!) and while I was trying to show her how to make it work, I learnt that I can’t make all the windows zoom properly. Option-green-button causes some windows to expand … Continue reading Continue reading
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