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Yearly Archives: 2006
Dear nerdworld
Is there any way to convert a sizable MySQL database containing this blog to sqlite? Here are some of the ways that don’t work: Using the mt-db-convert.cgi script: this ought to work, but is killed by the reaper at Pair. … Continue reading Continue reading
The sight of creationist arses
I had not realised the aggression of modern creationists. They are all over Nature’s newsblog report on Tiktaalik. One of them drew a really awe-inspiring smackdown from Henry Gee. This gained its effectiveness becasue it was theological — a rebuke … Continue reading Continue reading
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They may pray but they don’t mean it.
There have been two reactions to the most recent large study of intercessory prayer. Both have missed the point. Atheists have pointed to the fact that it shows no benefits at all for the recipients; believers have said that this … Continue reading Continue reading
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A demolition man
I don’t often blog about stuff from American politics, but this speech by Al Franken should be in textbooks of rhetoric. Sorry, I mean it should be on all flash-enabled training solution-facing resources for effective interpersonal communications. Continue reading
… and one of the stupidsia
Apparently the reason for the intermittent errors that people have been getting on this blog is that Pair doesn’t like mySQL as a backend for MT blogs. Pair support suggests using sqlite instead, a database so fast and simple it … Continue reading Continue reading
A tale of the intelligentsia
via Languagehat, a glorious story: Mikhail Bakhtin, a Russian author, spent the two worst years of the Terror, 1938-40, when Akhmatova was queing outside the prisons in Leningrad, working on a study of the German novel. It was accepted for … Continue reading Continue reading
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John McGahern
If you have not already seen it, John Naughton has a very interesting account of McGahern’s funeral on his blog. I happened to be reading his Memoirs last week, and so learned of his mother’s death the day before I … Continue reading Continue reading
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Canon printers do duplex
To round off a week of minor disasters, my ancient HP deskjet broke on Sunday morning. The print head jammed, and when I reached around to see if anything was blocking it, a long strip of plastic came away in … Continue reading
Incest and journalism
About three weeks ago, I was asked (along with others) to contribute questions and suggestions for Alan Rusbridger’s interview with Rowan Williams. This morning I was talking to Paul Handley, who is to interview Rusbridger for the Church Times. Do … Continue reading Continue reading
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