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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Day 25: Nope, still nothing…
I’m starting to see the way of things here: three of us, one supporting and exploiting technology, one being victimised by technology, and me – with whom technology has a pretty icy and distant relationship. I have a bad feeling … Continue reading
Day 25- The day in which I fail at life.
Today was a day of fail. Somehow though, I’ve managed to come to terms with it, and therefore have decided not to discuss it. At all. Well, at least not right now. I feel as though it would take slightly … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, doctors, humor, humour, medical exams, technology
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Day 24- Seriously? Oh technology, why do you hate me so much?
Technology hates me, we have had a falling out, and I still don’t know why. Which is why last weekend I ran away to the South of France (well, not really. I mean, it’s the South of France. Sunny days, … Continue reading
day 23. step forwards, always forwards.
i have had a number of friends in the past few months tell me that they find the uptake prevalence of technology in modern society overwhelming. and that they try to shun technology when possible nowadays. i find these friends … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artistic, clean water, cns, culture, evolution, luddites, medicine, politics, religion, technology, thoughts, transport
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afternoon 22. this is how liberty dies?
this is how liberty dies? with thunderous applause. i steal a lucas line from the much formerly awaited star wars iii. i had this on in the background. how does liberty actually fall? with rules or without them? i suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, china, DRM, Facebook, freedom, house arrest, julian assange, liberty, PRC, star wars, wikileaks, zuckerburg
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day 21: blair hearing, the man in the high castle
a few hours ago blair was regretful of the loss of life from the fighting over the last decade. what were these attacks on the counties in the middle east for? we were told that major threats to the western … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative history, bank runs, cold war, economics, gold, great depression, internet, middle east, news, politics, progress, second world war, stock market, technology, the great war, tony blair
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Day 20: Apply, attaching a summary CV and yourself
One thing I could have been more positive about in the whole idea of not being physically extant was the implications for job applications. Academics spend almost their whole working lives begging for money – I’ve been doing so all … Continue reading
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Day 19: Intimations of mortality
I end up with a different perspective on that whole thing about ‘what if you weren’t bound to a corporeal form – what if your intellectual essence could live for ever in some kind of host?’ I work with neuroscientists … Continue reading
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Last year of being a teenager, 19
Well that was at the start of the last decade. Indiana jones and the last crusade was just over 10 years old. The third movie in the series was on television today, it’s the one where they are in search … Continue reading
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Tagged Everlasting life, Holy grail, Indiana jones, Live forever, The last crusade
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