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The saddest thing I ever saw...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:21 +0000

I went back to where the IIG Preliminary for Anita Ikonen took place (she failed) to see if there was anyone left in the chat, hours later. There wasn’t but the last thing that I saw was this.

10:31…

News that makes me happy...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:21 +0000

News that makes me happy...:

“Did the US make mistake in skipping vaccine additive?” (They are talking about adjuvants, like aluminum, that provoke a stronger immune response with less antigen, maybe doubling overall dose…

I'm almost positive Goliath smooshed David. Just saying.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:21 +0000

I'm almost positive Goliath smooshed David. Just saying.:

Anyway, a doggedly persistent Malcolm Trosclair will be discussing the fall of the Twin Towers in the comments here, and I give him full permission to reproduce anything that I do here in this post…

CFI test in progress...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:47 +0000

CFI test in progress...:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vision-from-feeling-demonstration#

I’m there now.

HJ

Photoshop in a Weekend – Book Review

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:16:28 +0000

Photoshop in a Weekend – Book Review:

Adobe’s favourite son is often considered to be a powerful but daunting program yet many consider it to be an essential tool for photographers who take their efforts seriously.

Photoshop…

Stolen humor

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:03:34 +0000

Stolen humor:

My new favorite Onion Radio News clip:

Also, in the Adventures of Has-Been and Never-Was:

(via Bay of Fundie)

HJ

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (15-21 Nov ‘09)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:01:03 +0000

This Week in the Digital Photography School Forums (15-21 Nov ‘09):

In case you hadn’t heard, one of our forum admins is a new dad! Congrats Sime, Mum and Baby.

Weekly Assignment

Things got noisy for this week’s assignment which was Sound / Noise. We…

Moel Y Gaer Hillfort: Looking from the ramparts of Moel y gaer...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:05 +0000

Moel Y Gaer Hillfort:

Looking from the ramparts of Moel y gaer hillfort, Rhosesmor, Flintshire, towards the Clywdian mountains and Moel Fammau.

You can see the rain clouds that passed about 30 seconds before this shot was taken…

See where this picture was taken. [?]

At the going down of the sun: Taken outside the Black Lion...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:00 +0000

At the going down of the sun:

Taken outside the Black Lion pub, Babell, Flintshire.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

You never forget your first time...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:16:56 +0000

You never forget your first time...:

…QUANTUM JUMPING!!!! Unless you are turd-in-a-coiffure Burt Goldman. We’ll get to that.

I forget how I started getting these emails, but they come from a guy named Burt Goldman and his hair….

Dawkins is the Devil – lying for jeebus…

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:05 +0000

Dawkins is the Devil – lying for jeebus…:

Previously I mentioned about how Ruth Gledhill had monumentally missed the point with her TimesOnline blog post about the latest Humanist campaign to try and stop people labelling their…

US Plans to Ban Irish Coffee….

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:04 +0000

US Plans to Ban Irish Coffee….:

Echoing the prohibition that hung round the great depression, the current global economic crisis seems to be encouraging people to ban things, almost at random.

From New Scientist:

THE US Food…

PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:35:40 +0000

PORTRAITS: Weekend Photography Challenge:

Image by JOHN CORVERA

This weekend your photographic challenge is to take and share a portrait.

Early next week we’ll be launching our first ever e-book here at DPS – ‘The Essential…

Oh, that was quick

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:18:31 +0000

Oh, that was quick:

Ben Goldacre, Saturday 21 November 2009, The Guardian
Once your medicines regulator decides it should change the side effects warnings on the patient information of a drug taken by millions of…

Religion, Condemnation, and Appeals to Scripture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:44:27 +0000

Religion, Condemnation, and Appeals to Scripture:

In light of some recent discussion, I think it is time to specify some basic propositions.

(1) There is no God.

Some people may be distressed by this fact. However, I am under no obligation to…

Blaming the Moderates - Considerations of Rationality

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:44:26 +0000

Blaming the Moderates - Considerations of Rationality:

All fiction should be condemned. If not banned outright, we should at least universally condemn all fictionists - people who create and distribute works of fiction.

The reason we should adopt this…

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan on drought in India

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:50 +0000

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan on drought in India:

My father recalled sometime back the terrible drought that happened when he was a child: since the grains were running low, my grandfather would go out and dig tubers from surrounding fields, my…

Is Google Evil?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:25 +0000

Is Google Evil?:

El Reg has an interesting article on Google and how its ranking system is, effectively a black art. For a company which claims to “do no evil” it is bizarre how closed they keep their methods –…

Killing off the needy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:24 +0000

Killing off the needy:

I am sure pretty much everyone in the UK knows that Northern Ireland is cold and wet. It really is. Some summers are fantastic, but the best you can hope for is a few decent months to break up the…

Please dont label me

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:55:24 +0000

Please dont label me:

As I am sure most of you are aware (I am still catching up from my travels – lots of strange things have happened while I have been away), there is a new poster campaign:

Please dont…