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The lure of simplicity - 01/09/2008 - 11:26 GMT - [Link]

We love this stuff. It isn't done to us, we invite it, and we buy it, because we want to live in a simple universe of rules with justice, easy answers and predictable consequences. We want pills to solve complex social problems like school performance. We want berries to stop us from dying and to delineate the difference between us and the lumpen peasants around us. We want nice simple stories that make sense of the world.

From my new hero: Ben Goldacre.

• Aidan Kehoe said:

  /me ♥ Ben Goldacre

  [2008-09-01 15:00:06 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Aidan Kehoe said:

  Lovely quote: “It's not quite a one-man battle against the dark forces of witlessness, but you feel that Goldacre would still be up for it if it was. What's surprising is that you might not want to bet against him.”

  [2008-09-12 21:48:54 GMT] [Reply to this comment]

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Quicklaunch - 03/09/2008 - 11:30 GMT - [Link]

As of this morning, I have six browsers. And I couldn't be arsed with Opera.



Top: Desktop, My Computer, Outlook, Firefox 3, Notepad++, Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, Photoshop CS3, Eclipse, WinSCP, PuTTY, WMP11, Google Earth

Bottom: Thunderbird, Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 6 (Eolas), Windows internet settings, Safari, Google Chrome, Miranda IM, RegCleaner, XAMPP Control Panel, Picasa, uTorrent, BIDS (PP application)

I posted this from Chrome. It's nice.

• schpengle said:

  ..you need to get out more

  [2008-09-03 12:57:12 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Dave said:

  You need to stay in more :P

  [2008-09-03 16:12:04 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• conall said:

  Yeah, it's javascript engine is really cool. I've seen it do some 3D stuff in realtime.
  
  
  This is also quite interesting - http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080902/chrome_subbenchmark_png.PNG

  [2008-09-03 13:32:00 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Dave said:

  Now is this like those old Photoshop benchmarks they used to trot out for PPC Macs to "prove" that PPCs were more powerful than Intels?

  [2008-09-03 16:11:08 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• deadmoan said:

  My Ibook says... well, not much anymore. Suse killed the sound.

  [2008-09-08 03:24:53 GMT] [Reply to this comment]

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Splash - 05/09/2008 - 11:38 GMT - [Link]

How was my drive this morning?



And why?



Mal and Davida, this puts our rained-out wedding to shame.

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LeTube - 16/09/2008 - 14:48 GMT - [Link]

I've modified the script that shows my Google Reader shared items feed to pick up my Youtube favourites too. Obviously it went and got every single one of them on the first load but it should settle down after this. Next stage: make a feed out the two combined feeds.

It's my last week in Paddy Power. I'm moving to a little software company in Newbridge, five minutes from home. I won't miss the commute.

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Ah McCain... - 26/09/2008 - 10:31 GMT - [Link]

...you've done it again.



Also: COLBERT: The idea that Lehman Brothers doesn't get any money and AIG does reminds me very much of "Iran is a mortal enemy because they have not achieved a nuclear weapon. But North Korea is a country we can work with, because they have a nuclear weapon." The idea is, Get big or go home. How big can you f--- up? Can you f--- up so bad that you would ruin the world economy? If it's just 15,000 who are out of jobs, no. You have to actually be a global f---up to get any help.

• Aidan Kehoe said:

  This site is blocked inside the Central Library, I find. You big messer, Dave.

  [2008-09-30 19:53:27 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Dave said:

  FUCK SHIT CUNT HOMEOPATHY IS GREAT.
  
  Just to make sure.
  
  Tunnel out, Aidan! Apply your skillz! Or is that how you posted this message?

  [2008-09-30 20:48:22 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Aidan Kehoe said:

  No, I can view you fine from the RCSI library; I meant the Central Library in the Ilac Centre, where they also block SSH (and have a Spanish conversation exchange evening, which is why I was there). I don't have an SSH-over-HTTP-proxy set up anywhere either, hah.

  [2008-09-30 22:19:42 GMT] [Reply to this comment]

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