March 2005
14 Wild Ideas: Five Of Which Are True!
by mikepower & 1 other
Many Worlds, Medicine Useless, A.I. via Common Sense, Cryonics, Uploads, I'm in Sim, Fast Growth, Growth Stops, Colonize Galaxy, No Aliens, Aliens Came & Left, Private Law, Futarchy, No One Honest.
Kevin Meyers: At last the light is shone on the IRA
by mikepower
No event in Northern Ireland in recent years has distilled the abominable and corrupted reality of life under the peace process as the murder of Robert McCartney. Half beaten to death, one eye gouged out, his throat cut, and then gutted like a fish...
Making learning uncool: The establishment disses education as much as hip-hop ‘playas’.
by mikepower
It wasn't Jay-Z who grabbed headlines by declaring that 'learning history is a bit dodgy'. That was the former education secretary, Charles Clarke.
How to Fall in Love in Three Minutes or Less
by mikepower
If you subscribe to the "instant gratification takes too long" school of thought, researchers have good news on the romance front: You can fall in love in three minutes -- or less. It seems that the heart wants what the heart wants -- and it can figure
It wasn't me, it was my mind
by mikepower
The law distinguishes between madness and badness but, asks Steve Rose, why should that absolve criminals of responsibility for their actions?
Bloodletters - Hack Yourself You can be happy. You can live the life you want to live. You can become the person you want to be. This is what I've figured out so far.
by mikepower & 2 others
Stop assigning blame. This is the first step. Stop assigning blame and leave the past behind you.
February 2005
The Wisdom of Warren Buffett
by mikepower
"Top 5" things (prioritized) I learned from Warren Buffett
Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace
by mikepower
Satellites can bounce LASER light off of your windows and, by measuring the minute distance differences between a vibrating window and the satellite, reconstruct your speech -- from orbit!
January 2005
Worse Than Fiction: Read it and weep (or laugh)
by mikepower
I've been thinking of writing a political novel. It will be a bad novel because there won't be any nuance: the villains won't just espouse an ideology I disagree with - they'll be hypocrites, cranks and scoundrels.
The 100 Oldest Currently Registered DOTCOM Domains
by mikepower & 1 other
Starting with Symbolic.com on 15-Mar-1985 Starting with Symbolics.com 15th March 1985
The Braden Files : Notice Of Revocation Of Independence
by mikepower
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence
December 2004
USS Clueless The best of Den Beste
by mikepower
Links to blog entries by Den Beste that he considers are among the best or most important he has written
The New York Times. 2004 The Year in Ideas A to Z
by mikepower
An annual compendium of ideas from A to Z. (Or at least Y. And, frankly, also missing J, O, Q, R and X.)
November 2004
paper cd case
by mikepower & 13 others
Use this website to create a PDF file which can be printed and folded to create a paper CD case.
Passive smoking? It's all lies, damn lies and statistics
by mikepower
In the absence of proof, health campaigners use smoke and mirrors.
