Tonight I went to a poetry evening with my mum where several local poets spoke, poetry-slam style, before the main event. I've never been to a poetry slam, but my prejudices about hipsters were pretty well-established. So I made sure to wear my finest brown corduroy-looking jacket. It worked! I blended right in ( Read more... )

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It's hard to make analogies about being a computer programmer because I honestly believe it is quite different to other professions in which practitioners tend to be held accountable for their actions. With programming, you are in charge of not only the Platonic ideal but also the real-world implementation of any solution. The implementation always ( Read more... )

Red wine is good for you, because it contains polyphenols which probably act as antioxidants and reduce the risk of heart disease. On the other hand red wine contains alcohol, the regular consumption of which marginally increases the risk of malignant tumours of the lower colon ( Read more... )

Dihansaier, it is clear ( Read more... )

John Searle, it is clearly cognisable ( Read more... )

Rather than write what is going on in my life right now, here is me reading a palindrome (from here) about Panama: panama.mp3

You know how wizards have to actually say the magic words in order to get the magic out, right? Do you think trainee wizards learn tricks like, say, squeaking out the magic words with their armpit, or whatever? So they'd all be at a formal wizard dinner and little Jimmy would do that trick with his arm and suddenly the head wizard's beard would ( Read more... )

This is a critical time in my life. Depending on what happens next (E), it's possible that for the rest of time (G), there will always be some time in the future (AF) when I will like chocolate. However, if the wrong thing happens next, then all bets are off and there's no guarantee about whether I'll ever like chocolate.

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This is a post about how things are sticky-taped to walls ( Read more... )