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Category: deep thoughts

  • Podcamp London + Contemplative Goose

    On Saturday I attended Podcamp London. A podcamp is a gathering of people interested in blogging, podcasting, social media, and other technologyish internetty stuff. It’s referred to as an “unconference”, because the format is unconventional. There are few rules, and anyone is free to throw a presentation onto the schedule. I guess I count as…

  • Fuckin Science. How Does That Work?

    You’ve probably seen this: The take-home message seems to be that people should just enjoy “miracles” like trees, dirt, and cell-phone-eating pelicans (?) without questioning them. These lines in particular reveal where ICP is coming from: Fucking magnets, how do they work?And I don’t wanna talk to a scientistY’all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed…

  • iPhone, iPad, iPeople

    I managed to play around with an iPad yesterday at the local geekfest (see also). It’s a beautiful little slab of glass. I won’t be getting one, for a while at least, because it excels mostly at content consumption, and I’m more about content creation. My laptop does that just fine. Then there’s the new…