Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Yay!
I got A’s in my INFO and Logic classes! (Big suprize, huh?) In other news, I compiled a Linux kernel and the associated OS from scratch at work over the last two days…fun stuff, only I need to be studying for the GRE instead of playing with computers…. oh, and I got up before class…
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The first summer session is almost over!
I finished my swimming class today, and I’ve really improved over the last few months, from dog paddling back and forth in the water to finally getting my freestyle technique down, learning how to do flip turns, and generally not looking totally incompetent in the water anymore. I was afraid of failing it when I…
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Quote
I found a quote I like on the web, which sumarizes my philosophy pretty well:“What is is. Perceive it. Integrate it honestly. Act on it. Idealize it.”
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Web Stuff
I redesigned Laurel’s Site for a totally new look and posted a totally new site, based on my INFO 209 Project, “A guide to compression for the Web“ Check out Laurel’s Sitebeforeandafter! Also, I am working on a new essay (several essays actually) called “Politics for the Unitiated”A draft of its beginning’s is currently up…
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Listserv: Liberals as Irrational, Religious Zealots…
For entertainment’s sake allow me to take on your accusations about “Libertarianism” being a religion and in fact posit that it is YOUR socialist/leftist/anti-capitalist ideology that is not only religious in nature, but is in fact a dogmatic, faith-based, feel-good ideology that closely resembles the organized religion which we both reject. I would very…
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Before They Were Part II…
By Francisco Rangel Famous movie characters weren’t always comedians, knights or scary little kids. They were pizza delivery guys, garbage collectors and even tech support. Jerry Seinfeld from Seinfeld Customer: I bought a 256MB DIMM from your company last week…. Seinfeld: Did it come in a bag? One of those bags that look like airplane…
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Economics
In other news, I am reading Human Action and it’s AWESOME! Mises explains the intricacies of economics as clearly as Hazzlit explains its basics and Rand explains philosophy. I’ve just started the book, but I’ve been highlighting practically ever other sentence as a quote to add to my list….. Oh, and I got a 100…
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Annoying Stuff
My INFO class is BOOORING!We were learning html today and it was like someone teaching me how to tie my shoes. I make it a point to go to every class, but I think I would be much better of skipping and going to work where I can get paid to do real work with…
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Definitions
Irony: David stays up all night programing instead of sleeping/studying and get’s a low grade on his INFO exam on computer systems the next day. Public educamation: He still gets the highest grade in class. Irony (#2): David practices every day for his swimming exam thursday only to find himself sore and cramped up all…
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Swimming Sucks
Actually, I love swimming, but lately I have been cramped up all over and seriously not ready for my 100 yard swim test on thursday…I should probably spend more time at the pool practicing and less on the keyboard getting carpal tunnel… (Update: I passed my swim test! Yay!)
Got any book recommendations?