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Making Google Reader Tweet
Looking for a way to get shared items from Google Reader into Twitter, I came across a service caller TwitterFeed, which periodically queries an RSS or Atom feed and tweets any new posts – useful for...
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WordPress migration, and blogging
As you may have noticed, I’ve moved from Joomla to WordPress, as it makes just posting stuff (as I’m going to start doing again, promise!) a whole lot easier. If you see any odd migration artifacts,...
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Moral theory and atheist/theist dialogue
Perhaps the single greatest source of misunderstanding in popular atheist/theist dialogues seems to be the problem of moral realism – that is to say that some or all moral or ethical propositions have...
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Some things I’d like to see fixed in Java
It looks like closures are making their way into Java 7. Huzzah! Since the Java guys are lavishing goodness upon us, I thought I’d put in a request to fix some of the petty grievances I have. I’m...
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Rage Against The Traditional Media
Killing In The Name Of is the UK’s Christmas number 1, taking the usual X-Factor mediocrity down a peg, at least temporarily. It ended up with just over 500k sales to win by 50k, and is the first...
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Software Engineers’ Predisposition Towards Skepticism
A recent post by Jesse Galef at Unreasonable Faith about why skeptics seem predisposed towards sarcastic forms of humour got me thinking. The question was whether there was a causal link between...
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When I Come To Power: The Post Series
I always find it difficult to explain my political position. This is probably because I try to practice evidence-based opinion forming, whereas those in Westminster – and I include every politician...
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When I Come To Power: Libel Reform
Libel reform has been something of a hot topic of late; even the terminally inward-looking Labour government are looking at reform. There have been a number of episodes that have shown that British...
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When I Come To Power: A SLAPP In The Face
A SLAPP – or a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – is a lawsuit filed not to be won, or often even contested, but rather to cause the defendant to capitulate to the plaintiff’s demands due...
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A Child’s Belief: The Bible’s POV
In my last post about my personal feelings on atheism, I wondered aloud whether a child’s acceptance of religion could be called faith. The Bible has this to say on the matter: Matthew 18:2-4 And Jesus...
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