Shorter 10 modes of skepticism
Modes of Skepticism are supposed to force you to suspend judgement because you cannot know or cannot be certain. These are variations on Pyrrhonism: based on the variety in animals; on the differences in human beings; on the different structures of the organs of sense; on the circumstantial conditions; on positions and intervals and locations; […]
Read MoreJURN : directory of scholarly ejournals in the arts & humanities
JURN directory Links to selected arts & humanities ejournals. Journals listed are either free, or offer significant free content. [From JURN : directory of scholarly ejournals in the arts & humanities] —— this looks like a good resource, though the javascript is a bit irritating.
Read MoreDanger Mouse’s EMI-killed CD will be released as a blank CD-R, just add download
EMI has told Danger Mouse that his latest CD won’t see the light of day due to “legal issues,” so he’s responding by releasing the disc as a blank CD-R in a jewel case with art and liner notes. Fans can just download the music off a P2P site and burn it to the CD-R. […]
Read MoreSocProf Supports William I. Robinson | The Global Sociology Blog
[From SocProf Supports William I. Robinson | The Global Sociology Blog] As do I. It amazes me that this sort of thing goes on. It is quite worrisome in terms of academic freedom, not that we necessarily have any more freedom than others as academics, but that we are supposed to be able to speak […]
Read Morecorporate control of archives News: Digital Archives That Disappear – Inside Higher Ed
Digital Archives That Disappear April 22, 2009 As digital archives have become more important and more popular, there are varying schools of thought among scholars about how best to guarantee that they will be around for good. Some think that the best possibility is for the creators of the archives — people generally with some […]
Read MoreBBC NEWS | Entertainment | Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78
Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78 [From BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Cult author JG Ballard dies at 78] ——- he was one of my favorite authors. he always had interesting critiques. i used to have his books in my office and home and generally spread about. I’ve read most of his fiction, though […]
Read MoreTragedy Remembered – and Forgotten: The Politics of Memory and Technology
Tragedy Remembered – and Forgotten: The Politics of Memory and Technology —- brent’s keynote, its related to a few paper’s we’ve been working on.
Read Moreballoons alight
balloons alight Originally uploaded by buridan this was shot just after the race started
Read MoreQimo
Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up. Qimo’s interface has been designed to be intuitive and easy to use, providing large icons for all installed games, so that even the youngest users have […]
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