Archive for July, 2008
Are we our quack’s keeper?
Barbara Nash is a quack nutritionist who advised 52 year old Dawn Page to go on a special “detox diet”. Nash’s diet led to Page suffering sodium deficiency so servere that she suffered seizures that left her with permanent brain damage. It is easy to call Nash a quack and wallow in outrage at her [...]
An interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander (Part II)
This is the second half of Neural Gourmet’s exclusive interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander. In the first part of our interview we learned a little bit about Phoenix herself; what it’s like to be on Mars, her team, and the very real prospect that Phoenix will not survive the Martian winter. In this segment, [...]
Misquoting Socrates
Philosophy professor Priscilla Sakezles writing in eSkeptic claims that “the famous words most often attributed to Socrates, “All I know is that I know nothing,” are in fact a misquote. Today’s skeptical movement likes to trace its roots all the way back to Socrates so it’s perhaps a good idea if we get our quotes [...]
An interview with the Phoenix Mars Lander (Part I)
It’s really amazing who, and what, you’ll run across on the social networking site Facebook these days. For instance, a couple of months ago I became friends with the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix, as you might know, is a robotic spacecraft that has been sent to Mars to study the geologic history of water on [...]
Bob Park on the CO2 deniers
Bob Park in today’s What’s New newsletter has an interesting perspective on the recent global warming kerfluffle that echoes an idea I’ve had for a long time now. And he’s right, you know. Either way, we win.
Robert M. Price phone interview
Jake Doelling from Freethought Fort Wayne’s The Enlightenment Show interviews biblical scholar and acclaimed author Robert M. Price. In this special annotated audio episode, Price talks about his new book Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms. Extremely critical of the various pop mysticisms touted by Oprah and other celebrities such as Rhonda Byrne (The Secret) or Deepak Chopra, Price puts them in historical perspective and even has some kind words to say about Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now). Video after the fold.
Slime away grime on your keyboard
A cool new product uses a special slime to clean your keyboard. Called Cyber Clean, the goopy slime can be used to roll over your keyboard picking up any filth and debris, even in between keys. It can be used repeatedly, changes color when it is all used up and it’s biodegradable! Doesn’t look like [...]
Republican Oklahoma County Roads Commissioner’s comic book
Fresh from the You Can’t Make This Shit Up Department, Allen at The Whited Sepulchre pointed out that Oklahoma County Roads Commissioner Brent Rinehart has employed a novel technique in his bid for reelection. He sent out comic books.
Reading like a badly drawn Jack Chick tract, the comic book features two concerned Oklahoma County voters, [...]
But what do they really mean?
Theodoersing has compiled an amusing collection of, shall we say, misguided church signs. Very funny.
Blog Roll How-To
Gred Laden has a great introduction to and how-to on blog rolls, including some choice DIY bits of code for making your own javascript powered link list. Greg’s method seems a little cumbersome to me, but I agree that the third party services leave a lot to be desired even though I used blogrolling.com back [...]
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