Macrolog: August 2003
Postcard from South Africa Wed 27 Aug 2003 | 4 Comments
Dear All, I’ll probably be home before you get this, but anywho. Having a great time in South Africa — still can’t believe I’m actually here! Weather is more than...
Gone Fishin' Mon 18 Aug 2003 | 2 Comments
Tomorrow morning I shall leave these shores, this emerald isle, to spend a week (well, six nights) in exotic, wintery South Africa. As you might imagine, I’m more than a...
On Making Connections Fri 15 Aug 2003 | 0 Comments
(or, Beyond The Chinese Room) Paul Ford has recently posted an introduction to The Chinese Room Thought Experiment, John Searle’s infamous refutation of the possibility of truly artificial intelligence. (As...
The Antichrist of North Carolina? Thu 14 Aug 2003
She may not be the Antichrist of North Carolina, but there seems little doubt to me that Barbara Ehenreich loves to bait those right-wing Christians (c/o (woolgathering)): I was getting...
Google Celebrates Hitchcock Wed 13 Aug 2003
Yet again, Google marks a special day with an appropriate logo. Last time around it was the birthday of M.C. Escher. This time, it’s someone a tad more renowned: That’s...
The Atom and the Damage Done Wed 13 Aug 2003
The Guardian reports that scientists have finally started to piece together exactly what happened when the United States detonated an atomic bomb in the skies over Hiroshima on the 6th...
I'd Rather Just Listen to Music Tue 12 Aug 2003
You know sometimes, I’d rather just listen to music: “Some people say that’s escapism. But that’s fine by me. I live my life, you live yours. If you’re clear about...
On Flash Mobs Mon 11 Aug 2003
My fair city witnessed its first flash mob on Saturday evening. A large crowd of people filed into Clarks shoe store on O’Connell Street and chanted ‘We like cheese!’ in...
Friday Five #57 Fri 08 Aug 2003
1. What’s the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country? I haven’t been out of the country since I went to Canada in the spring of 2002....
God, Religion and Bad Faith Wed 06 Aug 2003 | 3 Comments
There’s an excellent, thought-provoking post from Tom Coates over at plasticbag.org regarding issues of the religious kind, sparked by the recent Vatican proclamations condemining the ‘sin’ of homosexuality. (Before I...
Excerpt from a Conversation On Joining the Army Sat 02 Aug 2003
Him: So dude, when are you joining the medics with me? Me: I’m not. Him: Ahh why not? Me: I’m a pacifist. Him: But we’re medics! Me: Dude I know...
26 Things Fri 01 Aug 2003 | 6 Comments
31 days. 26 things. 26 photos. See them here....
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This page is a reverse chronology of Macrolog entries by MacDara Conroy published in August 2003. You will find many more in the Archives.