Macrolog: August 2005
Blog Day, Belatedly Wed 31 Aug 2005
So yeah, I’ve been quite busy finishing my thesis over the last week or so, and will be until the deadline in mid-September, so this site has taken a backseat...
Perturbed by Prodigies Sat 27 Aug 2005
The reason you get child prodigies in chess, arithmetic, and classical composition is that they are all worlds of discontinuous, parceled-up possibilities. Reading an excerpt from an old Wired...
Oh My News, Where Art Thou? Wed 24 Aug 2005 | 2 Comments
I’ve been trying to find information — any information — about an alleged suicide attempt at my local DART station this afternoon. Whether it was a suicide attempt or not...
More Thoughts on the Tube Shooting Fri 19 Aug 2005 | 2 Comments
The Observer’s Rafael Behr puts it bluntly: A man slips on his denim jacket (unimpeded by explosives of any sort) and steps outside. He gets a bus to his local...
The Atom and the Damage Done, Part II Sun 14 Aug 2005
Last week saw Japan, and the world, commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in which an estimated 220,000 people lost their lives. The bombings...
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This page is a reverse chronology of Macrolog entries by MacDara Conroy published in August 2005. You will find many more in the Archives.