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Well, I’m not well. :/ But I’m more worried about another friend, Milton, who is currently so unwell, he’s in hospital. Really hope things improve quickly for him and hopefully he’ll enjoy this when he’s better. I really love Stephen Fry’s ‘Podgrams’ podcast (yes, I have to get back to work on my podcast too!) [...]

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The Naked Skeptic – Now A Csi Web Column!

by podblack on July 2, 2009

Results include your SearchWiki notes for australasian science naked skeptic. Share these notes Copy and paste this link into an email or IM: See a preview of the shared page I have always enjoyed reading the publication Australasian Science Magazine for the ‘Naked Skeptic’ column that it features – and now one of the contributors [...]

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On Facebook, Amazing Meeting presenter Margaret Downey posted a picture of a secular Jewish Bat Mitzvah. Penn Jillette responded with the following comments: Oh dear. Are in favor of “cultural jews.” I mean, isn’t that just racism? I don’t get it. I”m not kidding. This makes me very uncomfortable. I don’t see how pride in [...]

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The first question I have is – did you join in on the #fisting recently on Twitter? Secondly – do you know the guy in the photo that Scott Hurst photographed? By the way – if the title isn’t a warning enough, yes, this post is the sort that will get me firmly registered on [...]

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LolCode!

by podblack on April 4, 2008

Thanks to G! xxx! Some guys are trying to turn LOLCATS into a programming language… http://lolcode.com So far looks like it would be possible to write a compiler for it. Syntax is fairly similar to something like Ada or another Pascal variant.

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Smart Bitches, Not Meerly Sex

by podblack on January 19, 2008

I have to admit, since it’s only the 19th of January, it’s pretty cool to see the ‘sexiest plagiarism scandal of 2008′ erupt so soon! And all because of animal sex and romance fiction! Hawt. I’ll admit upfront and proudly that I’m a fan of romance novels. Yes, from the trashy ones to the ones [...]

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