by podblack on November 15, 2010
A gathering of minds like no other! This is a short film I made of all the fine furry delegates from Perth, who came to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in order to take part in Perth artist Bennett Miller’s ‘Dachshund U.N’. Dachshund U.N is both a large-scale architectural installation and a participatory performance [...]
by podblack on November 7, 2010
Big celebration for the first time the Perth Atheists (and quite a few skeptics) ran a Variety Night! Excellent night out with lots of laughs, quiz questions that challenged your knowledge of religions (and really sodding awful Spice Girl and The Doors mashups), fantastically good chicken risotto, debates about Hell Houses in Launceston and just [...]
by podblack on November 4, 2010
Juuuuusssstttt… uploading podcast ep. Might take a little while! So, essentially, it’s been busy-busy around here and I’ve written a lengthy outline of some of the things that have been going on over at the Token Skeptic site – it’s a script of what I’ll say on the show and you can read it and [...]
by podblack on November 1, 2010
In Perth? Not doing TAMOz? Keen on Philosophy? Free Philosophy colloquium at Murdoch University – Brian Hill Lecture Theatre, 8.30-5.30pm, 30th November. Our goal is once again to provide a forum for the vital exchange of ideas in a supportive, collegial atmosphere, as well as to foster ties between philosophy departments, staff and students. It [...]
by podblack on October 25, 2010
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!) [...]
by podblack on October 10, 2010
You’re going to have to excuse me for taking so long to write this blog-post about what I did on Saturday night – Academic Database Journal Search isn’t being very helpful at the moment: Search terms – ‘moon’ and ‘libido’ and ‘human’ = NO RECORDS IN SET. On Saturday night I attended Perth Scitech’s “Very Sexy [...]
by podblack on September 25, 2010
Brumby’s 2010 WA Open Dancesport Championships — Sunday 31 October 2010. You can get tickets at at all Ticketmaster outlets, or phone 136 100. More information at http://wa.dancesport.org.au
by podblack on August 16, 2010
The Stupid Species: Why Everyone (Except You) Is An Idiot – by Daniel Keogh The Stupid Species is an over -18s science show involving hilarious experiments, films, animations and stories that show the science and psychology of why everyone is capable of incredible stupidity. “We all like to think we’re special. In fact on average [...]