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The Bravest Man in England

October 31st, 2009

From the excellent Great British Nutters comes this tale of Colonel Fred Burnaby. Victorian and Edwardian England was a time of heroic exploits but Burnaby stands comfortably head and shoulders above most. A 6’4″ cavalry man, an expert swordsman, runner, rider and boxer and fluent in several languages he was also an irascible adventurer. Click [...]

That Cervical Cancer Vaccine

October 8th, 2009

Skepticat has blogged a number of very important links about the cervical cancer vaccine scare cooked up by the press. The death of Natalie Morton was a tragedy, but was caused by the large undiagnosed tumour in her chest. Not the vaccine that will save the lives of a significant number of her peers. Sadly, [...]

Photo Essay: Bystanders capture and hold — chicagotribune.com

October 6th, 2009

With a hat tip to desjardin of Metafilter, comes this Photo Essay. 4 people spent at least 8 minutes grappling with a thief, getting bitten, kicked and bled on. 8 minutes is a pretty good response time, but a hell of a long time to be fighting.

Wedding Photos

September 29th, 2009

My friends Oz and Sammie were married recently in a beautiful and simple ceremony on St Mary’s, the largest of the Scilly Isles. I was honoured to be invited and I got some wedding snaps, some I am rather proud of. Have a look and tell me what you think.

Aggression in the face of overwhelming odds

September 29th, 2009

The BBC has an account of an 18 year old girl and her brother fighting off an attack from multiple armed home invaders. Their bravery and ferocity seem to have saved their family from a rather unpleasant fate. Sadly it seems they now fear retaliation.

It’s an Abomination!

September 27th, 2009

Via the delightfully snarky PZ Myers

Another Political Graph

September 27th, 2009

Courtesy of Knirirr came this link, from which I discover I am a right wing Libertarian. Apparently. My Political Views I am a right social libertarian Right: 7.48, Libertarian: 8.58 Political Spectrum Quiz It’s largely correct, although I think it would be much fairer to describe me as socially and economically libertarian.

Microsoft in non-shitty UI Shocker?

September 26th, 2009

Courtesy of Gizmodo, news that Microsoft has had a small skunkworks-esque team bashing away at making a tablet type design. It looks fascinating The UI looks really very interesting. A mix of stylus and finger gestures, it could be confusing, but the released video makes me think it will work well. I was a big [...]

Humanist Thuggery?

July 20th, 2009

I really should like the British Humanist Association. They are, in the main, my kind of people. …people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. Our vision is of a world without religious privilege or discrimination. We promote Humanism, campaign for an open society and a secular state, and work with [...]

Charlotte & DK Sum Up Libertarianism

July 17th, 2009

In a recent post discussing Charlotte ‘The last libertarian in the Lib Dems’ Gore, The Devil points to her writing I do actually remember the days when I’d say, “The Government should stop people from doing X” and think, you know, the people who want to do X? They’re scum, aren’t they? Who cares what [...]

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