An Eclectic Mind » This just in… http://www.marialanger.com Web site and blog for Maria Langer, author and helicopter pilot. Wed, 07 May 2008 03:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en links for 2008-04-30 http://www.marialanger.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/ http://www.marialanger.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:35:50 +0000 Maria Langer http://www.marialanger.com/2008/04/30/links-for-2008-04-30/
  • Video Lorenzo : the Flying French Man
    Excellent video of horseman who lives and performs with his horses. A must-see for any horse lover.
    (tags: horses video)
  • YouTube - End of The World
    A funny (if it weren’t so true) video on YouTube.
    (tags: video funny youtube)
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    4:45 PM Update: Turns out, the $6 adapter was not the right adapter. I had to order a part from AKG. I could have skipped the drive. But then I wouldn’t have the sunburn to complain about.

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  • Why The “A” Word Won’t Go Away
    Article about the word “atheist” as opposed to the phrase “secular humanist.” By Tom Flynn.
    (tags: religion atheism Humanism)
  • Expelled Exposed
    This Web site has a great collection of links that exposes the ID propaganda film’s claims for what they are: bullshit.
    (tags: creationism evolution intelligentdesign religion science film atheism)
  • Temporal perspective
    A great little video. SciFi animation at its best. On Pharyngula.
    (tags: time video science)
  • 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
    Some good information for debating creationists. In Scientific American.
    (tags: creationism religion Science Evolution intelligentdesign)
  • Should Science Speak to Faith?
    More on the ID/Evolution debate. In Scientific American.
    (tags: intelligentdesign creationism evolution science)
  • Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Integrity Displayed
    John Rennie of Scientific American gives Expelled a good bashing.
    (tags: evolution religion science intelligentdesign atheism)
  • Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed–Ben Stein Launches a Science-free Attack on Darwin
    Noted skeptic Michael Shermer offers his views of Expelled. In Scientific American.
    (tags: evolution film intelligentdesign movies science review)
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  • ANDREAS HELGSTRAND - WEG2006 Freestyle Final
    Don’t let the boring title fool you. This is a YouTube video of an incredible performance of a horse that can DANCE.
    (tags: video youtube horses dancing)
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  • The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster explained
    An interview with the church’s founder explains all. On Helium.com.
    (tags: religion intelligentdesign creationism firstamendment)
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  • Death by Blogging
    Commentary about a New York Times article that apparently claims blogging can be hazardous to your health. By Timothy Noah on Slate Magazine.
    (tags: blogging health slate NYTimes)
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  • What Barack Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say
    Religion is playing a very large part in politics these days. An article by Sam Harris on the Huffington Post.
    (tags: atheism harris obama opinion religion politics)
  • The Problem with Atheism
    An edited transcript of a talk given at the Atheist Alliance conference in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2007 by Sam Harris. On the Washington Post Web site.
    (tags: harris atheism article philosophy religion opinion)
  • Apple passes Walmart, number 1 in US music sales
    Article on the Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
    (tags: apple itunes music)
  • US president Bush: Like a stubborn child with his head against the wall.
    That’s the translated caption for this photo on SpiegelOnline. This is how the world sees our president. Thanks to @gruber on Twitter for the link.
    (tags: bush funny images photos)
  • Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faith
    In Time magazine.
    (tags: atheism christianity philosophy article religion)
  • ATA discontinues flights, files for bankruptcy
    The only thing that surprises me about this is that it took so long. I few ATA about half-dozen times. Each time was a total nightmare. On MSNBC.com.
    (tags: aviation airline ATA)
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  • Skepticality Podcast: No Intelligence Allowed!
    Interviews with Richard Dawkins and Michael Shermer about P.Z. Myers’s expulsion from the preview of Crossroads.
    (tags: intelligentdesign creationism religion)
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  • Rick Astley Addresses the Rickroll Phenomenon
    What does Rick Astley think of his sudden popularity? Read it on Wired.com.
    (tags: rickroll video)
  • Footage of Flying Penguins
    From BBC on telegraph.co.uk.
    (tags: flying video funny)
  • Inside AdSense: Introducing AdSense for conversations
    Another great idea from Google. ;-)
    (tags: advertising google funny)
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    Anyway, two of my neighbor’s kids saw me heading down to the coop and came over to see what I was up to. So I recorded them, too. I get a kick out of some of the things kids say, probably because I’ve never had kids and I don’t have to listen to them all the time. I assume these two boys are typical for their age.

    The chickens make their appearance in the second half of the video, although you can hear them in the background throughout.

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  • Lying for Jesus?
    Richard Dawkins responds the the PZ Myers expulsion from “Expelled.” On RichardDawkins.net.
    (tags: creationism atheism intelligentdesign religion)
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    I don’t know why, but the audio didn’t come through on Viddler. I may try to upload it again. For now, you’ll have to be satisfied with the video only.

    Update: After fiddling around with the original video and compressing it prior to re-upload, I got the sound to work right. Here’s the good version of the video, with sound.

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  • No Admission for Evolutionary Biologist at Creationist Film
    Ah, the creationists are at it again, trying to push intelligent design with a film and trying to keep evolutionary biologists out. When will these people come out of their dark ages and see the light? In the New York Times.
    (tags: evolution intelligentdesign film)
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