All posts for the month April, 2007

Logical Fallacies

Stephen Downes highlights his Guide of Logical Fallacies site. This brought to mind a recent Rocketboom segment on the same topic. Great for those the visually-inclined. George Dubya and his administrators feature quite a bit. I have to admit I have been guilty of some of these fallacies. I’ll try to avoid them. (Direct link.) [...]

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by acroamatic on April 26, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Learning
Posted by acroamatic on April 26, 2007

http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/04/logical-fallacies/

Today is ANZAC Day

Four years ago, when I was a student in Melbourne, I took the opportunity to participate in the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance. Wynnie, who is currently studying in Melbourne (something about me and that city),  attended the Dawn Service this morning. She reflects: although i’m not australian, it wasn’t difficult [...]

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by acroamatic on April 25, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Heritage, Musings, Personal
Posted by acroamatic on April 25, 2007

http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/04/today-is-anzac-day/

Belated Earth Day!

Was waiting the whole weekend for this to be released in an embed-able format. Rocketboom is a tech/social commentary video podcast helmed by Joanne Colan. (She looks better than how she appears in the ill- timed screenshot.) In this Earth Day special, she unwraps an overly packaged item in order to make a statement about [...]

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by acroamatic on April 23, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Musings, Singaporeana
Posted by acroamatic on April 23, 2007

http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/04/belated-earth-day/

Comment to the P65ers

In my feeds this morning, a post from the P65 blog arrived. Yet another speech reproduced verbatim. I was compelled to write this comment. It’s currently under moderation, so I will reproduce it here, in case it disappears into the ether. It’s been published, and I await a response. Hi there, This comment goes out [...]

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by acroamatic on April 11, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Musings, Personal
Posted by acroamatic on April 11, 2007

http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/04/comment-to-the-p65ers/

Perspective

Today’s quote from my Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff calendar: Keep your perspective; after all, things really could be worse, and it might even get worse. Yup, it could.

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by acroamatic on April 10, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Personal
Posted by acroamatic on April 10, 2007

http://deadpoetscave.com/2007/04/perspective/