Daily Archives: September 24, 2006

The God Delusion

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 24, 2006

I’ve read a hundred pages or so of Dawkins’ new book and it just keeps on rocking me with fundamental truth. You can get your copy through this link: The God Delusion Thanks to Norm Jenson at One Good Move for turning me on to it early. If you buy through the above link, you [...]

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Roombah — humbug

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 24, 2006

Stewart Brand writes glowingly of the Roomba at Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools blog. (Thanks to Dave Winer for the pointer.) I was awarded a Roomba for my half baked idea regarding robotic pet exercise devices last year at the Accelerating Change gathering. When I tried it at my house it didn’t work. Things that choked [...]

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Fludding me softly with her lies…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 24, 2006

Catherine Bennett on abuse memoirs as a genre… In a really fine piece of survivor-ware, you’ll find something redemptive – yet convincing – on every page. As a child, Briscoe read The Little Princess and vowed never to give up. Now we can read Judge Briscoe’s horrifying memoirs and vow never to give up. Such [...]

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