Category Archives: life

276. The Mental God Bot

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Thor

Almost every kind of god seems to be somebody’s favourite. Most of them make an easy tar­get for satire. Explana­tory evi­dence for a gent on a thun­der­cloud seems to be thin in the air after all. Yet a per­fectly rea­son­able … Con­tinue read­ing →

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275. Live and Let Live

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Thor

They may not be your kind of peo­ple. They may not even be my kind of peo­ple. Come to think of it, I’m prob­a­bly not your kind of per­son. What­ever. They, you, me – we’ve all been here since the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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271. Security & the Neo-feudalists – One Dimensional Chess

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Thor

A few cen­turies ago Europe was dot­ted with castle fortresses, sur­rounded by sup­pos­edly impreg­nable stone walls and moats of water. Bar­ri­caded in these castles were lords and ladies, suck­ing the life out of the peas­ant farms around them, and blow­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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269. Almost the same, almost forever (but not quite)

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Thor

Noth­ing in nature ever repeats itself. Not quite. No two heart­beats are ever the same. No two orbits of the earth around the sun are ever the same. No two human faces are ever the same, no two trees, or … Con­tinue read­ing →

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268. Trouble with the Sock God

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Thor

Have you noticed? It’s the small gods who always make trou­ble. Take the Sock God. With­out fail, each time I wash clothes, the Sock God sneaks in and steals a sock. Once I tried to beat the bug­ger by buy­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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267. All hidden truth to bring to light

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Thor

Art is not a part of things until we make it a part. An artist is some­one with the skill of help­ing oth­ers to see the extra­or­di­nary in the ordi­nary. She finds a sym­phony in nature where oth­ers have heard … Con­tinue read­ing →

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266. Pity your neighbour’s cat

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Thor

The most cer­tain qual­ity of power is that those who seek it will mis­use it. A sec­ond cer­tainty is that an army of zom­bies will eagerly imi­tate their lead­ers. And so it is with “cyber war­fare”. Gov­ern­ment lead­ers rou­tinely spy … Con­tinue read­ing →

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