More Quora Inanity

Mike Flynn recounts another example of why the overwhelming amount of stuff on Quora is a waste of time (apart from things written by Tim O'Neill and that Batman post).

Harry Dresden

Just read the first four Harry Dresden novels. They are quite addictive. I even looked up how much it would be to get a duster and hat. I probably shouldn't admit to things like that on the internet.

Waiting

"Here's to Waiting"

The 1998 Guinness Ad.

Gorilla

I thought I would collect together some of my favourite commercials from Youtube.

This one was used at a Scottish HE Enhancement Themes talk by Paul Redmond a few years ago to illustrate the concept of subconscious marketing - in Cadbury's case, the colour purple.

Current Favourite Podcast - "A History of Philosophy without any Gaps"

Brandon Watson over at Siris has been writing a series of posts on the Platonic dialogues and this has prompted me to write about my current favourite podcast, Peter Adamson's "A History of Philosophy without any Gaps". I came late to this series but it has been a real joy to slowly meander through classical philosophy starting at Thales. So far, I am up to Plotinus but, as the holiday season approaches, I am confident of reaching the latest episodes which are just about to launch into the medieval Christian philosophers.

Adamson himself is a very disarming presenter and I like his style of narration, especially the illustrative stories about Buster Keaton and Hiawatha the Giraffe.