Posts from April 2002
Featured Site
Hey! Check it out: I’m the featured site over at wander-lust.com.
Minds, Brains, and Science
Does John Searle, in his book Minds, Brains, and Science, succeed in explaining how mental phenomena can be nothing over and above neural phenomena and yet be caused by neural activity?
P.O.V. Waltz
P.O.V. Waltz – Harry Nilsson
Trains
This makes sense. I could never get why trains sometimes have locomotives on the *back* of the line. Why are there *pusher* engines? The answer was provided by – quelle surprise – The Discovery Channel. The Crash Files: On the Inside of the NTSB mentioned that longer trains need pusher engines on the rear to
Dave Eggars
On hating chicken
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In destinies sad or merry, True men can but try.
Pictures of Me
What do I look like? I ask myself this often. In case you’ve ever wondered … I added a tiny photo to the bottom of the sidebar over there. (Scroll down a bit.) If you click it you’ll visit the bowels of my /images directory where you can find several other pictures of me. Wouldn’t you like
LA Superior Court Web Site
The Superior Court of California has a terrific web site. I have no idea what possessed them to use *images* instead of *text* for all their links, though. That’s just plain stupid. But … I was able to pay my latest traffic citation on line, which was very nice.
Quick Search
Wow! I am going to have to check out Dave’s Quick Search Taskbar Toolbar Deskbar. It looks ultra-groovy. link via BrainLog
Droopners
I think it’s true: These really are the world’s funniest refrigerator magnets. Warning: Adult Content