I always really appreciated Spinoza. Sell Descartes, buy Spinoza ... continue reading

November is #diabetes  awareness month. Please help organizations in research, awareness, & support http://www.fightingdiabetes.ca & http://www.worlddiabetesday.org Last week (the 14th of November) was World Diabetes Day. That night, I brought my (nearly three-year old) son to visit his doctor for a routine checkup. We had some questions about his extreme water consumption. He was always thirsty, always wa ... continue reading

Google Earth Shows Rapid Destruction of World’s Forests ... continue reading

Good NDP proposal to increase government openness and transparency. Access to information. Senate should fall under access-to-information law, NDP urges – Politics – CBC News ... continue reading

Quite a story… I’d be curious to see this guy’s home. The ‘eccentric fellow’ who lived an isolated, Gollum-like existence alone with a $1.4-billion Nazi art trove ... continue reading

Google wins for its ability to search for text from scanned books. US court decided that displaying the snippets Google scanned is fair use. More here: http://www.google.ca/googlebooks/perspectives/legal.html ... continue reading

Today is World Philosophy Day. From the UNESCO site: “World Philosophy Day was introduced in 2002 by UNESCO to honour philosophical reflection in the entire world by opening up free and accessible spaces. Its objective is to encourage the peoples of the world to share their philosophical heritage and to open their minds to new ideas, as well as to inspire a public debate between intellectuals and civil societ ... continue reading

This is brilliant. Even if it doesn’t get used a lot immediately, building a repository of all these scanned objects is a really interesting idea and opens the potential for people to at least get some idea of them even if they cannot visit the museum directly. Smithsonian museum artifacts can now be 3D printed at home – Technology & Science – CBC News ... continue reading

“These Are the Good Old Days” – http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=11082013 Achewood § November 8, 2013 ... continue reading

More than Joe Clark’s commentary, this article covers a few people’s perspectives on how the Harper Conservative government cannot produce ideas nor evaluate good policy (foreign or domestic) because of its overbearing control. Joe Clark book takes on Harper government’s ‘almost adolescent’ tone – World – CBC News ... continue reading

Worthwhile read on the problems with many new copyright and so-called “intellectual property” regulations. The title is a bit misleading though because, while this problem may be exacerbated by some trade deals, it’s not necessarily the trade deal that is to blame. How trade deals threaten modern culture ... continue reading

Interesting read on Spain and austerity measures. To Hell and Back: Spain’s Grotesque Recession and Its Surprising New Economy ... continue reading

This quote alone makes me curious about this Bujalski movie ‘The chessboard is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the Universe’ Computer Chess: Geek, gaming and retro-tech movie of the year ... continue reading