There’s a request on the UK Government’s new Your Freedom website asking for a removal of open water swimming bans in the UK.
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Cognitive Conga: a blog
Dancing the conceptual kerfuffle shuffle
Ratiocination, n. An instance of [reasoning]. Also: a conclusion arrived at by reasoning. Doubt the applicability of this at your peril leisure.
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Lifting open water swimming bans in the UK
Sunday, July 11th, 2010Commercially copying the fab lab
Monday, April 19th, 2010Many urban Americans will be familiar with Kinko’s, a retail chain specialising in the photocopying, faxing, scanning and printing of documents. The branches I’ve seen offer a choice of self-service or full service for at least some tasks – photocopying, for instance – and many branches also offer graphic design, internet access, and other services. In short, each branch of Kinko’s works like a fab lab for 2D information on screen or on paper. You can copy this information, move it from electronic storage to paper storage or vice versa, manipulate it, and send or receive it.
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What’s wrong with the voter power index?
Friday, April 9th, 2010voterpower.org.uk suggests I have a choice of exercising 0.067 of a vote or 0.123 of a vote depending on where I decide to cast my ballot. Try it out. Ask your friends to try it too. Isn’t it interesting how many of us appear, according to that website, to have significantly less voter power than average
? I smell a rat…
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