Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category

China’s Lunar Lander – did it Crash?

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

I first saw the video of the Chang'e 3 lunar landing at LiveLeak and have to say I thought it was beautiful: the smooth motion and clear images reminded me of looking out of the window of an aeroplane as it banks while lining up to land at a destination ...

Muslims in niqab / burqa smile for the camera no eyes visible

Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

Someone forwarded me a photo of Muslims in burqa / niqab today by email with a comment about "incongruity". Here it is: I wasn't immediately convinced it couldn't have been improved for comic effect using something like gimp. I searched for "Image Search", thinking I could just find similar images and ...

Religion-free state education in the UK

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

We recently returned to the UK with two young children from a financially cavalier extended 'babymoon' in Malaysia. Part of the impetus to move back again was my reluctance to put my children through the Malaysian state education system which emphasises racist division and religious practice, though possibly not in ...

Power from the sun (and gun): Bandar Dataran Solar

Friday, March 18th, 2011

A couple of days ago when I wrote about how I thought Malaysia should generate electricity from the sun, I realised that the picture that I carry in my head might not be the same as a reader might form in their own. Worse, I dashed off an image of ...

The Ministry of Tourism Poll: Penang Botanical Garden Arches

Monday, June 14th, 2010

There's plenty of 'information' available in Malaysia, and just a few people publicly questioning its quality. The Ministry of Tourism is conducting a poll on its website to see whether people want to keep the arches being built at the Penang Botanical gardens (Warning: abysmal Flash site). Anil Netto (who ...