http://www.mentalechoes.org Personal rant space of a guy no longer using an alias Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:22:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:    Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 26. King James Bible.   I've been interested in robotics ever since I was a kid, fascinated by science and science fiction. The idea of humaniform robots has never really scared me in any way, ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/machine-intelligence-and-the-consequences-of-new-man-for-old-man/ I heard today - for the first time - about glamping through an article in the New York Times travel section. Glamping is apparently the luxury form of camping, which I'm sure will become a big hit with the young middle age yuppy crowd who like the prestige of roughing ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/glamping-are-you-fucking-kidding/ So I arrived home after a busy but fruitful Sunday at work, and decided to flip on the TV for some background noise while I did a bit of light browsing to cool down and relax. Without paying any attention at all, I somehow found the E! Entertainment channel and ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/why-the-wonder-for-celebritism/ Funny what gets people talking. It seems that the shiney new Large Hadron Collider has become the new most popular science topic of discussion, for both the tech elite, and the mindless Christian scare mongering morons, alike. If you haven't been keeping up with the news - or the only ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/hadron-collider-and-those-christian-cry-babies/ When I was twenty years old, I never knew my fathers mind. It seemed all the choices he made in life were wrong, and even I could see that back then, even though I knew I had very little real experience at anything to do with adult life. Twenty years ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/the-understanding-nature-of-a-son/ I'm feeling particularly creative today! I've got all these ideas running around my head for a new movie review addition to my website, new concepts for this big blog of mine, and a feeling to resurrect my other writers blog which I put in the freezer many months (try 20) ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/09/feeling-particularly-creative-right-now/ Sitting in my flat on a Sunday afternoon, the temperature feeling like it's around mid 20's, reminds me a lot of Brisbane on Sunday afternoons at the end of summer. Sitting in a chair in just a pair of long shirts, enjoying the feeling of being hot. Just a little ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/08/a-warm-day-that-reminds-me-of-brisvegas/ i noticed tonight for the first time that the nights are getting longer, as the sun sets earlier in the evening. It didn't seem that long ago that we Europeans were getting sunlight until 11pm, with a few brief hours of darkness before first light at 4.30am. Now though, slowly ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/08/days-growing-shorter-change-of-seasons-upon-us-soon/ It never ceases to amaze me how our own self image, and the external image the world sees, can be so at odds. Friday last week I was out at a tree hugging day for work when during one of the group sessions someone called me an "alpha male", and ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/08/image/ I was a hardcore smoker for about 5 years, from 31 to 36. Generally in the order of about a pack a day of Marlboro lights, and two packs a day on weekends when the socialising would hit high gear. It was sometime during 37 when I thought I'd better ... http://www.mentalechoes.org/2008/08/quit-smoking-through-forgetfulness/