Monthly Archives: August 2009

WordPress Trackback Tutorial

Posted on 2009-08-27 by alan

I have always been a bit intimidated by bloggers’ talk of “Trackback” and “Pingback”, and am still unsure of whether they really do anything that isn’t just as easy to do “by hand”. I recently came across a Tutorial written … Continue reading →

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Copyright/ Fair Dealing | DOC | Documentary Organization of Canada

Posted on 2009-08-19 by alan

Copyright/ Fair Dealing | DOC | Documentary Organization of Canada

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Science & Religion again

Posted on 2009-08-15 by alan

Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum, coauthors of “Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future”, writing in the LA Times, ask “Must science declare a holy war on religion?” Their concern appears to be that Richard Dawkins and other so-called … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking . . .

Posted on 2009-08-15 by alan

. . . would have died long ago if he had lived in the UK – or so said an anti-medicare US “thinktank” (the Investors Business Daily) until Jay Bookman and others pointed out that . . . he does!

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How to Find Your Facebook Status RSS Feed

Posted on 2009-08-03 by alan

How to Find Your Facebook Status RSS Feed

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