Some assorted links

November 13th, 2007 tristan Posted in blogs, power, progress, singularity No Comments »

First up Megan McArdle sums up some of the blogosphere

If all I wanted to do was insult people, I could just spend the day riding mass transit, which offers an equally rich source of targets without the risk of carpal tunnel.

Hit & Run demonstrates the amazing rate of progress and its exponential growth, from the beinning of life to today. Perhaps the singularity is on its way… (for the record, I welcome our hyper-intelligent overlords…)

Lastly, Bruce Schneier finds an insight into suicide bombings from the computer game Halo 3.
It seems that large power differentials (down to talent and time spent playing in this case) causes at least one player to commit suicide (within the game) to take out the opponent as well.

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My Top UK Political Blogs

August 7th, 2007 tristan Posted in blogs 7 Comments »

Upon compiling this I discovered that several of my favourite blogs have disappeared (I hadn’t noticed largely due to subscribing to the whole libdemblogs feed). Very sad. I hope that they return soon. I’ve also left off people who haven’t blogged in a month or so.

Anyway, my top twenty in alphabetical order-

Andy Mayer - http://andymayer.blogspot.com/ - no holds barred when attacking our political opponents. Also very good when he writes the occasional more philosophical piece. An all round good read.
Bishop Hill - http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/ - Firm on his liberal beliefs.
Chase Me, Ladies, I’m In The Cavalry http://chasemeladies.blogspot.com/ - Hilarious
Cicero - http://cicerossongs.blogspot.com/ - Firm liberal with interesting insights. Especially on Russia and Eastern Europe.
Globalisation Institute - http://www.globalisation.eu/blog/ - Liberal economics think tank making the move to Brussels. Big fans of Richard Cobden.
7Guido Fawkes - http://www.order-order.com/ - Try not to take him too seriously…
Home Office Watch - http://www.homeofficewatch.com/ - LibDem Home Affairs Team keeping an eye on the Home Office etc. I suspect they’re a bit weighed under…
Jock Coats - http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/ - Very intelligent discussion. Big fan of LVT.
Liberal Burblings - http://paulwalter.blogspot.com/ - Interesting, intelligent and poses me with some questions :)
Liberal Bureaucracy - http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/ - Some very good insights into the workings of the party and a generally good read
Liberal England - http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/ - A classic of blogging. Interesting, witty and amusing.
Liberal Legend II - http://www.liberallegend2.blogspot.com/ - A welcome return to blogging. Keeps us up to date with events in China as well as general liberal views.
Love and Liberty - http://loveandliberty.blogspot.com/ - Very interesting and well written - if a little long winded ;) Oh and lots of Dr. Who
Millenium Elephant - http://millenniumelephant.blogspot.com/ - A very clever little elephant who sees things us humans don’t often see.
Political Betting - http://politicalbetting.com/ - Has a good look at polls and elections. Interesting even for those of us who don’t bet.
Quaequam Blog - http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/ - Still a good read after the several years I’ve been reading it. Hard hitting, witty and interesting.
Richard Allan - http://www.richardallan.org.uk/ - Sporadic blogging, but interesting when posts are made. A focus on technology and politics - he’s a great loss to Parliament as one of the few politicians who understood technology.
Samizdata - http://www.samizdata.net/blog/ - Some very good libertarian posts, although some of the commenters are a little swivel-eyed and nationalistic. Some of the contributors are excellent.
Stephen Tall - http://oxfordliberal.blogspot.com/ - Well written, informative, interesting and liberal. What more could you want from a blogger?
Tim Worstall - http://timworstall.typepad.com/timworstall/ - Prolific blogger on economics and politics. Liberal to the core, although he is a euronihilist.

Honourable mentions of blogs past:
Liberal Polemic - now sadly gone.
Forceful and Moderate - http://forcefulandmoderate.blogspot.com/ - No recent postings, was very good when it was active.
Agent Musco - All gone
Pigeon Post - Now a Splogger blog
Liberal Review - Seems to be inactive now

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