Recently, David Hume has come up quite frequently in my studies so I’d like to discuss a few of his theories and what makes him one of my favourite philosophers. Hume is as associated with the empirical movement as Rentokil is with rodent control. His Treatise on Human Nature argued that all science is restricted by human perception and that “Even Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science of Man.”
Hi there, Dave here, on another rant, which I will then thrust in your face like some dirty, used jock-strap. And today’s rant? Well, it’s all about hiring things, and let me tell you, when it comes to this, I have a wealth of experience…
One of my first hiring experiences came many years ago when I found myself staring at the words magician london in a Yellow Pages. At the time I had been set the task of finding a magician for a friend’s 18th birthday party, and all the responsibility fell on my square shoulders.
The task started off simple enough: I simply called a few magicians and asked them what they did. But then came the next hurdle. I couldn’t decide! All of them sounded so…magicany, yes, that’s the word, and the more I considered the more difficult it became. So in the end there was just one last thing for it: visit the studios of these people and see them in the flesh for myself!
For instance, just when I thought doom was setting its heavy hand down upon me, I met…
Why do you wear clothes? My female friends invariably accuse me of having naughty thoughts when I pose this question. Well, I am forced to clarify that I have no interest in stripping people so that I can do stuff that most people do when they take off their clothes. My question is- Why do we, human beings as a race, wear clothes? Have you seen any other animal wearing clothes?
When Steve Jobs passed away on October 5, 2011, the world lost a visionary who left a legacy that has touched us all. Now matter if you are from South London and living in Croydon doing your office cleaning Croydon job or you live in Surrey, chances are you would have heard the name Steve Jobs and have used one of the many products his company has developed. Jobs has touched the lives of many worldwide.
As all us gamesters know – and if you don’t then seriously, hurry up and get with the program! – the R4i Card and the Nintendo DSi changed the game in terms of mobile gaming and what’s possible to cram into a small, hand-held console. Using the powerful card – and when we say powerful we mean this little puppy can hold tons of games and even movies if you like – you can be on the train or bus or walking and have access to all your favourite games. And, as if all this wasn’t a sight of gorgeousness to behold, we have the never-less-than-awesome ‘augmented reality'thing which takes full advantage of your console’s camera. Now, how’s that for a flippin'brilliant thing?
For any newcomers who aren’t aware of what augmented reality is, here’s a quick lesson. Using some pretty nifty software and pointing the camera at stuff which is wherever you are, you can play wondrous games which utilize furniture and the like to create the best gamin experience yet! In other words, it really is impressive, and one of the most impressive things about it is how you can interact with it…
ou can watch movies on it, play games on it and listen to your favourite music
See, by moving the console around and shifting your viewpoint, the image on the screen – an image which is as 3D as it comes – also shifts and moves accordingly. It means that what you see really does appear to be there. This means that suddenly gaming isn’t confined to the indoors anymore, or even what’s on your screen. Using this latest technology, a whole universe of possibilities are unleashed for us to play with as we like!
Of course, we know what you might be thinking if you’re a stranger to this: you’ll be questioning whether or not this is really all that good. Well, here’s the thing: it actually damn well is! In this case 3D isn’t a gimmick at all. What it is is fun, enriching and something which can get exceedingly addictive…and we should know, right?
If you’re still wondering why the DSi is worth investing in, let us re-iterate that you can watch movies on it, play games on it and listen to your favourite music on it too. In other words, it’s the most complete multimedia experience that there possibly is and it does all these things impossibly well for such a small and compact device! Now, don’t you think that’s something for us all to shout about?
I have always been the one among my friends who as more interested in ways to invest money. Here I will write a bit about investment bonds even though they may not be as popular and glamorous as investing in real estate and stocks. They are nonetheless a prudent form of investment. Here are a number of advantages of investing in bonds.
Every day we’re told that we need to be special. We need to stand out from the crowd. Well, that’s true, I know, but what about manners? It is my humble ordinary-bloke opinion that in this day and age of unique-ness, manners are getting left behind and becoming famous is considered more important. Follow my lead, people, and do these things to keep manners alive:
1) Forget the stupid politics of it, if you see someone struggling with a door, More
As a regular, every-day kind of English bloke, I’m probably a bit like you: I keep my opinions to myself. Well, I usually do, until the other day, when I found myself embroiled in a big fat argument at the bus stop.
It was their fault, not mine, honest guv!
When I arrived at the bus-stop there were all the usual crowd there. Then, five minutes later, three youths with hoodies on appeared. And it was all fine until they More
The other day, me and a friend of mine ended up having a really bloated, technically exasperating conversation about Kiss. Not the act of kissing, but the infamous band with all the make-up. I was drunk and, come to think of it, he was drunk too. In other words, we were a couple of drunk fools proclaiming our love for Kiss and asking the universe why they had never received the critical acclaim from the General Public which they surely More
It’s all a bit tricky at the moment, so they tell me. Whatever you want to call it - the recession, the credit crunch, the crash, the complete END OF THE WORLD mayhem - it’s meaning that my cash flow situation isn’t quite all it could be. I’ve even had to indulge in payday loans from time to time, just to keep things on an even keel.
The thing is though, I’m starting to find that friends and family are More
