Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Two big names retire from racing
As the World Championships get into full swing Tony Martin, the German time trial specialist, has announced his retirement from racing. He is the second big name, big character rider to announce their retirement in recent weeks. “Crosswinds” Dan (Martin) announced his retirement on the eve of the Tour of Britain. Typically it would be…
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One Fine Day
Artist: The Chiffons Vinyl 45 Released by/ Catalogue number: Laurie Records 3179 Mint Year: 1963 Composer Carol King/ G Goffin Arranged By: Producer: The Tokens Record label: Screen Gems-Columbia Music, Inc. “One Fine Day” is one of those songs that bounces you into feeling good. The Chiffons have just the right amount of youthful joy…
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Are You Still My Baby
It seems safe to say that The Shirelles are best known for their version of the Carol King /Gerry Goffin song “Will you still love me tomorrow”. As a single “Are You Still My Baby” holds true to their (almost) naive sounding voice, perfect harmonies and all set off against what are sometimes highly charged…
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Be My Baby
The opening to this song is timeless while the song itself is one of the greatest 3 minutes of pop ever. And it is the guilty pleasure that tells us that guilty pleasures are simply great pleasures. Be My Baby is the first 45 I bought. It feels like a privilege to own such a…
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You should have seen the way he looked at me
The Dixie Cups were one of the original girl groups. Perhaps only remembered for their hits Chapel of Love and Iko Iko, this song is a reminder that it is always worth looking further at an artists catalogue. You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me is my favourite. It encompasses the joyful,…
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(Sittin’ on) the dock of the bay
Dock of the bay is an eternal classic by Redding and Cropper. A song of contradictions. It is time spent together and alone. It is a song full of the eternal optimism of a youthful summer.
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Broken hearted fool
Inez and Charlie Foxx were a brother and sister duo. Their music is instantly recognisable to anyone who has ever heard Motown, Philly soul, Northern soul – even just in passing. Despite this they were not well known. Picked up by the Northern Soul scene this song (written by Charlie Foxx) is one of my…
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The Garmin Hack
And why you should care about it. Can Garmin be trusted with your (very) personal data? Probably not! The cycling press has covered this hack fairly extensively. But it doesn’t feel like the seriousness of the databreach has been appreciated. One commentator described the data as being “ride data… that is anonymised”. (They did go…
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Snap off
Ubuntu’s snap is intended to aid the user experience. It doesn’t always do so. If you have ever tried to open a file from the web in Ubuntu and had the error message “file not found”/ “file does not exist”/ or “permission denied” the culprit could well be SNAP. With the release of Ubuntu 20.04…
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At night
There’s a whole world out there
Got any book recommendations?