http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Fri, 02 May 2008 11:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding en http://boakes.org/mrdeity/ http://boakes.org/mrdeity/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:07:04 +0000 Rich holy trinity dogma youtube mr deity god lucifer jessie jesus larry religion faith http://boakes.org/mrdeity/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/mrdeity/mrdeity' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Mr. Deity shows what can be achieved with a static camera, a simple script, minimalist set design and great acting. Episode 5 was released yesterday. By releasing an episode every 2 weeks the producers hope to garner enough interest to turn it into a full TV series. It’s funny, and although it’s based on [...]]]> http://boakes.org/mrdeity/feed/ http://boakes.org/the-gift-of-reason/ http://boakes.org/the-gift-of-reason/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:26:07 +0000 Rich the god delusion religion pledgebank richard dawkins atheism tolerance MP parliament constituencies UK Britain http://boakes.org/the-gift-of-reason/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/pledge/god-delusion' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
There’s an interesting pledge underway at pledgebank which aims to find 646 people (one for every UK constituency) who are willing to purchase and send their local Member of Parliament a copy of The God Delusion, the latest book by Oxford University Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Richard Dawkins. Reviewed atAmazon.co.uk In a society where [...]]]> http://boakes.org/the-gift-of-reason/feed/ http://boakes.org/jedi-sith-adoption/ http://boakes.org/jedi-sith-adoption/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:37:24 +0000 Rich Adoption Discrimination Gender Gay Homosexual Jedi Sith http://boakes.org/jedisith-adoption/ Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2007/adoption/beru-lars' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The Empire has backed the Jedi Council in its bid to be exempt from laws on adoption by families of fewer than three genders. Jedi leaders from Coruscant to Endor say its teachings prevent its masters placing children with lifeform collectives that only comprise one or two genders and have threatened to close their adoption centres [...]]]> http://boakes.org/jedi-sith-adoption/feed/ http://boakes.org/fsm-tube/ http://boakes.org/fsm-tube/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:39:26 +0000 Rich london london underground boingboing flying spaghetti monster fsm tube map google earth http://boakes.org/fsm-tube Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/spag/spag' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I’ve mentioned previously about how the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) may be leaving us clues about His impending manifestation on Earth. I think I just spotted another, and it’s rather significant. A series of articles in BoingBoing have recently highlighted the fun that can be had by using anagrams of station names on tube maps, [...]]]> http://boakes.org/fsm-tube/feed/ http://boakes.org/this-isnt-kansas-anymore-toto/ http://boakes.org/this-isnt-kansas-anymore-toto/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:12:39 +0000 Rich kansas intelligent design fsm science evolution darwin http://boakes.org/?p=523 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/kansas/dorothy' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
I cannot let the landmark events in Kansas go by without a mention. The Kansas Board of Education have introduced Intelligent Design into the curriculum. The fact that supporters of intelligent design are casting doubt on evolutionary theory is fine, it’s an important part of scientific method that our theoretical models are challenged; however, I [...]]]> http://boakes.org/this-isnt-kansas-anymore-toto/feed/ http://boakes.org/bush-god-made-me-do-it/ http://boakes.org/bush-god-made-me-do-it/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:21:38 +0000 Rich bush george afghanistan attribution iraq spoke peace palestinians God http://boakes.org/?p=494 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/bush/bush' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
So, George W. Bush turns to the Palestinian PM and Foreign Minister and says: “God told me to invade Afghanistan and Iraq”. Bearing in mind this attribution comes from two people (Prime Minister Mazen and Foreign Minister Shaath) who spoke directly to President Bush, who in turn spoke directly with (his) God, this appears likely [...]]]> http://boakes.org/bush-god-made-me-do-it/feed/ http://boakes.org/the-spaghetti-code/ http://boakes.org/the-spaghetti-code/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:39:52 +0000 Rich clues spaghetti philosophers davinci spaghettified FSM flying spaghetti monster http://boakes.org/?p=460 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2005/spag/spag' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The worlds best selling book (after the main religious core texts) is the Da Vinci Code, which describes a hypothetical trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci. Clues that are visible to all, but disguised. It was whilst working on an exceptionally complex piece of distributed code today, that I realised that [...]]]> http://boakes.org/the-spaghetti-code/feed/