Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

As we saw before, I’d been wandering around Athens for a while, checking out cool and interesting things. Next up:  a strange series of Greek dances at a theatre a little ways away from the Acropolis.  There was a little band and some people in various costumes performing dances purported to be from around Greece. […]

Note, my photos from my trip to Greece are here: Vijay’s photos of Greece. The first part of my three-country June/July excursion to Europe began in Athens. I flew from Newark on a nice 10 hour non-stop (not including the standard one-hour airplane traffic jam on the EWR runway). But, since I was in business […]

I saw this stuck sign in a washroom in Edmonton:

Cary alerted me to Ride the City. It attempts to give me what I’ve craved for as long as I’ve been riding a bike in NYC: Safe biking directions. Given a beginning and ending address, it will give you a route that is (by default) biased towards bikeways and bike lanes. You can pick between […]

It turns out people have been onto this for a little while (unsurprising since it’s a pretty easy way to save/make a boatload of money). This article in the NY Timestalks about the spread of this practice. It also turns out that according to a US Supreme Court decision it’s 100% legal for American individuals, […]

When I was in Bangalore this past weekend (more on my trip to London and India in a subsequent post), I was helping my cousin study for some Computer Science exams. She needed to get a textbook, so I went with her to a local computer bookstore. I’d been meaning to pick up a copy […]

Amtrak really really wants to price their seats like an Airline. They’ve set it up so that prices increase as you approach the travel day; this is true of both the Accela “high-speed” train and the normal “lower-speed” trains (only 30 min slower DC-NY). The train is a great way to travel between DC and […]

I’m finally getting around to writing about some of my world travels. I suppose it’s fitting that I’m writing this on a Delta flight. Thank god for in-seat power! And for complimentary upgrades to first class! Where to start? I guess it makes sense to just intersperse ‘historical’ blog posts, where I reminisce about past […]