Author Archives: Mark

It may well be true that I don’t manage my time as effectively as I should, but I am struggling to keep up with everything I should be doing, as well as things I would like to be reporting here … Continue reading →

Harvard Crimson, November 13 This is another article I found through William Dembski’s blog. It’s about the lack of support for Intelligent Design at Harvard Divinity School. It quotes, for example, Diane L. Moore, director of the program in religion … Continue reading →

In NZ, apart from the glorious Pohutukawa, the Christmas season is mostly visible in the orgy of retail madness that seems to overtake the nation. I just got back from the Woodfield Mall tonight and I can report that the … Continue reading →

NY Times, December 2 Prof. Ron Numbers from the University of Wisconsin is quoted here as saying that “at heart, the proponents of intelligent design “want to change the definition of science” to include God, an issue he predicted would … Continue reading →

This is pretty interesting. Pakiri is one of my favorite places in NZ. NZ Herald, 3 December “The multimillion beachfront property at the centre of a struggle between David Tua and his former managers is to become Auckland’s newest regional … Continue reading →

American Scientist, November-December 2004 This is a really interesting article that I found via William Dembski’s Uncommon Descent blog. It concerns some important properties of the genetic code. Here’s the deal (as far I understand it with my limited knowledge … Continue reading →

Slate, November 23 This is a pretty interesting article about a book by physicist Lawrence Krauss called Hiding in the Mirror. In the book, Krauss apparently slams String Theory, currently one of the major themes in the efforts of the … Continue reading →

Microwaves Govern Us – SMH December 1 Under the above headline, the Sydney Morning Herald today made its own bid for the title of least scientifically literate news outlet in Australasia with a claim that “electromagnetic “smog” from mobile phone … Continue reading →

…nursing a running injury. I went running on Tuesday morning and only made 5 miles before breaking down with a sore right knee and having to walk home. Frustrating because that knee has rarely given me any trouble in the … Continue reading →

…watching rugby! My brother-in-law Jeremy demonstrated again this week what an all-round good guy he is by alerting me to the existence of the Rugby Channel on MediaZone.com, which allows major rugby matches to be downloaded and played using Microsoft … Continue reading →