Observations on the world and its inhabitants
“The history of madness is the history of power. Because it imagines power, madness is both impotence and omnipotence. It requires power to control it. Threatening the normal structures of authority, insanity is engaged in an endless dialogue—a monomaniacal monologue sometimes—about power’.“ – Roy Porter in A Social History of Madness: Stories of the Insane, ...
“Collective ignorance is a superior inertial obstacle against the potential of knowledge to cause movement. Those who think otherwise are deluded!” – Captain Walker 2012
This article in a Trinidad & Tobago newspaper 2012-03-10: Rio Claro protests shuts down courts, caused some concern. It is often said by people of the Rock (abbreviation for Trinidad & Tobago) – either on it or of undying allegiance to it – that such actions are justified because “people have a right to protest”. ...
I’m a shameless walking talking advert for anything Google. I mean Google is about the most secure high quality and free email service you can find. So, I’m about to show you a cool trick – how to send and receive emails on a non-google email account using google email (aka gmail). This is a ...
I’ve never met Rob, but I know of his music and have read some of his bio. I first came across his music on Magnatune a couple years ago. Woods of Chaos – his amazing piano piece came with a computer I had purchased. So I hunted him down on the internet and came across ...
I don’t carry a paper diary. I therefore don’t have to worry about reaching for pen and diary or about losing a diary. All my activities are recorded on Google Calendars which live on Google and on my Android HCD (aka handheld computing device). If I lose the HCD by some stroke of misfortune, I ...
Another heavenly set of music for you. It’s absolutely lovely if kept at the right volume in the background, or you can crank it up loud. The Cap is a life-member of Magnatune, supporting budding new artists. I hope you enjoy this selection. Kindly replace your wallets, cheque books and credit cards. Nothing on sale ...
“Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which lead to distorted, ego-centred versions of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques. This fundamental distortion may be ...
In conversations with several others over the last month the above theme has come up several times. I’ve been thinking about it – and have put some thoughts together here. This is not advice. It appears to me that the avoidance of immediate or impending pain and discomfort is a major driver in decision-making. That ...
Yep – this is the news for those caught out by the Dummy Market! You, not knowing yourselves will be in tears if/when you see the Samsung Galaxy S3!! I’m punching the air about this. In my write up of the comparison of S2 vs Iphone4 in August 2011, I had concluded that S1 was ...
“The statues of the morally invincible will stand tall and glorious even if a bit beaten for no one with our degree of sentience to admire – if we do not cross the ‘bridge’ called self-annihilation – before we reach it.” – Captain Walker
I just calculated that approximately 570 hours of my life between the ages of 5 and 11 were spent compulsorily participating in the singing of bhagans in a language I did not know or understand. I was told to believe in God – and that this was the way. Today, I cannot recall a single ...
To most people Kindle is an A5 sized electronic device (left) that holds ebooks and other e-content. What I have discovered is that most people I’ve met don’t know that you can read Kindle content on computers and mobile phones. In fact Amazon Kindle allows you to install their Kindle Software on several devices and ...
I think it is stupid to pay for an email address when there are free high quality email services out there e.g. gmail, yahoo, gmx – but as I’ve said before the ‘dummy market’ is still wide open and waiting to be taken advantage of. Okay so you wanna know what’s motivated me to write ...
“Free your mind from the known, then you are truly free!” – Captain Walker 2011
The situation in the taxi actually begins on the morning of 2012-02-01. This was the first day of my three-day conference at The Hilton in Gateshead. It was cold so I decided to take a taxi from City Express Hotels to the Hilton at Gateshead. I called Budget Taxi’s. A taxi marked Budget Taxi’s arrived ...
Well, it’s story time again folks. Sometimes the simplest of situations make me think so hard about human nature. This is about my recent trip, how I saved myself money, had a good time, and had an interesting exchange with a taxi driver (coming up in Part 2 – stay tuned. All photos below can be ...
My thoughts which follow have been deeply and uncomfortably compelled by the movie ‘Unthinkable’. This movie comes with a health warning – as it shows graphic scenes of torture. If you are likely to suffer stress or ill-health do not watch this movie. I’m not here to change anyone’s mind on anything. I have not ...
The survival of the human race is truly our collective ultimate right. Rights afforded by humanity ought not to be used for the total destruction of humanity. Those who use rights as shields under which they may safely conspire to effect such destruction, risk having their rights stripped from them. – Captain Walker, January 2012
If you’re looking to save money on alcohol, kindly move on and read no more. If you’re looking to save up to £5/week on drinking water and fizz, this could be of interest to you. This is a collection my tips for saving on soft-drinks (including water) at meals. At the outset see how £1 ...
Another Rockian’s email account is hacked.. and spewing porn adverts at me. Well I guess it is not just a Rockian thing. Dohtishness and laziness flourishess outside of the Rock too. Everybody goes “Oooooh.. but I had a really strong password” and in my mind I say “Bollocks!!”. The guidance from Wikipedia is good (and ...
“The truth is my primary true friend. He that is not also a friend of the truth is not a friend of mine.” – Captain Walker, January 2012.
This is a good IT tip for people who want to save hard disk space, in situations when you have a large file that needs to be in two (or more) folders. Normally if you duplicate a file to another folder in Windows you will use double the space used on your drive. Makes sense, ...
This is a cool free application for Windows based computers. So you left that egg to boil or you have that important appointment coming up. Timeleft will track them in a slightly different way. Countdown timer in Timeleft tracks my boiling egg, while Reminder in Timeleft will tells me how much time ahead in years, ...
Warning! This post is not for headline hungry Rock-huggers. It is a long and in-depth look into a very serious and far reaching issue. It’s now stale news of course that Nizam Mohammed was sacked by the President on 2011-04-04 in close approximation to apparently very unsavoury comments made at a Joint Select Committee (JSC) ...
“The disingenuous find comfort in shady spots – never any peace in the path of an oscillating spotlight searching relentlessly for the truth. ‘Tis only a matter of time that there is nowhere to hide.” Captain Walker – Dec 2011
Just follow this guide to the letter and you are bound to succeed in achieving and maintaining insomnia. I am so confident that my guide works that I’m backing it with a £1000 guarantee!! If you provide reliable video and audio evidence that you have tried all items on this guide on three days per ...
“A camaraderie based on ignorance is what unites those on the ship of fools.” Captain Walker – Dec 2011
Last night I had an experience – a simple one – most might think, that left me in some degree of bewilderment. I left it alone and allowed my ‘unconscious’ to process it overnight (while I slept). This morning I got up bursting with thoughts. I’m afraid most of you are not going to like ...
“The single thing that underpins the actions of a suicide bomber and the healing hands of a doctor, is the belief that it is right to do what they do. A sense of righteousness and justification, is therefore a powerful double-edged sword – one that can be wielded for good or for evil. It is ...
