Jawannacuputty

Science. Philosophy. Naturalism. Ethics. or "Life, the universe and everything"

Monday, 3 June 2024

INDEX

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Hobbies and Interests Jim's One Week Wash (for home distillers) An Automatic Reflux Fractionating Still Divisibility Rule for 7 Cat Hut...
Sunday, 2 June 2024

An Atheist in a Foxhole

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Theists often claim there are no atheists in foxholes, implying that if in imminent danger, atheists suddenly find religion. Having been in ...
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Sunday, 20 June 2021

The After Years: A Post-Apocalyptic Near-Future Fiction

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Set in the post-apocalyptic world of West Gippsland, Australia, Mort had settled into an uneasy life of survival in a feudal world, when he ...
Friday, 30 April 2021

A Matter of Conscience: A Murder Mystery

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Tess McLeod and Margaret Sykes first met when Tess was a six month old baby. Now 21 years later, they meet again due to a myste...
Friday, 2 April 2021

Smoke and Mirrors: A Murder Mystery

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A sudden death ends a promising career and leads Margaret Sykes, a young and as yet inexperienced detective, on her first case: a confusing ...
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Friday, 12 March 2021

Of Oranges and Spores

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They say that nothing rhymes with orange, Yet tiny spores come from a sporange. The word is strange I'll grant you that, But strange or ...
Thursday, 11 March 2021

Fairies

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I wrote the first stanza of this poem for my mother when she was in care after a serious stroke. She loved it. As a child she b...

Our Neighbour's Cat

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Our neighbour's grey cat, who was named old man Fred, Was Brought home by our dog in his mouth. Fred was dead. Oh what have...
Thursday, 4 March 2021

Crystal Set Excerpts from Chums Annuals

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These Crystal Set Excerpts were digitized from Chums Annuals published in the 1920s and 1930s.  The text is searchable. Feel free to copy an...
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The Wimshurst Machine

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 The Wimshurst is a machine for creating static electricity. I have digitized the 1908 copy of this interesting book for free distribution. ...
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Tuesday, 4 August 2020

Cat Hutch Attachment for Caravan

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Cat Window Hutch for Caravan Frame parts made from plumbing conduit. The elbows and tees for electrical were unsuitable. I believe these are...
Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Jim's One Week Wash

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This sugar wash is simple and very fast. Pitch the yeast one weekend and distil the next. If you are looking for a really neutral wash that ...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Old Postcards of Weymouth, UK.

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These postcard were sent to my grandmother in Australia from her family in Weymouth. We are making these scans available to the public domai...
Monday, 18 May 2020

An Automatic, Fractionating Reflux Still

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This still design is aimed at the beginner and experienced alike. Full plans and procedures are included in the pdf file linked below. The G...
Monday, 27 January 2020

Heroes

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They worked by nights and secret days To search, to find, explore the ways Of nature, maths, technology. It set their minds and ...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Divisibility Rule for 7 and Other Interesting facts

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Here is a divisibility rule for the number 7 that, with a little practice, is simple enough to perform on large numbers. See also my menta...
Monday, 9 December 2019

Passsage

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When we are young and in our blush, The years drag by, they never rush. We know not of the hidden ploy Of what will bring the tea...
Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Living Principles

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Accept the consequences of all your actions and take personal responsibility for them. Treat others as you would...
Saturday, 24 March 2018

Awe and Wonder

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Epiphanies are devious things, they hide from daily sight. They hunt for minds in subtle thought to snare, and set alight. A daydream mi...
Thursday, 28 September 2017

The little god

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There was once a little god too small for one to see. He festered in the minds of men both ignorant and free. They made his rules. They ma...
Friday, 23 June 2017

Natural Law and Human Rights

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"Natural law" is a philosophical term when applied to the notion of "Human Rights". It does not refer to an actual la...
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Monday, 12 June 2017

Is Atheism a "Faith"

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In a YouTube comment it was suggested that I required "great faith" to be an atheist. I thank the commenter for giving me the oppo...
Thursday, 8 June 2017

No God: Just Qualia

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Qualia: Plural of Quale.  Things that do not exist as objective realities in nature, but are "emergent properties" of consciousnes...
Tuesday, 6 June 2017

A Distorted View of Atheists: Theistic Malevolence

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Many religious people have distorted views regarding the attitudes and moral values of atheists unable to see them as ethical beings. Some e...
Sunday, 4 June 2017

If God then Poor Designer

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According to Ken Ham, with his spectacles perched prominently on his nose, “the eye is a perfect design by a perfect creator”. The nerves of...
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Thursday, 1 June 2017

Girls will be Boys: Men are Modified Females

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The biblical story has it wrong. In Genesis, woman is made from a man's rib. The upshot of this is that women would be modified males, b...
Thursday, 11 May 2017

Special Days

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There are special days, when epiphanies stir and venture out from under rocks and from within crevices, and roam the land looking for unsusp...

A View of the World From the Mind of an Atheist

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An Atheist’s Universe             As an atheist I live in a most interesting universe. It inspires and uplifts.  For all its size and c...
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Friday, 3 February 2017

Wise Man?

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Like all other animals we are dependant on a healthy natural habitat. I often hear people say they don’t like cats, supporting their dislike...
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