YouTube is just too fun. Here are two videos I came across today, courtesy of Technorati. The first is “Amateur – Lasse Gjertsen”, in which a talented artist performs a song for drum and piano. Only his talent isn’t in playing either drum or piano, but in video editing. 🙂 Take a look… What do […]
Fun with YouTube
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November 14, 2006 at 12:54pm
by joel
How warm is it?
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November 10, 2006 at 1:27pm
by joel
The UK Telegraph has quite an interesting article poking some serious holes in the whole global-warming-catastrophe theory. It’s a little thick in places but overall well worth the read, and there’s an accompanying PDF with graphs and data and such. The elevator speech version is that UN climatologists accidentally (or purposely?) screwed up the data […]
The Homestudy
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October 26, 2006 at 12:21pm
by joel
Owlhaven shares a nerve-wracking experience she had in preparation for her fourth adoption homestudy. We had heard all the stories of folks going into mad cleaning frenzies in preparation for the homestudy. But we also heard/read some folks advising that the homestudy isn’t really about how clean or orderly your house was, and we decided […]
Adoption
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On African Adoption and, kind-of, Madonna
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October 21, 2006 at 2:34pm
by joel
Melissa Faye Greene has written a fabulous article, slightly about Madonna’s adoption from Malawi, but mostly about her own Ethiopian adoptions. Well worth the read, especially the quote at the end. Hat tip: Owlhaven
Adoption
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What does beauty look like?
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October 14, 2006 at 1:31pm
by joel
I’ve really appreciated the Dove “Real Beauty” campaign, and I think their latest video is a winner (might take a second or two to show up): Good stuff, in an eye-opening kind of way. Hat tip to ThinkChristian.
Penguins in the Pastor’s Study
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October 12, 2006 at 1:56pm
by joel
Just came across an interesting article over at Linux for Christians about the potential place for Linux and open source software in general for churches. Worth a read, especially if you’re in a new/growing church or have anything to do with your church’s tech policy.
Faith · Tech
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Whiplash
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October 11, 2006 at 7:43am
by joel
So I feel like the last two weeks have been an interesting intermix (collision?) between my knowledge and experience in Linux and Windows, or more generally Microsoft-based tech. I work on various projects at work based in Microsoft tech, but my strong preference for base operating system and general work environment is Linux. As such, […]
Tech
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Oy!
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August 19, 2006 at 3:57pm
by joel
Yep, still here. I know I haven’t posted in a few days, but…what’s that? More? Oh, I suppose it has been a few weeks, maybe even a month or two. I’m sorry, what? Longer than that? Oh, alright. Truth be told it’s been a little over a year, but we’ve been a little busy. You […]
ICE your next of kin
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July 28, 2005 at 10:49am
by joel
No, not the Tony Soprano way. The Washington Post reports on an interesting and promising way to let emergency workers know who in your cell phone contact list they should call if something happens to you — simply add ICE (In Case of Emergency) to the person’s name in the list. Not foolproof, or reliable, […]
Just Life
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God and pain
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July 12, 2005 at 9:18pm
by joel
Just read Dr. Bob’s post on faith and emotional pain. That description doesn’t even do it justice, but I can’t think properly right now in part because I’m still digesting his well-written insight and in part because I’m late leaving and really need to be getting home. But go read it for yourself, and don’t […]