January 2012
5 posts
In the mood for some great chili for the Superbowl? Try my mouth-watering, award-winning concoction: http://rat.li/goodchili
So, I caught most of POTUS’s SOTU address. Seemed like talking points for reelection, not action steps for repair. :(
Sweet! My @Klout score just earned me a free batch of @moo cards! I
If you’ve got $6K to blow, the new full-frame Nikon D4 looks like 10-pounds of fun in a 5-pound bag: http://rat.li/ypEzkS
Old-school animation + an iPad + still camera creates a interesting video experiement. http://ping.fm/gyUfu
December 2011
38 posts
I will not bow to the wind http://rat.li/sGZD1J #flickr #photography #photo #CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat #contest
Don’t just sit there, shoot something! http://rat.li/tN9VW8 #flickr #photography #photo #CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat #contest
Sandstone window, Deux http://rat.li/dz4XT4 #flickr #photography #photo #CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat #contest
Even Playtime Requires a Break Now & Then http://rat.li/1MXdM4 #flickr #photography #photo #CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat #contest
Muskegon, Michigan, St. Francis de Sales Church http://rat.li/sWFqMg #flickr #photography #photo #CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat #contest
I will not bow to the wind (#CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat entry) #flickr #photography #photo #contest
Don’t just sit there, shoot something! (#CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat entry) #flickr #photography #photo #contest
Sandstone window, Deux (#CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat entry) #flickr #photography #photo #contest
Even Playtime Requires a Break Now and Then (#CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat entry) #flickr #photography #photo #contest
Muskegon, Michigan, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church (#CapturedPhotoContest_Inhabitat entry) #flickr #photography #photo #contest
Just before XMas break I entered 5 pix (http://rat.li/sl7Mmh ) into a contest (http://rat.li/tz63r9 )—winner gets $500 to spend @BestBuy.
Irony—or coincidence? “In an extraordinary irony…[the Russian satellite crashed into a house] on Cosmonaut Street” http://rat.li/u431DB
Geoffrey Pullum: «It is NOT TRUE that every antecedent for the pronoun “they” must be plural…» http://rat.li/sands6
Wow: UK Prime Minister David Cameron declares the UK is a Christian nation & praises the KJV Bible http://rat.li/u4Tq9E
Searching for Let It Snow on Google covers your search result page … in snow! http://rat.li/googsnow
21 million years ago, a star exploded — and we caught it on tape. http://rat.li/u7kubR
Quitting the Ghastly Circus—Reflections on the Late Christopher Hitchens & Religious Rage by @AdamForrest http://rat.li/slbfnG
Mr. Christopher Hitchens, dead at 62, has left the debate (@NYTimes) http://rat.li/rptO1p / He helped sharpen our apologia.
Do you know about the World Book Night (US) scheduled for April? If not, and if you are a book-lover, sign up now! http://rat.li/t12opw
It’s great seeing *Ender’s Game* landed on the World Book Night list. May Orson Scott Card’s royalties long abound! http://rat.li/v0eekg
Amazing #infographic of Facebook actions and relationships to Facebook services. The Social Platform Atlas: http://platlas.com/
Calling Grand Rapids, Michigan, #DataViz & #Tableau software fans—how about forming a user group? http://j.mp/tuggrr » Please RT
It’s the time of year when I dress up & go to a special dinner to spend time with folks who normally dress up to spend time with me. :)
Excellent! NIV Bible Study Bible app for iPhone, iPad, & iPod (@Zondervan & @Tecarta) http://rat.li/sngXKn
Judith Jarvis Thompson’s “Violinist” argument (pro-abortion) is highly compelling—but deeply flawed http://rat.li/t8VAes @STRTweets
I scored 91/100 in this HTML5 Kerning game @ http://type.method.ac - not as hot at the typography game as I hoped!
After talking with the kids about the X in Xmas standing for the X in Χριστός, Ellie says, “Wow, Jesus has a lot of nicknames!”
Ellie has a poster project due Monday. I’m officially the art director & CCO (chief cutter-outer) & CFO. If I can only find that hole-punch…
Google Maps Car Busted http://rat.li/u9LTRZ (If I drove a Google Maps car, this would happen regularly.)
Review of “The Circle Maker” by Mark Batterson (@Zondervan) via George P. Wood http://rat.li/u2bj8p
It’s the time for you to make my “award-winning, mouth-watering, mamma-slappin’ chili,” you’ll like it! http://rat.li/goodchili
Yes, I still find this interesting: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: The Rolls-Royce of Android tablets - http://rat.li/sP0ugQ
12-Year-Old Music Prodigy, Blue Jay - http://rat.li/stZ2RW
Need some good Xmas cheer? Enjoy top Grammy & Dove winners singing carols & the Bible story: http://rat.li/s9W9QR #TheStoryTour
The checkout machine erred today, reporting an “unexpected item” in my bag. The clerk told me, “That’s odd—you’re normally good at this.” ??
Now that it’s December, remember: Jesus wasn’t born in a barn. Plus, there was no “inn.”
Me. Want. “The Prime beats the iPad and even some laptops on specs.” Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Review @PCMag http://rat.li/rH6gAB
@Tableau Software’s Pat Hanrahan on “What Is a Data Scientist?” @Forbes http://rat.li/uqYgis
November 2011
18 posts
My A/G brethren would find this scandalous: “[W]e do not want a grape juice gospel, but rather a gospel with a kick.” http://rat.li/vinDmv
“Surprised by Bishop Wright,” by Mickey Maudlin @HarperOne — http://rat.li/tLXXg6 (Great post, Mickey!)
Today only (11/28)! NIV Bible ebook on sale for Kindle, Nook, iPad & any other eReader #NIV #CyberMonday @NIVBible http://j.mp/uGzgXN
I found myself saying this today at lunch: “I’m *very* well-read—on the Internet.” Sadly, there’s less irony there than I’d like.
New word for me: “fondleslab.” I now have a new term for other people’s iPads. :) http://rat.li/tK0bSS
5 degrees of separation: “Chances are 1 of my friends knows 1 of your friends—as long as we’re all on Facebook” http://rat.li/rKZpFE
“I didn’t write much until I turned 40…So I (finally) said, ‘Blow you, I’m not going to take that from you.’”—NT Wright http://rat.li/vKndiK