Friday, 09 May 2008
links for 2008-05-09
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Talk about commitment. Talk about school spirit. Wow.
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I’d put this on my iPhone so I can have access to my own rimshot any time, any where, but alas, it’s Flash-based.
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“Ever wanted to write something, and lock it away? Keep it somewhere where only you could access it? iLocker is for you! The text you enter is encrypted using your password and a highly secure encryption method.”
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Fellow frogs: is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?
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Nice set of links full of good tips and neat photos.
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
links for 2008-05-07
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It’s all about baby steps, the Japanese concept of kaizen, or “continuous improvement”. Baby steps, not big leaps.
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All this really does is yet once again clearly show I am not a morning person.
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This explains why my little sister got away with so much more. University of Maryland, Duke University, & John Hopkins, with over 11,000 test subjects. Methinks this may be no junk science.
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This is only a portion of the Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. Takes an hour to walk end to end. At least now we know what they’re doing with all that oil money.
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
Matrix Guy
What do you get when you mash up Family Guy with The Matrix?
Fun fact: Both of these pop culture dynasties debuted in 1999.
[Wave of the phin to Dan.]
links for 2008-05-06
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For all the other writers out there.
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My favorites include: Zombie Lincoln, Lincoln Log, Racer X Lincoln, Tron Lincoln, and, of course, Darth Washington.
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On my iPhone, and set as the default ringtone. Love it.
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Coming October 2008.
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I’m thinking this falls in to the realm of “Just because we can do a thing doesn’t necessarily mean we should do a thing.”
Monday, 05 May 2008
What’s the goal?
Moments like this are reminders for me that the songs and trappings of Christian culture are not the hope of the world—Jesus is! We need to make him known. We need to love and seek to serve the world around us through prayer, through faithful evangelism, and through Christ-like service of those in need. Our goal is not building a more air-tight evangelical bubble. Neither should our goal be hoping that our subculture will burst out into the broader culture to great acclaim.
Instead, our goal should be to proclaim Christ and him crucified to the people we go to the school with, work with, and live next door to. Our goal should be to preach the gospel and live lives worthy of that gospel. Our goal should be to use our gifts in every sector of society so that God is glorified.
Friday, 02 May 2008
The theme yesterday was “fire”
I mean to post this yesterday, but totally forgot…
Jonathan Wight asked how many covers of “Ring of Fire” one had in one’s iTunes library. For me, the answer is two: Joaquin Phoenix’s from the “Walk the Line” soundtrack, and the oldie but goodie from Social Distortion.
This led to the following random tracks being played after shuffling the results of a search in iTunes for “fire”:
- “Ring of Fire” — Joaquin Phoenix, Walk The Line Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- “City of New Orleans” — Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire, Disc 2
- “Consuming Fire” — Third Day, Offerings: A Worship Album
- “Ring of Fire” — Social Distortion, Social Distortion
- “Fire Woman (N.Y.C. Rock Mix)” — The Cult, Fire Woman EP (import)
- “Far and Gone” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
- “Waiting” — Fireflight, The Healing of Harms
- “Shine” — By The Tree, World On Fire
- “Reborn” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
- “Wake Me” — Day of Fire, Cut & Move
Apparently, my copy of iTunes has a thing for the Man in Black and Day of Fire. I can live with that.
Thursday, 01 May 2008
ATPM 14.05
The May issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available for your reading pleasure.
Wes has a great round-up of the Mac blogosphere’s reaction to the Psystar Mac clone, as well as bits on Adobe Creative Suite, e-mail clients, Apple’s proceeds from Google referrals, profitability of potential iPhone software sales, and user interfaces. Finally, the blog about the column returns as Son of Bloggable. It’s about time, Wes!
Mark’s understandably unhappy with actions of the MBG (Britian’s RIAA), and notes the fallacy of DRM in light of the closing of MSN Music. Ed has a revised list of GTD applications in this month’s Next Action, while Lee dodges and burns up Photoshop for the Curious.
This month’s desktop pictures are courtesy of David Siebecker, and are from a six-day hike through New Hampshire’s White Mountains. All seems lost for Cortland and company as Lisa makes a last bid for victory, any way she can take it.
Yours truly pounds out a review on Apple’s latest keyboard, while Linus grills Blue Crab. Sylvester is impressed with Drive Genius 2, while ATPM’s Official Pilot™, Flight Officer Lawson, puts the Flipp Premium Leather Case for his iPod through its paces. ATPM is a labor of love, with no staffer receiving compensation, so we really can’t complain when Paul takes time to play with SpacePig.
As always, About This Particular Macintosh is available in a variety of formats for maximum reader comfort. Thanks for reading!
links for 2008-05-01
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Read about it in Guns & Ammo, but looks like it could come in handy for lots of different uses.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Today’s First 10 Shuffled Songs
- “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad” - Def Leppard, Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
- “The Big Chair” - Tears For Fears, Songs From The Big Chair
- “Joe Bean” - Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
- “Blue Train” - Johnny Cash, The Complete Sun Singles, Volume 2
- “The Cross Has Said It All” - Matt Redman, The Friendship And The Fear
- “It’s So Easy” - Harvest, 41 Will Come
- “Call Back When I’m Honest” - The Almost, Southern Weather
- “The Planets: Mars, The Bringer Of War (Conclusion)” - London Symphony Orchestra, Heavy Classix
- “Flashpoint” - Whitecross, Triumphant Return
- “Never Been Unloved” - Michael W. Smith, The Second Decade 1993-2003
As with yesterday, all links are to the Amazon MP3 store, with the exception of Heavy Classix, which is only available on CD.
links for 2008-04-30
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The 20 Worst Foods in America. To quote my wife: “No wonder everyone in the country is fat.”
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Springfield now has a mil-spec XD .45, which features an ambidextrous, thumb-operated slide safety. Looks to be the XD I’ve been waiting for.
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Some good tips for using Twitter.
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Oh, so wrong. What have they done to the Fett?
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Today’s First 10 Shuffled Songs
From earlier this morning, when I was in a music-listening mode:
- “The Steward of Gondor (Featuring Billy Boyd)” — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- “Flicker” — Audio Adrenaline, Some Kind of Zombie
- “Invisible Sun” — The Police, Every Breath You Take: The Classics
- “Dirty World” — The Traveling Wilburys, The Traveling Wilburys Collection
- “I Hate Everything” — George Strait, 50 Number Ones, Disc 1
- “Big Yellow Taxi” — Counting Crows, Hard Candy
- “Before My Eyes” — Tesla, Five Man Acoustical Jam (Live)
- “Least of These” — Justin Nevins, Nada One
- “Hallowed” — Jennifer Knapp & Phil Keaggy, City on a Hill: Sing Alleluia
- “Raise Him Up (Electric)” — Lost And Found, Something Different
All links are to the Amazon MP3 Downloads store, with the exception of Tesla’s Five Man Acoustical Jam, which is for the CD, as it’s not available as a download. Why Amazon over the iTunes Store? For a lot of songs, Amazon offers the same or better bit rate than iTunes, which means a better listening experience, and there’s absolutely no DRM on Amazon’s songs. This is the case only with certain songs, not all, on the iTunes Store. And I’ve just been buying more music of late from Amazon than from the iTunes Store…
links for 2008-04-29
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An easy way to download YouTube videos as MP4 files: throw this bookmarklet up in your browser’s bookmark bar, then click on it when you’re on a YouTube video page that you enjoy.
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Karl Rove offers free advice to Barack Obama. Seriously.
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Turn your old vinyl albums into CDs and digital music files with Crosley’s new USB turntable.
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Home of the Skidless-brand yoga towels. For those of you who practice yoga, or may be considering it.
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Perfect for keeping those annoyingly long electronics cables tamed.
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“Self-fusing; 700 PSI tensile strength; insulates 8,000 volts per layer; withstands 500 degrees F of heat; flexible to -85 degrees F; never gets gummy or sticky; resists fuels, oils, acids, salt water, & UV rays.”
Monday, 28 April 2008
Today’s proud parenting moment
Me: Let’s get your Crocs on so you can go play on your swingset while I scoop the dogs’ poop.
Him: No, thank you. (This from the child who hasn’t met a slide he hasn’t liked.)
Me: (walking in to the living room where he is) Why, what are you up to?
Him: I’m picking up the pieces of the puzzle that spilled out.
Me: (aghast) Okaaayyyy…..
links for 2008-04-28
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Cool design. Uses a 4-stroke, 31 cc Honda engine that runs on unleaded. Top speed’s about 25 mph. It’ll cost you US $7,000. Plus another $800-1,500 for shipping from Holland.
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If only it was cold enough often enough here in the DFW metroplex…
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