Hulk and The Incredible Hulk
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Is it just me or is it kinda funny that the preview for The Incredible Hulk starts out with "Marvel has done it again!" (Hulk)
Is it just me or is it kinda funny that the preview for The Incredible Hulk starts out with "Marvel has done it again!" (Hulk)
iPhone Camera
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008I've seen a few people online whining about the 2 megapixel camera on the iPhone. I'm not sure how big the sensor is (I only looked at the specs page) but there is actually a maximum number of pixels you want for a digital camera sensor. Learn more at 6mpixel.org
On Grace and Justice
Saturday, May 31st, 2008I think there is a popular thought that goes something like: "Yes, God is just. However, He is only just because He offers us Grace." We need to be aware that God is just and He would be just even if He were not gracious. I thank God that He is ...
links for 2008-05-20
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Bloomberg.com: Child Pornography Law Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court (tags: article pornography supremecourt) After warning, family of autistic teen attends different church Disappointing. (tags: article autism culture) DallasCowboys.com - News Zach Thomas has a chance to make some noise, if he can stay healthy. (tags: article sports cowboys football) Incrementalism and Public Policy California proves that "incrementalism" doesn't always ...
Gödel, Escher, Bach:
Friday, May 16th, 2008an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter This is a pretty good book. It does a great job of "continuing" from where my St. John's liberal education left off into the 20th century. The author's style is well-suited for introducing extremely complicated ideas in the most copacetic way possible. However, what the book ...
The Mystery of Capital
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else by Hernando de Soto He keeps saying the same thing over and over again: In the Third World and in former Communist countries, the poor have accrued a huge amount of capital, but they are unable to access this capital in the ...
The Varieties of Christian Experience
Friday, November 16th, 2007I really need to get and read Streams of Living Water by Richard Foster. My uncle told me about it about four years ago, and I've been thinking about it a lot since then. Most recently when I was reading The Twilight of Atheism. Each instance of the local church has ...
The Twilight of Atheism
Thursday, November 15th, 2007The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World by Alister McGrath Interesting history of the west from about the Protestant Reformation to the present (focusing mostly on 1789-1989).
for women only
Saturday, October 6th, 2007by Shaunti Feldhahn A friend of mine, who is married, read the book for men only while his wife read this one. He said that his book wasn't any good, but his wife recommended this one. It isn't too bad. I do have to say, though, that a good number of ...
Memorial Day
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007A little picnic and croquet Grace Church was nice enough to let us use their lawn...
Phantom of the Opera
Thursday, November 9th, 2006I watched that movie (it was a year ago, but I just wanted to post this clip)... I actually think the world would be a better place without Andrew Lloyd Webber.
More on “Google is not the answer”
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006First Post I was thinking today, and what I really meant when I was whining about my brother giving me a hard time about my question is that Google is only as good as the sites it returns, and just because a site is at the top of the list doesn't ...
Hoodwinked
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006How Intellectual Hucksters Have Hijacked American Culture... by Jack Cashill "Harrowing" -Dwight Knoll
Google Quote of the day…
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Maybe they are in a bad patch, but is there anything so worthless as the quotations that google is squeezing out on their quote of the day section of the personalized homepage? edit: I was going to add a few, but todays aren't so bad... and I can't get at the previous ...
Laundry
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006So, I have a washer and dryer now. I can do laundry at any time, and all it costs me is the electricity. After 4 years of doing laundry about 2x a semester and once each at christmas and over summer break, my clothes (about 90% are the same ones I ...
Dancing
Monday, May 22nd, 2006I danced this weekend... Proof: I want to do that more. Also, I wish I knew how.
Pastime
Thursday, April 13th, 2006Doing a little Chinese brush painting. I'm pretty bad at water color, but I'm getting better... That second one is supposed to be bamboo leaves... I am alright at doing those, but the bamboo itself is totally escaping me... The directions aren't much help either: For the base of the ...
