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_This is a post for my religion geek friends (though those interested in cultural studies in general might find it interesting too)_. I just read an interesting book by Ed Stetzer, Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that reach them.. I consider myself a bit of a student of the culture we […]
Elizabeth Gilbert put together one of the best talks I’ve seen in quite a while. Well worth 20 minutes when you get a chance. Prior to the Renaissance, prior to “rational” humanistic thought, people spoke of “having a genius” rather than “being a genius”. This was news to me. Genius is etymologically related to the […]
Living in a college town, and being a fairly socially active person, I hang out with a relatively large amount of college students (ages 19-24ish…). Recently I’ve realized a fairly significant generation gap. I was sitting in room with about 20 college students and asked them how many of them read blogs. The general reaction […]
I could resist a post about politics. My apologies. Flame away. This one was just too good. This last Saturday, SNL ran a hilarious opener skit spoofing Joe Biden who (say what you will about Palin) I believe to be the best material to come along for political humorists since… Dubya himself. The skit was […]
Whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired. This logo cost $796,000. It’s “targeted at young people”. It also looks like a fourth grade art class mistake. Oh, and animations of it are causing seizures… literally. What were they thinking??? London’s Design Museum founder Stephen Bayley put it best, saying the logo is […]
On the off chance that you read this blog and not John Gruber’s or Dan Cedarholm’s (which I suggest you remedy immediately), it appears that a cheap, stock logo site is ripping off Mr. Cedarholm, and then denying it, even accusing Dan of design theft. Shame on you.
John Gruber sums up how I felt about SXSW in general. Daring Fireball: Let’s Have a Panel on What We Didn’t Like About SXSW 2007. I will have to make my own obligatory SXSWi recapp post soon.
To woo Zuckerberg, Yahoo has offered about $900 million for Facebook and says it will keep the company somewhat independent, with Zuckerberg in charge.
“Constance” By Mr J of The Procussions. This is probably the best hip-hop/rap song I’ve ever heard. Ever. Telling a very hard store about a shocking reality in our country: The pervasiveness of child pornography, and the sex slave trade that fuels it. Men, if you struggle with porn (which most of you do), watch […]
Well, the talk went well. You can listen to it here. I decided to break it into a two part series. This first one was “Porn: Why men don’t respect women.” The next one will be “Porn: Why women don’t respect themselves.” This will mean a new round of posters, probably implementing some of the […]
Check the poster out… I made this flyer for my next Rock message. (in the flyer… “Dangerous Curves” refers to a local “bikini bar”, essentially a strip club where they don’t take ALL their clothes off, thus circumventing many city ordinances.) Next week at The Rock I will be speaking about pornography. Specifically how pornography […]
Bill Gates was Knighted “The honorary KBE is in recognition of his outstanding contribution to enterprise, employment, education and the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom,” the Foreign Office said. This on the heels of Tim Berners-Lee’s Knighthood leaves me with some hope :)