Archive for May, 2006
links for 2006-05-17
panopticist: There Is Something Weird Going on With the Clock on 24. Lovely typographic analysis of the 24 clock. (tags: design type tv) Curveball. 3D Pong! (tags: flash games) Apple’s new Macbook. Starts at $1099. Glossy black = scratch magnet. (tags: apple) Alpha, Beta, Gamma. Flickr launches redesigned UI. (tags: flickr design) Leo Oracion becomes [...]
Wright Night!
I almost didn’t make it, thanks to jury duty and some annoying javascript bugs at work, but finally I ran out of the office, grabbed a taxi to National Cathedral, and caught N.T. Wright speaking on his new book, “Simply Christian.” (And I also managed to snag the last hardcover from the Cathedral book desk, [...]
links for 2006-05-16
Loose Change: Viewer Guide. A blow by blow debunk guide to a popular 9/11 conspiracy video. (tags: hoaxes) Metroblogging DC: Bad Weekend for Metro. A rail worker got hit on the Red Line at Dupont Circle on Sunday. (tags: dc metro death) SPACE.com – Proposed 10th Planet Shrinks Under Hubble’s Gaze (tags: space) Demote Pluto [...]
Juror
Well, as if May weren’t busy enough already, I’ve been selected to be a juror. This entails going to the DC Courts everyday for the duration of the trial. Judge says the case will last for three days, more or less, from 10am to about 4pm each day. If I’m really lucky, it ends early, [...]
Wright Night is Coming!
As I mentioned, tomorrow is Wright Night: Bishop N.T. Wright (of “New Perspective” fame) comes to the National Cathedral to talk about his upcoming book, Simply Christian. I’ll be there to bask in N.T.’s shekinah, and so will Wyclif. Anyone else going? We’re thinking of meeting up afterward for burgers somewhere in DC. Or something.
The Busy Month of May Continues
I’m now halfway through the Busy Month of May, and the schedule is still filling up. Today is Jury Duty Monday, most of which I will spend sitting in a jurors’ waiting room in the Moultrie Courthouse Building, hoping that (1) I don’t get picked, (2) we all get let out early, and (3) I [...]
links for 2006-05-15: Da Vinci Code Edition
Are you ready for Tom Hanks and his mullet? Mollie on Jeffrey Weiss on Da Vinci Code. (tags: film history news) The Priory Of Sion, Is The “Secret Organization” Fact Or Fiction? CBS News story debunking part of the premise of Da Vinci Code. (tags: history) The Da Vinci Code: A Quest for Answers. Apologetics [...]
Aussie BTQ Interview Done
Well, I suppose that went okay. Helen Razer called a bit after 10am, and we chewed the fat for a bit on my richly varied history before getting the recording going. The interview was just a few minutes long, in which I talked about what begging the question really means, the meaning of the original [...]
links for 2006-05-14
The Trouble With Too Many Compliments. Internet Monk on bibliolatry. (tags: faith bible theology culture) Caloy kills 24, blacks out Manila and cancels flights. Typhoon Caloy, International name Chanchu, weakened to a tropical storm as it hit the Philippines. (tags: weather philippines) Weather.com Asia Satellite Weather sat loop centered on the Philippines. (tags: weather philippines) [...]
Aussie BTQ Interview
I’ve just* gotten off the phone with Shannon McDonald of ABC (the one in Australia), to schedule a radio interview with Helen Razer for the early early Monday morning radio show. (Or late late Sunday night, whichever way you look at it.) I don’t know the exact time, but it’s whatever time it will be [...]