April 2009
27 posts
Neven Mrgan on Notebooks →
Use your memory as a quality filter. If the idea is that great, get to it, or you will at least remember it. If not, it probably wasn’t that great.
We don’t need no stinking notebooks.
March 2009
31 posts
“Equal educational opportunity is, indeed, both a desirable and a feasible goal,...”
– Ivan Illich, 1970 (via Adbusters)
On the difference between literalism and... →
Fundamentalism is frightening.
(via Josh Cook)
Obsession Times Voice →
Wonderful intro to the “hour-long duet rant” given by Merlin Mann and John Gruber at SXSW. John says:
My muse for the session was this quote from Walt Disney: “We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.” To me, that’s it. That’s the thing.
It’s about passion, folks. Or, as Neil Czerno says, “Wake up and give a shit.”
Watch“If you love America, you throw money in its hole.”
Everything's amazing, nobody's happy →
“Give it a second, it’s going to space!”
(via Steven Frank)
Birdhouse submitted to iTunes App Store →
Cameron Kenley Hunt just submitted Birdhouse to the iTunes App Store. Interested to see what it’s like once it makes its way through the approval process. Unsure as to what a “notepad for Twitter” exactly is, but it couldn’t be any worse than Twinkle. Sorry, Tapulous.
The Bible and Alcohol →
Scot McKnight on Beliefnet:
If I take a stand more “biblical than the Bible,” then I can’t be wrong. That is, if I choose not to drink at all, I will keep myself from sin and all appearance of evil and will be safe. This is what I call the sin of “zealotry” — the belief that if we are more extreme than the Bible, then we can’t be wrong. Wrong.
This...
“When the conscience is disturbed, do not seek advice from reason or from the...”
– Martin Luther, 1535
Don’t Pray Enough? Have This Web Service Pray For... →
This seems to miss the point of prayer. It’s supposed to be a conversation with God not just repetitive chanting. I think it’s supposed to be personal, too. Maybe it’s just me.
(via @jgreenkee88)
Metamorphosis
Well, folks — and by folks I mean, you, singular reader — tonight is the night.
It’s been a long time coming, but it seems the time is right.
Metamorphosis is kicking off tonight at the Tap Room in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I describe it as a church for people who don’t want to go to church.
We will meet every Thursday at 7:00 PM.
We are starting with a series on my...
“It’s not my job to convert, convince, or otherwise cajole anyone. I am...”
– Khad Young, 2009
Jay Bakker on Youth Hacks podcast →
I thought it was a good episode. I really liked the quote attributed to Billy Graham: “It’s the holy spirit’s job to convict. It’s the father’s job to judge. It’s my job to love.”
To that I would add that it’s Christ’s job to save. Sometimes I think we Christians can forget that it’s not our job to save people. Jesus already did that....
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails on ticket... →
If people are willing to pay a lot of money to sit up front AND ARE GOING TO ANYWAY thanks to the rigged system, why let that money go into the hands of the scalpers? I’m the one busting my ass up there every night. The conclusion really came down to it not feeling like the right thing to do — simple as that.
The Open Table: An Invitation to Know God →
Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz and Searching for God Knows What, worked on a project that looks interesting. I haven’t seen it yet, but he describes the process of making the video on his blog.
It sounds a lot like what Metamorphosis has been.
I don’t want to brag, but I totally figured this out before he did.
Okay, so Jesus beat us both to the punch.
“The Lord who has given us power to teach and to hear, let Him also give us the...”
– Martin Luther, 1531
Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous... →
Merlin Mann writes of perseverance and enjoying the process rather than being overly focused on the end results. It has been an inspirational article and meshes well with some other things I have been reading and listening to regarding passion and fulfillment.
Getting outside my head can be a difficult thing. Sometimes it’s easier to just be “preoccupied with details, rules, lists,...
Why They Stay on Top →
Don Miller writes a great review of the new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon. It’s not so much a review of the album as it is a speculation of the mental and emotional condition of the band in the studio.
Also, Thom Yorke just pissed on a pizza.
Axiomatic Argument with Explanation
“Actions speak louder than words.” The best indicator of a person’s
beliefs are his or her actions, despite any claims to the contrary. For
instance, if someone refuses to let his children associate with anyone
of another ethnic group, and always discriminates against such people
and treats them as inferior, but yet claims that he is not racist, what
would we conclude about such...
Philadelphia Innovations: The Newsless Newsstand →
Maybe they all bought Kindles.
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at D5 →
The complete interview is available free through iTunes in both audio and video. It’s a long interview but worth watching. They have only been together publicly a handful of times — ever.
Historic.
“People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you’re doing and it’s...”
– Steve Jobs, 2007 (at the D5: All Things Digital conference on stage with Bill Gates)
What the hell happened to Christianity? →
An older article on politics and Christianity recently reposted on Twitter.
(via RevolutionNYC)
Why TV Lost →
Paul Graham on openness, bandwidth, piracy, and social networking:
Facebook killed TV. That is wildly oversimplified, of course, but probably as close to the truth as you can get in three words.
(via John Siracusa)
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