Archive for June, 2006

LibraryThing

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

I know my readers include both those who will yawn at this as old news, and those who’ve never heard of such a thing, but in the spirit of flickr.com, del.icio.us and similar “social” web offerings, I went ahead and started to set up a LibraryThing account. Pretty neat stuff. You’re able to have a very [...]

World “novovirus” headquarters!

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Or so it would seem from my site statistics. I enjoy having a decent little flow of visitors to my little site, but what is really weird is how many people find me while searching for “novovirus”. Seriously. like over 35% of folks who wander in - new, non-repeat visitors from every corner of the world [...]

Be a better designer

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

This article has some interesting tips for being a better and more productive designer. I especially like tips 12, 15, 21, 24, 28, 46, and 48. And my favorite: “09 TAKE A SHOWER”.

Presidential Executive Order concerning eminent domain

Monday, June 26th, 2006

President Bush recently signed an executive order: “Protecting the Property Rights of the American People.” I’m glad to see property rights re-affirmed, but I wonder if it will have any real meaning or effect. As far as I can understand what I’m reading, it’s meant to make sure property is not taken “merely for the [...]

What’s water like?

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Bedtime. We were trying to encourage Jack to not drink all of his “nighttime” water at once. Nevertheless, slurp, slurp. slurp. “Jack… save some for later!” “But, it’s like meth!” he pleaded. Like meth. Bwaaaahahaaa! There are billboards around which scared Jack that show a woman’s portrait before and after meth addiction. The “after” shot is pretty bad. [...]

“Re-Envisioning Baptist Identity”

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

When in Sioux Falls last week (which I’ll be posting about later), I had a chance to sit down with Dr. Thompson of the North American Baptist Seminary. We had a very nice conversation over a very nice mocha. One of the things we talked about was a document that he co-authored callled “Re-Envisioning Baptist [...]

More Maplewood, Minnesota fireworks

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Welcome, City Pages readers! You may want to start here to get a quicker summary of what my Maplewood City Council commentary here is about. Enjoy you’re visit! :) I seem to have drawn a little more attention concerning my recent comments on political movings in Maplewood, MN. A blog has appeared yearningly named: “What’s Left [...]

The incredible power of Google

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Do you have any idea what Google could end up knowing about us? They offer free web searching, free email, free calendars, free spreadsheets, free word processing, free mapping… and we use them! A lot! And soon, Google Payments. So what does Google get for this? Ad revenues, to be sure. But what they really get is [...]

Ravi Zacharias

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

What was once called selfishness is now called fulfillment.

To whoever’s visiting from the Minneapolis Club…

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

I do accept honorary memberships. :)