Archive for April, 2008

As though you needed another reason to drink coffee…

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Coffee. It tastes ok. It’s perky. It carries a certain atmosphere about it. It also goes great with pie. Now the BBC comes out and says that “daily caffeine ‘protects brain.’” Quotage: Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests. The drink has […]

RSS: the new way to use the ‘net

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

In looking through the blog stats, I see there are some of you who come from the same site several times a month to check this blog to see if something is new. Presumably you also are checking sites of other family members, news sites, and the like. Is there a better way? Yes. RSS. Or, […]

On Jeff Buckley, Rob Bell, and Qohelet

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

What do Jeff Buckley, Rob Bell, and Qohelet have in common? They’ve all helped formulate and crystalize some ideas in my mind regarding the nature of life and how we are to live it. Qohelet, another word for Ecclesiastes, speaks of God’s hand at work in the daily lives of people:  Go, eat your bread […]

Currency Design

Friday, April 4th, 2008

I came across an unfortunate comparison between new British and United States currency. I’m not graphic designer, but — and it’s perhaps a [n unfortunate?] side effect of being an Apple user — I appreciate style. Quite a bit. That’s one of the reasons I love my wife. That’s why I enjoy well-designed software and prefer Australian […]

Twitter

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Many of my friends are on Facebook. Few are on Twitter. What is Twitter? Twitter is a viral conversation webapp. It’s similar to the status feature on Facebook, but it allows you to keep up with small, mundande aspects of people’s lives, reply to their Twitters, and send direct (i.e. non-public) messages. If you’ve got […]