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Open Letter to One who Thinks God Calls Christians to Cultural Warfare
Dear Friend, You may call yourself a true liberal or a true conservative, but you are neither. You may feel that your religious values are under attack — oblivious to your own attack on the religious values and freedoms of others. I am sadde...
mattgillooly: Do kids still read Encyclopedia Brown books? Is it time for a blog about Wikipedia Brown?
mattgillooly: Do kids still read Encyclopedia Brown books? Is it time for a blog about Wikipedia Brown?
bjepson: Surprising that the top 6 smartphones in latest Consumer Reports are all Windows Mobile phones.
bjepson: Surprising that the top 6 smartphones in latest Consumer Reports are all Windows Mobile phones.
Sunday Snippets 2008-11-30
Today is the last day of the Annual NaBloPoMo challenge, and guess what. I made it. Tabetha did too. It is not as big of a deal for me since I have been going for more than a year, but this is Tabetha’s first whole month. It is kind of neat ...
mattgillooly: @mriggen - yeah, yours has needed quite a bit of editing. director's cut is clocking in around 3 days long.
mattgillooly: @mriggen - yeah, yours has needed quite a bit of editing. director's cut is clocking in around 3 days long.
bjepson: @pschiendelman I've been told "many". In parallel, more LEDs just run down the batteries faster (I use rechargeables).
bjepson: @pschiendelman I've been told "many". In parallel, more LEDs just run down the batteries faster (I use rechargeables).
bjepson: @tibbon Good deal! They run cool, too. Test before you buy if you can. Some flicker too much for me (no good technical reason for this tho).
bjepson: @tibbon Good deal! They run cool, too. Test before you buy if you can. Some flicker too much for me (no good technical reason for this tho).
bjepson: Making a strand of RGB Christmas lights. No Arduino, though. The lights go through a slow color change on their own. http://is.gd/9DYM
bjepson: Making a strand of RGB Christmas lights. No Arduino, though. The lights go through a slow color change on their own. http://is.gd/9DYM
bjepson: Bought a small (fake) Christmas tree for the Arlington apartment last night. Time to decorate it.
bjepson: Bought a small (fake) Christmas tree for the Arlington apartment last night. Time to decorate it.
mattgillooly: always great being with my family, but this was an emotionally exhausting trip. just got back to Providence, waiting for normalcy to kick in
mattgillooly: always great being with my family, but this was an emotionally exhausting trip. just got back to Providence, waiting for normalcy to kick in
Who is in your Blog Tribe? Do you have one?
Do you comment on blogs? Somehow in my wandering around the blogosphere, I discovered the Middle Zone. From there I met several other people and started to notice something. The same names kept showing up in the comments on several different blogs...
bjepson: View from the top of the Masonic Memorial in Alexandria http://is.gd/9wO2
bjepson: View from the top of the Masonic Memorial in Alexandria http://is.gd/9wO2
bjepson: at the George Washington Masonic Memorial
bjepson: at the George Washington Masonic Memorial
bjepson: Greatly enjoyed so much Foster Brooks opposite Robin Williams on Mork&Mindy marathon last night.
bjepson: Greatly enjoyed so much Foster Brooks opposite Robin Williams on Mork&Mindy marathon last night.
bjepson: resting after spending a few hours with family at various Smithsonian museums
bjepson: resting after spending a few hours with family at various Smithsonian museums
The Battle of Mumbai
Wednesday evening (morning here in the US), terrorists started a battle spread across the city of Mumbai, India. Some of the early targets of the terrorist, were 5-star hotels in Mumbai. They would ask to see people’s passport and then kill ...
bjepson: Our galley kitchen performed admirably today. Dinner was served only 15min later than planned.
bjepson: Our galley kitchen performed admirably today. Dinner was served only 15min later than planned.
Seven Things I’m Thankful For - Group Writing Project Results
Happy Thanksgiving Day! The big day is finally here. Over the last week, my friends from all over the internet and I have been putting together lists of seven things we are thankful for. Today I am putting together a list of all of the posts that ...
Seven Things I Am Thankful For - Thanksgiving 2008
How’s it going? No, I am not just saying, “Hello”…. For real, how are things going in your life? I am so busy right now that I can’t see straight, but life is great and I am blessed far beyond what I deserve. I just a...
bjepson: Blogged my visit to the RI State Crime Lab: http://is.gd/9d4C
bjepson: Blogged my visit to the RI State Crime Lab: http://is.gd/9d4C
bjepson: Back from the pupuseria one block from my house. I credit my wife's proficiency in Spanish for the awesomeness of what we (she) ordered.
bjepson: Back from the pupuseria one block from my house. I credit my wife's proficiency in Spanish for the awesomeness of what we (she) ordered.
bjepson: RT @johnmaeda: is smarter for learning from student Kristine Lee that a "good assignment" is one that has a clear purpose.
bjepson: RT @johnmaeda: is smarter for learning from student Kristine Lee that a "good assignment" is one that has a clear purpose.
bjepson: Foolproof stealth introduction of holiday tunes: start w/a playlist that's 90% Jethro Tull, 10% Christmas tunes and slowly adjust the ratio.
bjepson: Foolproof stealth introduction of holiday tunes: start w/a playlist that's 90% Jethro Tull, 10% Christmas tunes and slowly adjust the ratio.
bjepson: Time for me to restore checkboxes next to Christmas music in iTunes. Start with folk, in a few days jazz, eventually get to the ultra-sappy.
bjepson: Time for me to restore checkboxes next to Christmas music in iTunes. Start with folk, in a few days jazz, eventually get to the ultra-sappy.
Secular Right
Walter Olson, David Hume, John Derbyshire, and other economic and legal conservatives have launched Secular Right, a blog that strives to restore “reality and reason” to conservative discussions about economics, law, and social policy....
Inadequate Christian Response to the Banking Crisis
We may never receive a coherent moral statement about economic greed from Focus on the Family and the other leaders of conservative Christendom. During the presidency of George W. Bush, the Colorado Springs-based, Republican front organization ear...
Seeking Common Ground about Abortion
Xpatriated Texan comments on the inadequacy of recent efforts by pro-life and pro-choice advocates to establish common ground. Both sides are neglecting to help women prevent pregnancy (and, therefore, abortion) through education and contraception...
Save the environment and eliminate traffic jams by building more cars!
I have a theory. I think the trouble with America is that we do not have enough cars. Huh?! Yup, that’s what I said. We need more cars. Specifically we need more small cars. Used to be that all you could afford was one car per family. All th...
bjepson: Spent a lot of time backing up a failing disk. In the end, dd followed by gparted was the best choice for "ghosting" XP. http://is.gd/3GJe
bjepson: Spent a lot of time backing up a failing disk. In the end, dd followed by gparted was the best choice for "ghosting" XP. http://is.gd/3GJe
bjepson: Impressed with community-created enhancements for Temple of Elemental Evil. Can't wait for the Keep on the Borderlands mod http://is.gd/8WrQ
bjepson: Impressed with community-created enhancements for Temple of Elemental Evil. Can't wait for the Keep on the Borderlands mod http://is.gd/8WrQ
bjepson: Wish there were more D20 CRPGs like Temple of Elemental Evil.
bjepson: Wish there were more D20 CRPGs like Temple of Elemental Evil.
bjepson: I didn't warm to it at first, but D&D Tactics (PSP) is an OK D20 game. Shouldn't have been playing it in bed before trying to sleep though.
bjepson: I didn't warm to it at first, but D&D Tactics (PSP) is an OK D20 game. Shouldn't have been playing it in bed before trying to sleep though.
bjepson: Argh. Occasional chirping from my ST9320421ASG. Backed it up, running a secure erase in hopes of triggering an RMA-worthy failure.
bjepson: Argh. Occasional chirping from my ST9320421ASG. Backed it up, running a secure erase in hopes of triggering an RMA-worthy failure.
The Machine is just a machine again
During the Industrial Revolution, great minds predicted an age when machines would replace humans and if they allowed us to live at all, we would be their slaves without any way earn our keep. As the Industrial Age wore on we learned the limits of...
mattgillooly: thanks for the condolences, everyone. the reality's still setting in.
mattgillooly: thanks for the condolences, everyone. the reality's still setting in.
Sunday Snippets 2008-11-23
Open Comments I opened comments on this blog last week and so far it has been a great success. I have a pretty good spam blocker so I have not really had a problem with that part of it and it seems like I am getting more comments now. I received m...
mattgillooly: Gram was 89, and her last years were really tough. Glad she's not suffering anymore.
mattgillooly: Gram was 89, and her last years were really tough. Glad she's not suffering anymore.
mattgillooly: We lost my grandmother today (Gram, not Grangee). I lived about a block away from her until I left for college. Gonna miss her.
mattgillooly: We lost my grandmother today (Gram, not Grangee). I lived about a block away from her until I left for college. Gonna miss her.
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie - and as a bonus, it's pretty damn Paleo.
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie - and as a bonus, it's pretty damn Paleo.
bjepson: Finally framed the print by Meredith Younger that I won at @as220's Print Lottery. http://www.framesbymail.com/ is a nice near-DIY solution.
bjepson: Finally framed the print by Meredith Younger that I won at @as220's Print Lottery. http://www.framesbymail.com/ is a nice near-DIY solution.
bjepson: @Jadon Thanks! I looked at the BeagleBoardShoppingList Wiki page and went with Serialio for the USB. I ordered the AT/Everex from PCCables.
bjepson: @Jadon Thanks! I looked at the BeagleBoardShoppingList Wiki page and went with Serialio for the USB. I ordered the AT/Everex from PCCables.
Let’s not wait until the end to be the things we wish we’d been
Ok so part of this is a mindless attempt at rhyming, but part of this is fairly powerful. The song is called Super Trouper by Superchic(k). Read this and then get up and do something with you life. Okay? You were meant to live large Come on, take ...
mattgillooly: Woo Montage : a video montage of every moment in your life you've yelled "woooooo!", chronologically ordered.
mattgillooly: Woo Montage : a video montage of every moment in your life you've yelled "woooooo!", chronologically ordered.
mattgillooly: car's still busted. anyone hanging out near Wayland Square tonight?
mattgillooly: car's still busted. anyone hanging out near Wayland Square tonight?
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie - ouch. this case isn't quite that bad. close, though. note to self: always check references.
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie - ouch. this case isn't quite that bad. close, though. note to self: always check references.
bjepson: Just got home from grocery shopping. I really like MOM's (a chain of organic markets in the DC area). http://is.gd/8BCq
bjepson: Just got home from grocery shopping. I really like MOM's (a chain of organic markets in the DC area). http://is.gd/8BCq
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie -probably not worth a confrontation, private or public. just pissed that someone I used to work with is lying about their work
mattgillooly: @goldenmeanie -probably not worth a confrontation, private or public. just pissed that someone I used to work with is lying about their work