Monthly Archives: December 2005

off to canberra

heading off to canberra for new years’: see you in 2006!

House

House - Season 1

Movie: Good Night, and Good Luck

Movie: Good Night, and Good Luck
Like a trip to the 1950’s. A good, by-the-numbers movie that raises some political issues that were relevant then, and are relevant again in the current political climate.

Movie: Broken Flowers

Movie: Broken FlowersSlow moving, this film felt like it was missing both a sense of heart, and a sense of resolution.

Movie: Narnia I

Movie: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A good adaptation of the novel; much is brought to life: perhaps not the best casting for the voice of Aslan.

Stretches for Runners

Stretches for Runners

happy christmas!

happy christmas!

Originally uploaded by cafedave.

Christmas is already underway: I have new DVD’s: house and yes, prime minister, and a new business shirt.
The photo is one of the Christmas decorations that I picked up at Greenwood Plaza: there were a couple of girls working there for about three [...]

Bar Jokes

A Guy Walks Into a Bar… A goldfish walks into a bar and looks at the bartender. The bartender asks, “What can I get you?” The goldfish says, “Water.”

Churches as businesses

Churches as businesses, and the term pastorpreneurs.

USFA Holiday Fire Prevention

Why you shouldn’t leave tree lights on overnight - video of how fast the blaze would take off.

Powers of Ten - Google Video

Powers of Ten - Google Video - the universe in powers of ten. I saw this on a Christian camp, I think, and then again - years later - at the Sydney Observatory.

1976 funeral coach catalog

1976 funeral coach catalog - how design standards have changed.
 
 

PARK(ing)

[kottke] PARK(ing) - setting up a temporary park in a metered parking space.

Configuring OS X for Web Dev

Configuring OS X for Web Development

Bible Reading

Toongabbie Anglican Church has the M’Cheyne One Year Bible on their new website: the day’s reading is there, ready to go.

How to fix Mom and Dad’s computer 2005

At Christmas, it’s time to go home for the holidays and fix Mom and Dad’s computer.

English as she is spoke

English as she is spoke.

Book: Fit Bodies Fat Minds

Book: Fit Bodies Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to Do About It
A survey of the history of the Evangelical approach to academic thinking over the past few centuries, and in particular what is wrong with the Evangelical anti-intellectualism that has become a part of its culture. A good survey of history [...]

18 Lessons Learned about Blogging

18 Lessons [Problogger has] Learnt about Blogging

King John

King John was not a good man