Monthly Archives: December 2005

be careful what you read

When interlibrary loans go wrong: US uni student visited by Homeland Security Agents for borrowing Mao’s Little Red Book on interlibrary loan (for a course he was studying!)

star wars bunnies

star wars in 30 seconds with bunnies.

Writing Gooder: Blog Tips at ProBlogger

Writing Gooder - improve your blogging by improving your writing.

Kiva - loaning money to change lives

Kiva - loaning money to change lives

Book: How To Hold An Audience Without A Rope

Book: How To Hold An Audience Without A Rope
A little gem, packed full of wisdom on how to present a talk (and specifically a Christian talk) clearly, and in an engaging way. Shame it’s out of print.

the scourging of the shire

Whether it be the night drives up to listen to the ocean, a number of leisurely breakfasts in Gymea, Miranda, Cronulla, the 6am trips to Sylvania McDonalds after staying up all night watching videos, I have a lot of happy memories of the Shire.
So many, in fact, that it’s easy to overlook any problems that [...]

Movie: Domino

Movie: Domino.
Not wanting to watch all of King Kong at a 9:30pm session on a school-night (this would have seen us leave the cinema around 12:45am, by my reckoning), this was the only remaining choice of movie. Note to self: don’t listen to a review in MX Newspaper over all the other reviews.
Really, it [...]

How to Ship Anything

How to Ship Anything

Mac Snoodoku

Mac Snoodoku is now available.

Latte Art 2005

[mr snitch] Latte Art 2005

splitting a cab ride

[kottke] three economists share a cab - how much does each one pay?

Retro Phone Handset

Need a new earpiece for your mobile phone? The Retro Phone Handset is in stock at ThinkGeek.

the fifth sermon

Tonight I preached my fifth ever sermon - this time, on Psalm 148.

update your feed reader

I’ve set up a new rss feed to replace the old one: If you’re currently reading an RSS version of the site, you might want to unsubscribe from the old feed, and subscribe to the new one.
What on earth does that mean?
The easiest way to understand RSS is to think of it as signing up [...]

I Will Knot!

I Will Knot!

Closed for Christmas

[Church Marketing Sucks] Closed for Christmas - some mega-churches are closing their doors on Christmas day: is this a good idea, or a bad idea?

CMYK Humour

CMYK Humour

The perils of using XHTML properly

[456] The perils of using XHTML properly

SmartyBlog Awards

The winners of the SmartyBlog Awards have been announced.

no longer excited

Big Kev dies at 56