Monthly Archives: June 2007

Happy 70th to Ted Nelson!

Thanks to Mark who pointed out that Ted Nelson, the inventor of hypertext is turning 70. Specifically, Mark linked to the birthday lecture Ted gave in anticipation of that birthday. It’s a massive download, but if you want to watch a man with a keen intellect, and omnivorous interests discussing a range of topics, it [...]

Ten Photographic Mistakes

The Ten Most Common Photographic Mistakes

Pink Peppercorns

We had friends stay with us last weekend, and so kel prepared a recipe - slow cooked beef - that called for pink peppercorns. In fact, we couldn’t find them for sale in the supermarket, so we settled for a tin of Green peppercorns. I’d never heard of either before.
You’ve probably never thought about pepper [...]

Chinese Gold Farming

The strange lifestyle of the World of Warcraft Chinese Gold Farmer

where does the tax go?

[gordon] Who benefits from Australian tax dollars?

Greeting cards - what do they tell?

Al Mohler on Greeting Cards - are they a Barometer of Social Breakdown?

How to make Turkish Coffee

[Abstract Gourmet] How to make Turkish Coffee

visualising the new testament

Is this diagram all you need to visualise the new testament? Perhaps it’s a start.

greek: the end of semester one

My exam is over: the test itself wasn’t as bad as I was fearing; the split between memory work and translation was about 70/30. I don’t think I scored 100%, but I felt like I went pretty well.
The real nightmare was in the lead-up to the exam: we had a vocabulary of over 400 words, [...]

Ulysses

There’s something wrong with reading a famous poem like Ulysses in a web browser; it seems to lack weight: still, I’m glad to have read it.

Rhyme and Reason

AJAX tool for poetry writing: Rhyme and Reason

How Not to Display Your Artwork on the Web

Useful information here in How Not to Display Your Artwork on the Web. Cautionary tales.

A Brief History of Economic Time

[kottke] A Brief History of Economic Time

Caffeine Content of Coffee, Tea, Chocolate

A chart of the Caffeine Content of Coffee, Tea, Chocolate shows that green tea (I’m tentatively starting to drink it again) has 4 times the caffeine of decaf coffee, but still only a fifth that of a double espresso.

Speaking as a Performing Art

Speaking as a Performing Art

120+ RSS Resources

The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources

Was Bush’s Watch Stolen?

Was George Bush’s Watch Stolen?

Dragon Tea House

Review of Perth-based Dragon Tea House. Another reason to visit perth.

Font smoothing: Apple vs Microsoft

Font smoothing, anti-aliasing, and sub-pixel rendering - Safari vs IE

The Secret

A Christian reviews The Secret (the book and DVD phenomenon)