September 13, 2007 – 11:51 pm
If I’ve tried to complain to you about how much I have to do for college, you might have heard me mystified about what an exegetical paper is: after a couple of people have helpfully tried to explain it to me, I’ve found some more detail in this document that covers guidelines for exegetical papers.
September 11, 2007 – 1:24 pm
Schibello coffee. A panzerotto is an italian pastry, usually filled with custard, and - if memory serves - coated with sugar. As you’d expect from its name, panzerotti has a few of these pastries on offer, with diverse fillings. Unusually for a city café, they also sell a range of dry pastas and other take-home [...]
September 11, 2007 – 12:44 pm
A venn diagram image map of the field of Visualization Studies - the overlap between its different research fields.
September 8, 2007 – 7:13 pm
Book: The Little Red Writing Book
Bec had a copy of this at a recent WBW (writers’ group) meeting, and seemed worthy of further investigation, so I picked up a copy the next day.
An excellent resource for thinking through the practice of writing, and provides numerous writing exercises throughout to help sharpen your writing skills. I’m [...]
September 8, 2007 – 12:42 pm
This whole weekend is earmarked for Greek study, with the half-semester exam on this Tuesday morning. The last chapter was a bit of a shock - I know now that the pace of content picks up as you head towards the end of the book, but I wasn’t ready to find out that we have [...]
September 8, 2007 – 12:38 pm
[coudal] Video - shows How to Cover a Textbook
September 8, 2007 – 12:27 pm
How to enhance the privacy of a window using bubble wrap.
September 7, 2007 – 12:59 pm
[trev] Video, inspired by the legendary Honda ad - don’t try this at home
September 7, 2007 – 8:20 am
A big collection of Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer’s Fonts
September 6, 2007 – 7:28 am
Apple has announced a new iPod - it’s like the iPhone, but without the phone: iPod touch. They’ve also changed the shape of the iPod nano (which can now play video). No Australian pricing nor availability yet.
Update: Australian pricing and availability
iPod nano: 4GB - $199 (available now: silver), 8GB - $279 (available now: silver, aqua, [...]
September 6, 2007 – 7:08 am
[adriaan] Who would have thought that eating two bags of microwave popcorn a day, and inhaling the steam from the bags, could be a health hazard? Apparently not everyone.
September 5, 2007 – 9:56 pm
Ideas on how to make the most of a day off: written from the point of view of a minister, but lessons to be learned for other people, too: Ten Commandments For Our Day Of Rest
September 5, 2007 – 9:45 pm
Stephen documents his experience with in-flight entertainment - with the screens constantly rebooting
September 4, 2007 – 10:48 pm
Last minute gift idea: Cuisenaire Rods
September 4, 2007 – 11:01 am
A few weeks ago, a nespresso machine turned up at college; students can now buy coffees (not great coffees, but there are slim pickings at Burwood anyway) for $1.00, without going off-campus. Partly, this was to raise money for the SRC (Student Representative Council) to buy stuff for students, but the other part of the [...]
September 4, 2007 – 7:28 am
A blog post extolling the benefits of reading the whole NT in Greek.
September 1, 2007 – 5:14 pm
Welcome to APEC… don’t get too close
Headed into Pyrmont this morning to have a look at an organic food markets, and - being so close to Darling Harbour - I thought I’d take a few photos of one of the 2.5m high fences that adorn our great city.
As you [...]