Monthly Archives: October 2007

surprise wrap-up

October 29, 2007 – 7:43 pm

Finally, all the surprises are over, and at last, I can talk about the last couple of weeks. Kel doesn’t generally like surprises, and so I was glad that she seemed to react well to most of the following, with the possible exception of the last surprise.
For Kel’s birthday, I took her out to dinner [...]

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“Hanging Out” to the Glory of God

October 29, 2007 – 7:43 pm

A new concept to me: “Hanging Out” to the Glory of God

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Evidence Based Scheduling

October 29, 2007 – 7:43 pm

[Joel on Software] Evidence Based Scheduling - a way of estimating software development time that might actually work.

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Danger Mouse fan club

October 29, 2007 – 6:58 am

The unofficial Danger Mouse fan club

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write like you talk (and don’t)

October 29, 2007 – 6:58 am

Advice on book writing: write like you talk, and don’t write like you talk.

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On writing book reviews

October 27, 2007 – 8:39 am

Advice on writing book reviews.

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Mac System Preferences to OS X Leopard

October 27, 2007 – 8:39 am

I was really just looking at the screen captures here - I get a sense of nostalgia looking at the old black-and-white Mac control panels: The Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences

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Software with a sense of humor

October 27, 2007 – 8:39 am

[Signal vs. Noise] the icon Apple uses to represent a PC in Max OS X

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Nostimo mediterranean grill, padstow

October 26, 2007 – 11:19 am

Nostimo mediterranean grill, padstow

Vittoria coffee. A newcomer to the tiny café scene in padstow, it’s a space with a modern, elegant design. The breakfast and lunch prices are very reasonable; an omelette is up for grabs for as little as $7, though the coffees range from $2.50 for an [...]

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Augustine - On the Spirit and the Letter

October 25, 2007 – 5:08 pm

Reference work for Early Church History - Augustine On the Spirit and the Letter

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greek exegesis week 3: mark 2:5-3:13

October 24, 2007 – 11:45 pm

With special guest lecturer Ian Smith.
Had a moment of clarity: while working through the pericope of Jesus healing the man with the withered hand, I finally found myself looking at the Greek, understanding what was going on, and desperately keen to find out what happened next. It was even more immersive than reading it in [...]

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greek chapter 20

October 24, 2007 – 11:31 pm

The end of the textbook! Really, just a collection of miscellany. In brief, we learned:

Conditional sentences: this is the kind of “if A then B” sentence. The “if A” part is called a protasis, and the “then B” part is called the apodosis. It’s also possible to make an “indefinite conditional”, where you’re not sure [...]

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Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?

October 24, 2007 – 10:19 pm

[seamus] Food for thought: Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?

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greek exegesis week 2: Mark 1:20-2:4

October 24, 2007 – 7:46 pm

Now that my essay is out of the way, I can catch up on blogging about Greek. As you can tell from the lack of Greek posts, I haven’t been spending as much time revising as in previous weeks: I often carry the textbook somewhere, but then end up working on something else instead. As [...]

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free rice

October 24, 2007 – 7:41 pm

[snail] free rice - test your vocab, and donate food to the third world (funded by advertising revenue) at the same time. I think I was hovering around 40 for the brief time I spent looking at this: it has the potential to take up a lot of time, if you’re so inclined.

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The Death of the Aussie Weekend

October 24, 2007 – 7:41 pm

With Sunday trading stretching even to banks, does it mean the death of the Aussie Weekend?

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sleepiness scale

October 23, 2007 – 6:51 am

[/karen/] After a few months off the caffeine, I score a 4 on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (doesn’t work in Safari); maybe it’s helping me more than I’d like to admit.

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Meeting Tokens

October 20, 2007 – 9:29 am

Meeting Tokens - you get a certain number per week, and for every person you want at a meeting, you have to spend one.

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English Pronunciation - a poem

October 19, 2007 – 7:21 pm

A poem about English Pronunciation that seems to be a collection of all the ambiguities of simple words. An enjoyable read (though occasionally baffling).

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2008 Demotivator - Tradition

October 19, 2007 – 9:16 am

[The Despair Inc. Blog] 2008 Demotivator - Tradition

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