November 23, 2008 – 6:38 pm
movie: Quantum of Solace.
The new Bond flick - though packed with action - has fallen victim of the kind of editing that worked for the Bourne Ultimatum, but fails here. Yes, it’s an international action rush with espionage, various mysterious characters and the obligatory seduction (though only one, and it’s not dwelt on), but - [...]
November 23, 2008 – 6:31 pm
DVD: Tokyo Raiders.
A Hong Kong film, set in Japan, with a mix of Cantonese, Japanese and English dialogue, martial arts, a romantic sub-plot, and twice as many plot twists as you’d expect from a Hollywood film. It’s an enjoyable distraction
November 21, 2008 – 10:39 pm
Lee Strobel is a journalist (formerly of the Chicago Tribune) who was once a religious skeptic, and now writes well-researched, highly readable books in defense of Christianity. This particular book works through a number of arguments that various scholars have put up for who Jesus is. By talking to different experts, he is able to [...]
November 21, 2008 – 4:45 pm
Granted, it’s a distant memory, but I remember how I used to go places and even meet people, and none of us had mobile phones. In “the countvof monte cristo”, the title character makes an appointment, months out, to the hour.
Now, we’re increasingly dependent on mobile phones for the smallest trip to the shops, [...]
November 20, 2008 – 7:32 am
Beanz arabica, Rhodes
Toby’s estate coffee. Shop 105, 2 walker St, Rhodes. A cheerful space
with only a few tables indoors, and seating for a dozen more outside.
Cheerful staff - and lots of them - work away taking orders, cooking,
and making coffees.
The coffee is quite ok: there’s no decaf grinder, so [...]
November 19, 2008 – 8:20 pm
If you would ever use the word “opulent” to describe a school, then you would use it to describe the Kings School at North Parramatta. Better equipped than many university campuses, this is clearly a place where the fees are being spent on improving the buildings, and having top resources in classroom. It was also [...]
November 12, 2008 – 6:16 am
[ptc blog] John McLean describes the new way of running church services in his post the demise of scripture in church
The service (meeting) finishes with the now traditional benediction, ‘please stay for coffee’.
November 12, 2008 – 6:05 am
[daring fireball]
Build your own Muppet (and then buy it)!
November 11, 2008 – 6:52 am
[kev] Two apps for iPhone with copy-paste ability.
November 10, 2008 – 9:56 pm
Swype is a mobile device input format that allows for even faster text input by combining a keyboard and gestures.
November 10, 2008 – 6:19 pm
Seven years ago I embarked on a journey that’s still continuing to this day. A journey I wouldn’t change for anything.
In other news, today I wore a reflective vest for the first time, to embark on a more mundane journey.
Thought I’d point out the similarities.
November 10, 2008 – 5:29 am
[elavision] Web Without Words - a blog looking at websites just as storyboards.
November 7, 2008 – 11:49 am
Lunchbreak in Rhodes
After a few days of playing Wii fit each morning, I’m finding it
harder to get it’s relentlessly cheery music out of my head.
Working at Rhodes is quite different to North Sydney, in every
conceivable way, although I have found one similarity: it’s quite
achievable to go for a walk [...]
November 4, 2008 – 4:20 pm
If you like lists of blogging suggestions: 22 ways for a new blogger to improve.
October 31, 2008 – 8:32 am
On Wednesday night I went out with a friend for dinner and a movie - the first time in quite a while. We even had a couple of gold class vouchers, so we managed to watch the movie in gold class for regular class prices.
Granted, gold class is designed as an experience for couples: [...]
October 29, 2008 – 6:19 am
Over at copyblogger was a post about finding images for your blog posts.
Most people who are looking for images to use will be aware of flickr (free - read about how the licencing works) and istockphoto (cheap), but from the comments on the post, I found a few sites that I’d only vaguely heard of, [...]
October 27, 2008 – 7:32 pm
I have a week off in between jobs at the moment. It’s a chance to catch up on family time, college work, and getting the house back in order before the pace of life picks up again.
October 26, 2008 – 7:00 am
Famous Christian author and pastor John Piper pens this list of questions to ask when considering a new job.
October 24, 2008 – 11:34 am
After five years in the one place, it’s odd to be moving on. I won’t miss the travel time, but the people and the sights and the familiarity of the area will, I think, take some getting used to.
There have been a lot of life changes in the past few months, some - the state [...]
October 23, 2008 – 10:49 pm
Book: My Man Jeeves
I tried this one out using the free “Stanza” reader for iPhone. Though I’m familiar with the stories of Jeeves by P.G. Woodhouse, I’ve never read one of the books through.
Though it was a good read, and characters are well painted, I was troubled by the idleness of the lives that were [...]