Welcome to this world Finn Dolmar! You can get more details about his first days from his family's site here.
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Welcome to this world Finn Dolmar! You can get more details about his first days from his family's site here.
]]>So-called "global warming" is just a secret ploy by wacko tree-huggers to make America energy independent, clean our air and water, improve fuel efficiency of our vehicles, kick-start 21st-century industries, and make our cities safer and more livable. Don't let them get away with it!
- Chip Giller of Grist.org
HA! I love it.
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I think this is a great lesson in creativity - just because it hasn't been done, doesn't mean it can't be. Link.
]]>Hat tip to Fels for the link who had this to say: "I find their lack of faith disturbing...or the fact that he drank a 2.5 gallon box of wine!"
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From the Kerns and The Hemispheres CD release show a couple of weeks ago. (Taken with my new digital camera, which I like very much.) See more of the shots from the show here.
]]>A heavily armed freedom fighter in the Niger Delta stares angrily at the camera, his face hidden behind a black mask. Is this a news story from the latest war zone? No, it's the opening page to the book of Joshua -- the Israeli warrior -- in the new Bible Illuminated.
The Swedish-language Bible marries the standard text to glossy magazine-style design. Full-color pages are illustrated with a striking combination of news and dramatized photographs: a homeless child wrapped in a sweater on the streets of Bogotá, Colombia, illustrates the book of Job; a man who drowned trying to enter Europe, for Deuteronomy; and models posing in stylized scenes convey joy or despair. Bible passages are pulled out as captions.
The publishers wanted to draw new readers by getting rid of what they called "the old heavy book."
Apparently an English language version will be out sometime in 2009. I'm really excited to see what a bible illuminated with photographs and really good modern typography would look like. I may not be able to wait for the English version, to bad I don't read Swedish.
This is an interesting contrast to the illuminated bible project that has been developing here in Minnesota, where St. John's University has commissioned a hand lettered hand illuminated bible. The pages are magnificent, and I seem to recall from the exhibit I went to, the St. John's bible is the first one of it's kind made in over 400 years.
]]>All web apps are trying to suck. They are trying to be bloated. They are trying to be unstructured. They are trying to be confusing.
You are the stopgap. You are the one who stands between order and chaos. You are the sniper who must pick off every distraction, unneeded feature, and extra word that doesn’t absolutely have to be there.
You must be a killer. You must say no. You must anger those who disagree with you. That is the only way to make something great.
It also includes a nice video piece from Ira Glass of This American Life.
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Notice the intense similarities to DaVinci's last supper.
It's interesting that we have Baltar's immaginary / angelic #6 sitting in the Jesus place at the table; I wonder where this is leading us. Also you've got chief holding the knife, similar to the knife in the DaVinc held by someone in the group on the viewers left of Jesus. (It's really hard to see in this image, but search for it and you can find clearer images.) I don't know much art history, does anyone know if this is symbolism for Peter who draws his sword in the garden later, or for something else?
All together it has been fascinating to see how religion has been such a major force in the series and how intelligently the shows writers have dealt with it. As a fan, I am excited to see what happens this season.
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