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Post archive for ‘Nerds’

Yet Another New Design

Yeah, I decided to try out a new design today and it might have stuck. It’s a beautiful (IMHO) Wordpress 2.6 theme designed by Darren Hoyt and co that’s got the web 2.5 buzz word in mind - lifestreaming. Really it’s just whatever-you-decide-to-put-on-the-net-streaming. So over in that little “Find me Elsewhere” box [...]


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Catchy Tunes in Church Today

It’s always nice to see the church trying to connect to the youth and really speak their language:

Direct link / Via BoingBoing


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Arial Stole Helvetica’s Mojo

Did you know that the font known as Arial just a cheap knock-off of Helvetica? True story.


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I Didn’t See That Coming Either

I’m just throwing a link up here to a funny story from Marc about trying to find a fishing spot with his kids.
Marc does a great job of keeping up what I think is the original intent and spirit of blogging - telling stories and events from your life that may or may not interest [...]


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Testing Out a New Comment System

Hey all. I’m testing out a new comment system from disqus. If you like, feel free to leave a comment on this post so I can test it out.


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An Anthropological Introduction To Youtube

Give this 55 minute video at least 5 minutes of your attention and you’ll either be hooked or bored, at which time you can shut it off or keep watching:

Direct link - via http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/880


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The New Delicious is Here

The new, revamped version of Delicious (formerly del.icio.us) is up and out in the wild: “delicious blog » Oh happy day — the new Delicious is here.”
I’m quite happy that they went out and got the actual delicious.com domain name as it’s much easier to remember how to spell and therefore, easier to use. [...]


Categorized as Nerds/Blogging, Nerds

Hip Hop Youth Culture

YouTube - Bert & Ernie tries Gangsta-Rap.


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Remember To Google That Domain Name

Let this be a lesson to you all to not do what I did. If you think you have a great idea that couldn’t possibly have been taken already, just double check google once more before committing to the idea.

Last night while we were eating we were discussing keeping a food diary to help [...]


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Picturesque

Picturesque (link to download here) is a simple little program that allows you to add some basic, yet powerful effects to your photos/images very easily. Initially I thought it was free, but it turns out there’s a $34.95 price tag - still not a bad deal for what it does. In addition to [...]


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