If you’re keen, Amazon will let you preorder a boxed set of Harry Potter Books 1-7.
Monthly Archives: June 2007
A wet week in north sydney
A wet week in north sydney For those of you reading this while feeling nostalgic for sydney weather, it’s mutual. Hard to believe that we were in a drought, wondering if it would ever rain again! We pray for rain, but always secretly hope that it will only fall exactly where it’s needed. Or is …
Surviving 100,000 instant Visitors on a Budget
A technical guide to Surviving 100,000 instant Visitors on a Budget; how to tune your webserver and such.
lessons learned from a red stapler
Last night, I was in charge of both leading and playing piano in the evening service. I’m getting the hang of balancing these two responsibilities together, but it puts a certain amount of time pressure on the preparation for the evening service. This would be apparent to anyone who listened to my opening spiel last …
DVD: Infernal Affairs
DVD: Infernal Affairs This 2002 Hong Kong movie was the basis for Scorsese’s The Departed. Having watched this film, there’s not much in the latter film that is original – it’s just had the Hollywood treatment, which is to say, an increase in violence, more sex and adult themes, and a slightly more complex plot. …
Movie: Zodiac
Movie: Zodiac Most of the people I mentioned this movie to hadn’t heard it, which isn’t too much of a surprise. Unlike director David Fincher’s earlier, more enigmatic work, this is a much more restrained piece. Like a 2.5 hour episode of Law and Order, this meanders along, telling the story of a serial killer …
self-restraint in the synoptics
On the way to the gym this morning, I was congratulating myself on the restraint that I showed at bible study last night. One of the books I’ve read as part of going to college mentioned that the author would never allow a first year college student to preach. A first year, he says, has …
How to Use a Coffee Plunger
[Zondar] How to Use a Coffee Plunger (you’ll be surprised at how chopsticks fit into the process)
Can you be a Christian and a Muslim?
Perplexing many, Episcopal priest announces she’s a Muslim, too. The truly worrying thing here, beyond this lady’s views, is that her bishop (the person who could ask her to step down from being a priest) thinks she’s perfectly okay in being both a Christian and a Muslim. I suspect she hasn’t really understood what it …
children have lost the right to roam
An article investigating how children lost the right to roam in four generations. We grew up in a cul-de-sac, and were allowed to play outside on our own street, but not cross any other roads. Kids today? Not so free.