At a writing workshop on the weekend, we were learning about print layouts: I happened to mention “anti-aliasing”, but not everyone had heard of it. In this short post, I make a fumbling attempt to explain the process. When you try and represent something complicated in not enough pixels, you have to make it a …
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first city to surf
Ran my first ever city to surf today. I was hoping for a time of 100 minutes or less, but I was a little over that: time will tell, but I think it was somewhere around 104 minutes (though it took me three-and-a-half just to get to the starting line after the “back-of-pack” horn was …
eliza ferrie lecture: exodus
As if I haven’t spent enough time this week listening to theological lectures, I thought’d go along to the eliza ferrie lecture. It started with a tribute to, and a book launch of (old testament theologian and lecturer) bill dumbrell. At eighty, he is still lecturing part time, and so it was good to be …
been busy relaxing
Spent the weekend catching up with Michelle and Trev in QLD, back in time for night church, catching up with some church people, and now, heading to college for day one of a week-long subject with guest lecturer Tremper Longman III. Normal blogging to resume shortly.
It’s on…
It’s on… My city to surf bib showed up in the mail: it’s more of an a4 sticker than a bib… Less than two weeks to go.
unhurried fellowship
Last night I had a few moments (two, maybe three minutes) of quiet: though I had a bag with a couple of books in it within easy reach, I chose to try and sit still. To not think of the things that I need to do, or learn. I can’t say I enjoyed the pause …
Cards with friends
Cards with friends Sometimes, a 500 hand comes along that’s so bad, it deserves special attention. Note to self, it took two tries to photograph the cards, as the flash reflected too much and washed out the red cards the first time. There was a time when I would never speak of a hand of …
SMH opinion piece on child care
[smh] Paid care for babies a pale imitation The warehousing of children in the guise of “care” or, even more implausibly, “early learning” (“That means the blocks have letters on them,” joked one staff member I spoke to recently) is something more and more parents feel distraught about. The research is now undeniable that babies …
A touch of frost
A touch of frost Here’s a tip I learned this morning: when the windscreen is completely frosted over, and you can’t see through it at all, pour some tepid water (even coldish water will do) on the windscreen: you’ll clear the ice without breaking the glass.
Is blog-reading worth the effort?
With a new semester about to start, I’m trying to work out what is going to fall by the wayside as I make time to do more reading and writing (and learning Greek) than in past semesters. An obvious candidate for the cull is blog-reading – the fact that I’m not familiar with how mch …