I just learned about two new books that I’m interested in reading. (Editor: Isn’t that true of every book you hear about?)
This one interests me because Dr. John Walton interests me. I transcribed a sermon he gave on Genesis one, Why Didn’t God Call the Light, Light?, and have read some shorter pieces he’s written. …
”I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
The above quote encapsulates the answer with which liberty activists are often met. We are reminded of how much we owe to our various levels of government. Have you been recently accosted? Of course not, because your tax …
Liberty activist Sam Dodson’s recent victory over the Cheshire County government in New Hampshire has inspired our own Webmaster Joe – but like many family men, he feels he hasn’t the right to jeopardize his wife and two daughters’ security by committing civil disobedience.
I’m not sure I agree with his description of illegal activism as …
”Something I’ve been thinking lately,” our dear webmaster Joe has recently written. ”Am I different as a Christian than I would be if I wasn’t a Christian? Am I just wasting my life?”
Then he linked to a rap video appearing to strenously urge its viewers not to knock over convenience stores. DON’T WASTE …
I just had two nice, young college age boys stop by my house. They were in the area representing a window installation company. Their company is trying to drum up business by setting up appointments for their ”consultants” to tell me how their energy efficient windows will save me money on my energy bills.
That’s a …
Gruber, on why the iPhone is so successful:
One obvious but wrong answer would have been for Apple to start with a phone. That’s what most companies in the mobile handset industry have done and it’s led them to a dead end. The problem is that while successful complex systems evolve from simple systems …
Paul Copan busts some ”First Christmas” myths over at Reclaiming the Mind.
There would have been no inns in a backwater town like Bethlehem. They would be found along main roads or in cities. The word for inn (katalyma) is the same one as the ”guest room (of a private home)” …
I think this is basically how I would react if someone tried to steal my laptop.
Arizona State University student Alex Botsios said he had no problem giving a nighttime intruder his wallet and guitars.
When the man asked for Botsios’ laptop, however, the first-year law student drew the line. …
I’d just like to point out that I advanced this idea during my sophomore or junior year of college (sometime between 2002 and 2004). My college friends can verify that — I promoted the idea to pretty much everyone. But I never wrote it down, so I can’t really prove it to the world. Oh, …
The new HD camcorders are different from traditional camcorders in several ways. The most obvious is the stunning picture quality. Never have your most banal home videos looked so good! But I’m most concerned about the technical differences. Here are a few of my notes.
Tape or Tapeless?
Many of the newest HD camcorders leave out the …