Archive for November, 2006
Seeking Podcast-Listening Beta Testers
I’m a big folk/country/alt-rock/roots/americana music fan. I’ve also been messing around with podcasting technology for a little while now. I’ve finally decided to put the two together with a music podcast. I’m still experimenting and sorting throught the legal ramifications, so for now I’ll just be opening it up for the few, the proud, the […]
Antinomianism Alive and Well in Missouri City
The Houston Press profiles José Luis De Jesús Miranda, a man who claims to be Christ and were it not for this little jewel, would not be worth mentioning - and I quote:
“Believing in Jesus of Nazareth does not make you a Christian,” he says. “Jesus of Nazareth was a Jew. He wasn’t a Christian; […]
Su Blackwell, Book Cut Sculptures
Amazing work. Su Blackwell, Book Cut Images
Three Things You Don’t Know About Aids In Africa
University of Chicago Economist and Becker Fellow Emily Oster has an interesting article in Esquire, Three Things You Don’t Know About Aids In Africa
Approximately 6 percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with HIV; in the United States, the number is around 0.8 percent. Very often, this disparity is attribu ed to differences in […]
These people are insane (Ski-Gliding the Eiger)
Acro-base.com, Download .mov (right click, save as); Via Gadling
No Registration Required for Comments
In the battle against comment spam, sometimes we shoot ourselves in the foot. My grandmother informs me that users are required to register in order to post a comment. I’ve hunted down the offending setting and changed it so that is no longer the case. Comment at will.
New York Review of Books, Allison Lurie on Alice Munro, Jeffrey Sachs on the viability of Economic Aid
New York Review of Books has two articles this month of particular interest - The Lamp in the Mausoleum and How Aid Can Work, in response to Aid: Can It Work?. Comments after the jump.
Milton Friedman, RIP
At least it’s warm here…
Every now and then I get nostalgic for Maine. Then I get an e-mail like this from my Dad -
Associated Press: The Nation’s Weather
By WEATHER UNDERGROUND 11.08.06, 5:03 AM ET
Cold, wet weather was expected to continue Wednesday across the North and West.
Rain was forecast again for the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, with flooding possible […]