Personal Technology Coaching
Jim Wallis Speaks at Ebenezer Baptist in Atlanta Ellen and I went to hear him speak, and ended up hearing him preach. It was a full service and Wallis gave his inspiring message about the Bible’s call for social justice, its emphasis on helping the poor. The service was presented by the [Regional Council of … Read more
MineZone Wiki – MVance.GettingThingsDone I’m re-committing to Getting Things Done; this is a one-page summation of the whole thing.
CHOICE TABLES: PARIS; Quirky Spots The Locals Love But Don’t Reveal The NY Times lists these no-longer-obscure restaurants; posted because we’ll get hungry when we go there, and I’ll be damned before I eat at McDonalds there.
Polymath and editing demi-god Walter Murch holds forth at a digital video conference in a Flash video stream – here’s a direct link to the stream. Murch created the terms “sound designer” and “sound montage,” won an Oscar for Best Sound for Apocalypse Now, dual Oscars for The English Patient (Editing and Sound Editing), Oscar … Read more
Today is Ellen’s birthday, but we’re not celebrating together since in Arkansas. She went for our sister-in-law’s pinning ceremony – Andrea’s graduating from nursing school, and if anyone is capable of the tough love necessary to be a good nurse, it’s Andrea. A note here to say, publicly on on the site, that meeting, courting, ... Read more
This would be fun to try. Mad Mac mini multimedia machine, Part 1: Load Linux on the Mac mini The Mac mini is an ideal low-cost, high-performance PowerPC development platform for numerous applications. Learn how to install and configure Linux on the mini. Future articles will add the software required to make it into a … Read more
Isfahan The Movie: “an animated film inspired by the Persian architecture.” Stefan recommended it. I’ll reward myself with a viewing and a post when I’m done editing a video for the college.
Macworld: Mac Gems: Tiger’s Gem-worthy Features I’m archiving this link for when I put Tiger on my Mac.
Quick Sunday Morning note: [Anne Lamott’s Plan B – Further Thoughts on Faith(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573222992/104-6157023-0711911?v=glance) is funny and moving. We have it from the library, and it’s so good I want to go buy a copy. (I’ll wait for trade paper, though.)
The Omnivore – Learning to Eat Everything. By Jeffrey Steingarten in Slate (from 1996!) . People should be ashamed of the irrational food phobias that keep them from sharing food with each other. Instead, they have become proud and arrogant and aggressively misinformed. But not me. When I donned the heavy mantle of food critic, ... Read more