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5550home — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:11:48 +0000

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Seminaries on the Brink

5550home — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:42:00 +0000

USA Today article from this week on the struggle of seminaries these days. Asbury is right in there with them.

Happy Birthday to an Apparent Loser

5550home — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:57:00 +0000

It’s the birthday of Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany (1879). He was taught at home for a while, and when he finally went to school, his teachers thought he was developmentally disabled. In high school, one of his teachers tried to expel him because all he did in class was sit in the back of the room smiling. He finally dropped out at the age of 16.
He barely made it through college, couldn’t get a job in any science field, and finally found a job at the Swiss patent office, evaluating patent applications. In the evenings after he got home from the office, he worked on his own ideas about physics, and in 1905, he published four papers that revolutionized the field of physics and introduced among other things the Special Theory of Relativity and his famous equation, E = mc2.

On Recovering Wisdom. (pricele$$)

5550home — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:26:00 +0000

Listen to the lecture here. You’ll need about 20 minutes. hat tip to Shawn Smith.

Story: Arch Bishop of Canterbury (??)

5550home — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Interesting Article in this month’s Atlantic Monthly on Rowan Williams, the embattled Anglican Communion and the pressing issue of human sexuality facing the Church. So where does the Arch Bishop stand???? Hard to tell.

Theory U. ($30)

5550home — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:42:00 +0000

I learned about this today from Joe Myers, a friend of mine. It looks really interesting. He says it is a “must read.”

Katie Couric interviews Lil Wayne– could be her new niche? (.33)

5550home — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:37:00 +0000

Sync iCal to Google Cal and vice-versa ($25)

5550home — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:01:00 +0000

Here’s a question I’ve had and finally found an answer to.

I know how to import google calendars into iCal, but I haven’t learned how to export iCal into google calendars. I couldn’t share iCal calendars with people who didn’t run iCal. (i could do it on the web, but it was pretty flat).

Busy Sync is the answer. It seamlessly syncs back and forth between these platforms. Check it out and try a 30 day trial.

Prymer on "Getting Things Done" aka GTD (free)

5550home — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:01:00 +0000

A few posts back a commenter requested a prymer on the Getting Things Done system. Here is a good, albeit primitive, series of ten short media clips with good written summaries.

If you are interested, you can watch the prymer course here.

Skitch: Amazing Image Capture App. FREE!!

5550home — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:40:00 +0000

I happened across this yesterday on one of my late night internet tour stops. It’s called Skitch and it is a fantastic image capturing application. I know it works on Mac but am not sure about PC– could be another reason for the latter folks to make the call to get out of Egypt. Anyway, if you are a creative person who likes to capture ideas, images, photos, etc. and share them with friends– this is for you. Best part = It’s Free!

and yes– that’s my circle and handwriting added to the image for your benefit.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE.