Thanks to Jonathan Bonomo at Reformed Catholicism for noting the Mercersburg Society’s Web site, which has a new harbor — appropriately enough — with the Philip Schaff Library of the Lancaster Theological Seminary. (The library also hosts the Evangelical and Reformed Church — half of the present United Church of Christ — archives.)
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Mercersburg Society re-emerges
Blog Day 5!
Happy Blog Day! (Why today, if you squint, 3108 — today’s date — looks like blog) . Here’s the rules:
Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting
Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2007
Write a short description of the Blogs and place a link to the recommended Blogs
Post the [...]
Must we conference if we can unconference?
Another reason why an unconference like a BarCamp is a good value for its participants:
“We figured there was much more expertise in the audience than there possibly could be onstage,” says BarCamp co-founder Ryan King. Unconferences break the barrier between the two. Attendees write topics they’re interested in on boards, consolidate the topics, [...]
One way to get rid of pesky church members
Here’s a video of a nifty video algorithm. Watch the video towards the end and you can see how easy it could be to remove figures from an image.
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BarCamp planning: note to self when planning church events
I mentioned I attended D.C.’s first BarCamp, a technology unconference, where my geek abilities were stretched to their limits. But I learned a few things, and the relative low cost of production and the quality outcomes make me think again this is a good model for the more adventuresome church people — Unitarian Universalists, Christians [...]
Boeuf!
If you love the films of Jacques Demy, the music of Michel Legrand or general goofiness, you’ll love this clip (“Foux de fa fa”) from the Flight of the Conchords. I’m enthralled by it.
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Two cheers for credit union
The New York Times reports today (“Nonprofit Payday Loans? Yes, to Mixed Reviews” by John Leland) about a program between Goodwill and a credit union (a financial cooperative, thus the categorization) in Appleton, Wisconsin to help people jump out of a payday loan debt death spiral. The program — which does move those least able [...]
Can we add another time zone?
August 28. It gets “better” — the Washington Post reports today that D.C.’s kids are the fattest in the nation.
Sometimes, when I button my waistband, I think that getting fatter is a part of moving into middle age. My BMI only qualifies as “overweight” not “obese” but a lost weekend with Ben and Jerry might [...]
Google fun: Blogging using Notebook
A word about my process. A couple of weeks ago, a Day Job colleague pointed out a very handy tool that I’ve begun to use: Google Notebook. When installed in your browser — Firefox 1.5 or better for Linux or Windows or IE6 for Windows, but why would you?; sorry Mac users — it allows [...]
Doctor Who again: what’s it with the church music?
I know there are a couple of Doctor Who viewers here at least; in the United States, the new episodes are running a scant few months after their original BBC run, so this open thought goes out to my UK readers, too. But there might be a mild spoiler for some of you, so be [...]
