Thomas Merton on "sanity" and Christianity in the modern world
Merton's thoughts on the finding that Eichmann was legally "sane": "sanity" is overrated in a world where mass destruction is considered an acceptable way of waging war. Given the modern situation, no Christian should aspire to sanity or realism.
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A blog about coffee and the environment [4]
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across this blog. Voila.
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A blog about coffee and the environment
I've been wondering lately about the environmental impact of my fairly serious coffee habit, since I know coffee farming and trade has a pretty hefty ecological footprint. I came across this blog. Voila.
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"Fogcatchers": a new source for potable water
In remote Chilean villages where fresh water is often scarce and contaminated, a simple new technology -- mesh sheets strung between posts -- captures condensation from coastal fog, providing an abundant and reliable source of cheap drinking water.
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Václav Havel's 1994 speech on transcendence
Inspiring, but also provocative and fascinating. Havel basically insists that some kind of religiousness is all that can "save" us now, though he doesn't really say how or what.
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Slavoj Žižek on the Matrix
This is Žižek's famous 1999 essay, "The Two Sides of Perversion." I'm clipping it because I intend to read it; the bits I've looked at are very good.
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Flickr + Library of Congress: Flickr Commons
What a great idea. Collaborative tagging and description for publicly-owned, historic photos. Some creative thought re copyrights as well -- they've introduced a new designation, "No known copyright restrictions." Cool.
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BBC religion podcast: "Beyond Belief"
Something I'm going to have to investigate. It sounds like a great program.
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Complete English translation of the Babylonian Talmud (pdfs)
Thanks to http://snipr.com/1v0xm.
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Sexy chatbots deployed to steal your personal information!
Some evil geniuses have developed an automated chat program that convinces people it's a real cybersex partner and convinces them to reveal personal information, which can then be used for ID theft, or it lures them to a fake malware-laden website. Called
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Food history timeline: culinary history of the human race
Very cool. Plots the emergence of various kinds of food over historical time. Includes some recipes and reference articles.
more fromwww.foodtimeline.org
Hot chocolate: resources and links
Links to the best hot chocolate recipes and information on the net, supposedly. This is the kind of thing Mahalo ought to be good for.
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"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
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"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
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"No Reservations" | Salon Arts & Entertainment
I was subjected to this twice last week, without audio - once on the plane from Houston to San Diego and once on the plane from Las Vegas to Philadelphia. It really irritated me and this review sums up why.
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Intense Debate
Comment-management system. Comparable to Disqus and maybe to Tangler.
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Undergraduate conference on "talking about religion", New Wilmington, PA, March 2008
CFP and announcement for an undergraduate religion conference scheduled for March 2008. Proposals due mid-January. Featured speakers are Bob Abernethy of PBS's "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly" and Justin Barret (Oxford), a cognitive psychologist working o
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Critique of religious-studies public school curriculum
Critical response to a seminar on teaching with the theme "Religion in American History," from a conservative Christian perspective (from EdWatch.org). For the record, I think the critique is misguided, but it's still an important one.
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Mini-diaper-changing kit for $50
A miniature version of a diaper bag, including changing pad and various compartments and pockets. I hate huge, unwieldy diaper bags, especially when I'm on foot.
Now I guess I'll have to clip something about football or guitars to prove my masculini
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Roxio MediaTicker: multimedia RSS stream on your desktop (anyone tried this?)
Looks like it might be a cool little piece of software. Subscribe to multimedia RSS feeds and keep a constant stream of thumbnails flowing across one edge of your desktop while you work. Not for ADD types like me. Anyone tried this?
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Notation: * = Private bookmark and comment|… = Clipping [?] | … = Public highlight [?]




