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Archive for February, 2009
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Twitter-Theology of Lent
Posted on February 27, 2009 | 1 CommentSo some mad genius (okay, he’s my husband) analyzed 15,000 tweets this week and made a Wordle of the top 100 things Twitterers claim to be giving up for Lent. For what other kinds of things do you think Twitterology of this sort might be... -
And now, the Hulu Awards
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No CommentsAnd now, the Hulu Awards. -
How Our Brains “Create” God
Posted on February 27, 2009 | 2 CommentsIt always fascinates me how American culture treats science and its ability to give us knowledge. Take Michael Brook’s article in the New Scientist entitled, “Born Believers: How Your Brain Creates God.” Brooks explores some new research being done on how religion could have evolved. Challenging the... -
Christ Figure Alert!
Posted on February 27, 2009 | No Comments(WARNING LOST SPOILERS!!!) I can relate to John Locke. Also, he’s a Christ Figure: John Locke is Lost’s man of faith. But he’s not, really, not entirely. He certainly has faith, in the Island, in the unexplained, but he also has doubt; his faith is... -
Pesky Constitution, Who Needs It?
Posted on February 27, 2009 | 1 CommentThe United States Senate passed a bill to add two voting members to the U.S. House. The vote is specifically intended to give the DC area a voting member which it has never had. There is a problem with the bill that this article notes: ... -
Technology’s Double Edged Sword
Posted on February 27, 2009 | 3 CommentsIn his debut post, Charles Jones reveals a love/hate relationship with technology. -
I’m In Ur Twitter, Bein Old!
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsWell here’s something I never thought I’d see: JohnMcCain is twittering. Like, HE is. For real. Not his staff. But him. -
It’s Going to Space!
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsEverything is Amazing, But Nobody is Happy!. -
Support Good Writing!
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsWe recently changed the rating system to a more binary alternative and reset everything to zero. What this means is the highest rated list at the bottom of this site is somewhat wacky. It would be really awesome if you could come up with about... -
TV Viewing Breaks Records
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsTV Viewing Breaks Records: “Nielsen reports in today’s LA Times that the average American now watches more than 151 hours of TV a month. That’s about 5 hours a day and an all time high – up 3.6% from last year.” (HT: Collide Magazine) -
My Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsMy Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua – I died a little inside just typing that. 2. Mama Mia – It’s the gift that you can’t take back and just keeps on giving, with lyrics at the bottom... -
Try Harder, Alan
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsThe Baehr is Back, Baby! The Moviegoings blog points out that Movieguide’s “Report to the Industry” (addressed extensively by Alan last year) is featured in the Wall Street Journal this year. Woe are we: the Movieguide approach (and response to those who disagree) makes me... -
Microsoft: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Posted on February 26, 2009 | No CommentsMicrosoft banned a girl from Xbox Live because she indicated in her profile that she was a lesbian: Microsoft has gone on record in the past about its policy, saying that it’s not limited to Gamertags of homosexual nature. “Yes ‘TheStraighterGamer’ or ‘TheHeterosexualgamer’ would have... -
Making the Transition
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 2 CommentsAl Mohler says we are in transition from being a culture that permits pornography to a culture that is pornagraphic: A society that embraces pornography as a constitutionally protected form of “speech” will have a hard time policing sexually explicit material. When courts rule that filtering... -
RetroPost: The Science of Violence in Mice and Men
Posted on February 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsAlan Noble warns us of the dangers of scientific studies. -
Give it Time.
Posted on February 25, 2009 | No CommentsScott McClellan over at The Collide Blog has some good advice for investing in technology when money is scarce: If you’re considering a new technology purchase, do a serious cost-benefit analysis. When you do, try to predict how long your new purchase will meet your... -
DJ Hero?
Posted on February 25, 2009 | 3 CommentsBelieve it or not, Activision is currently developing Guitar Hero for DJ’s, entitled ‘Scratch: The Ultimate DJ’. From a “mostly hands-off demo: The controller is about what we were expecting, but the still-in-development gameplay had some surprises. You aren’t just controlling the “DJ-y” bits of... -
Casual Quake
Posted on February 25, 2009 | 1 CommentQuake Live’s has entered the casual arena. All you need is a computer and a browser, and suddenly you’re playing Quake against all sorts of people. It’s a really nice, streamlined and simple system, built specifically for quick in and out play and lots of... -
I Knew There Was a Reason I Hated DC
Posted on February 25, 2009 | 3 CommentsJoss Whedon on why DC Comics Characters don’t work as films: DC’s characters, like Wonder Woman and Superman and Green Lantern, were all very much removed from humanity. Batman was the only character they had who was so rooted in pain, that had that same... -
Star Wars: The Musical Experience
Posted on February 25, 2009 | 1 CommentLucasFilm will be putting on a production entitled, “Star Wars: A Musical Journey.” The production will not be a musical in the ordinary sense but will feature a 90 minute or so edit of the six films to coincide with a massive LED screen and new/reworked...