Hypotyposis on a Good Day

Amazing Grace and William Wilberforce

I look forward to seeing Amazing Grace: The Movie, a movie about William Wilberforce, either in the local theater or on DVD (I've popped it into my Netflix queue!) The review of Amazing Grace in the NY Times was lukewarm. Wilberforce's life and example have intrigued me since I first read Every Arrow Needs a Bow: William Wilberforce almost 10 years ago.

Notelets for 2007.02.17

I want to do a closer reading of Philip Jenkins' Believing in the Global South because it helps me to see how much of my cultural heritage/baggage is entwined with my particular experience of Christianity in the west.

The functionality I showed in class a week or two ago, namely the blogging integration in Flickr, got mixed reviews. I think it's so cool to be able directly to weblogs right within Flickr. Some people agree, others thought that things are still too messy, that few non-techie end users would use this functionality. I would certainly agree that configuring weblogs is still a bit too difficult to do within Flickr. (I think the flock is a pretty good job of figuring out how to configure a weblog given its URL.) It is true that plumbing is really exposed right now. And that in the future, we need to move towards more hidden and interconnected plumbing.

It's good to know that you can get average temperatures for places such as Sitka, AK when you think about traveling to such places.

Happy Valentine's Day, Sweetie

Happy Valentine's Day, Sweetie
Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

As Laura and I come close to two years' of sweet married life, I am grateful for this opportunity to say how much I love my dearest Laura.

Chris Ashley's quote

Congratulations to Chris Ashley who was recently quoted in the East Bay Express in Botero's Politics of Mediocrity. You can read Chris' original post on his weblog.

In the same issue of the Express is an inspiring story about John Reed (Don't Tread on Me), a man who singlehandedly fought back against expensive lawyers.