• Following in the footsteps of The Boston Globe’s The Big Picture and The Wall Street Journal’s Photo Journal, Christianity Today has launched Imago Fidei, a photoblog that bills itself as “a daily view of Christian life.” While not strictly photos, there are some gems in the archives. 05/15/2009

Ireland: Day 2

I forgot to wish everyone a happy new year in the last post. So… Happy New Year!

Anyway, getting on with it.

This post has a video and some photos from day two of the trip, which was Friday. It’s hard to keep up with all of the video and photo editing/uploading with all of the sightseeing and whatnot; which is why I know you’ll forgive me.

Below is a slideshow of some of the better pictures I’ve taken while in Dublin. You can check out the originals on my flickr page.

And again, if you’re not following my twitter stream, you’re missing out on some good play-by-play commentary. Check it:

last night, @kellythorsen and i met two irish women who loved both LOST and bill bryson. #

i was just chided by a local for drinking a beer other than guinness. “when in rome, mate!” he has a point. #

there is no ranch dressing in all of ireland. #

Here’s the video:

A trip down yearbook lane…

Your turn… Yearbook yourself.

Related: Type-ified and I’ve been Simpsonized.

My (recent) life, in pictures

Des Moines flood, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

An evening with Sigur Rós, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

William Fitzsimmons 1, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

Flickr + God

The photograph below is considered the most interesting image tagged with “god” on Flickr.

God and Automobiles, originally uploaded by g. s. george on flickr.

The photographer, Geoffrey George, writes eloquently of his thoughts about the photo:

This is the memorable and ironic view that greets every motorist traveling south on I-75 towards downtown. Thousands of these motorists are surely suburban GM workers on their way to work every day, and the irony of this chance alignment is hopefully not lost on them. In the background, the Renaissance Center, Detroit’s tallest building and GM World Headquarters. In the foreground, St. Josaphat, a 105-year old still-functioning relic from Detroit’s heyday. Detroit is the Motor City, but the sins committed here cannot be forgotten or forgiven–from the hundreds of murders every year to the construction of a freeway system that divided and destroyed vibrant and working neighborhoods. Hopefully this image will one day have different associations.

For me, it is a powerful view that is quintessentially Detroit. I’m sure it’s been photographed hundreds of times, but the balance and contrast between Detroit’s largest and most infamous glass skyscraper, a struggling community church, and the freeway that cut a swath across the city and acted as a runway for white flighters provides me with endless fascination. I hope you will find it equally stimulating.

Type-ified

Head here to make your own. [ht: soupablog]

Related: I’ve been Simpsonized.

A new era

My new computer has arrived.

A new era, originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

New spectacles

Spectacle(s), originally uploaded by jakebouma on flickr.

I got a new pair of glasses on Monday. I’m a no-contatcs guy, and I had been wearing the previous pair for five years… so this is quite a change.

But really, this is just my attempt to look more like Rob Bell.

I’ve been Simpsonized

Go ahead, Simpsonize yourself.

Celebrity counterparts

I’m not sure which celebrity resemblance I am more proud of; the pulchritudinous Teen Choice Award-winning star of One Tree Hill, or one of the central founders of thermodynamics.

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