Friday Linkfest

October 7, 2005

Here are this weeks links:

  • Visions of Science: BBC News' top ten picks for scientific pictures. The first one is amazing.
  • Donald Miller's new website: The author of one of my all-time favorite books, Blue Like Jazz, has a newly redesigned website. Relevant Magazine has a good interview with Don on their website. His new book, To Own a Dragon: Rewriting the Legacy of an Invisible Father, comes out next February.
  • Sorry, gotta go...: For those times when you need an excuse to get off the phone. There are some really funny ones. I've got to try this...
  • Anatomy of a Photograph: "An analysis of a single seemingly innocuous photograph, and the pervasive media bias it reveals." This is both enlightening and disturbing.
  • Oh My Gosh!: I literally laughed out loud1 when I stumbled on this photograph on Flickr.
  • A song-by-song analysis of DCB's A Collision: If you own this album (even if you don't) this is a must-read. In an era when a lot of (not all) worship music is just recycled and regurgitated, David Crowder puts a ton of thought into his music and lyrics. Also, "David Crowder Band’s third release, A Collision, ended up debuting at number 39 on the Billboard charts. This is DCB's highest placement to date. Not bad for an album that was recorded in a barn in Waco, Texas2." - Relevant.
  • Google Search Tips 2005: Provides a bunch of search syntax basics and advanced tricks for Google. If you know exactly what you're looking for, knowing these can greatly reduce unnecessary searching.
  • The Fray - A Review: Remember when I talked about The Fray and how big they're going to be? I wasn't lying, folks. From the aforementioned review: "Although it's still premature to compare this band to the likes of greats such as U2 and Coldplay, The Fray possesses that same rare quality of undeniable musical talent and classic sound."
  • The Bible, text message style: Someone from Australia went and translated the entire Bible (CEV) in to text for cell phones. My favorite verse is John 3:16, which says, "God luvd da ppl of dis wrld so much dat he gave his only Son, so dat evry1 who has faith in him will have eternal life & neva really die." I'm not kidding.
    1. Because of the widespread use of 'LOL' on internet messaging and the inverse proportion of those who type LOL to those who actually do laugh out loud, I find it necessary to say that I actually did laugh out loud. []
    2. A quick shout out to my favorite Parisian/former Waco-ite, Miss Megan Rapp. []

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