Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ubuntu – Joining the wonderful world of Linux

Well, there comes a time in every nerds life when he (or she) must make a decision. Whether they will stick with the evil Micro$oft empire, become a pretty little (cashed up) Mac person or join the hard-core nerd community and go with a Linux distro. And I’ve been wanting to leave the dark days [...]

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Round 21 – Big, Dumb and Ugly

There is something about football players, that makes you appreciate the ugly ones more. Steve Silvagni might be the Full Back of the Century – but everyone loved Mick Martyn (possibly the ugliest Full Back of the Century) a whole lot more. And while magpie scum supporters might cheer a goal from Chris Tarrant, they [...]

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IE 7 Available as Release Candidate

Months and months ago I posted about the new IE 7 Beta – well it’s now available as a release candidate (meaning it should crash a whole lot less). It looks pretty, has tabs, has a slightly cumbersome UI but I’m willing to get over lots of it. Basically, it’s a good browser without being [...]

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The Holy and the sinful

I know that I seem to be linking through to just about everything these guys put out there, but “Out Of Ur” has posted another great article, this time by Mike Sares, pastor of “Scum of the Earth” church (what a name). But I was struck by this quote:
Boomer Christians tend to divide the world [...]

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The Kingdom of Tigerland?

I know that there are good examples of this stuff happening in churches. But reading this article, I was just struck by how much this sort of stuff needs to be a part of our out-working of the Kingdom. Maybe I’m biased and just like the thought of something positive coming out of the Richmond [...]

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