Archive for the 'random musings' Category

Looking Back at Backmasking

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

I remember, in my early twenties being fascinated with the hype in Christian circles surrounding the concept of “back masking” - which we all took so seriously (admit it!).
Today, wikipedia, features an article entitled ‘Backmasking‘:

“Backmasking (also known incorrectly as backward masking)[1] is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backwards […]

An open letter to Patricia Cornwell

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Dear Ms Cornwell Patricia Pat Author,
I am certainly not your earliest reader, but I was there from the start. I read Postmortem in the first year it was published and from then you were firmly on my list of authors for crime fiction, essential for inserting between more involved reading on my daily public […]

burning ears

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Hey all. Were your ears burning this weekend? Seems that I spent a big chunk of the weekend discussing/defending/analysing/apologising for signposts and the signposters that make this place fun. But I promise we will actually get around to posting some new stuff. Remember that crazy idea I had to read through […]

procrastination

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

I have just found a whole new way to occupy myself instead of doing study. Note to self - buy more miscellaneous sporting equipment.

The point of no return

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

I have been enjoying the conversation on this post about the kind of sociological tendencies we can observe and how we react to changes in society (at least that is what I think the discussion is about).
As a result I wanted to share some experiences of my workplace. A fairly large chunk of my […]

buddie jesus

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Check out buddie Jesus on flickr..

Jesus and Easter

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Ah Jesus is stirring trouble again:
“An Italian film which features Jesus drinking from a can of Coca-Cola will miss its Easter release date after the drinks giant complained.
Seven Kilometres from Jerusalem tells the story of an advertising executive suffering a mid-life crisis when he meets a man who appears to be Jesus.
In the course of […]

So you want to argue?

Monday, March 19th, 2007

It seems like lately I have been spending a heap of time talking about the arguments that are conducted in the comment threads of this blog. A couple of days ago I sat down and had an interview with Paul for some research he is doing into online interaction in the emerging church area. […]

spammed

Monday, February 19th, 2007

For the first time in my life a spam email has prompted me to actually go to the website being promoted AND to do further internet research. Such was my reaction that it took me a good couple of moments before I even appreciated that the email I had received was in fact spam. […]

amusing myself

Monday, January 15th, 2007

From this article about Steve Irwin’s wife and daughter and their madcap US promotional tour:

Earlier, Irwin told reporters she was embarrassed about constant questions about her daughter Bindi’s workload.
“I’ve given Bindi’s schedule a lot of thought,” Irwin said.
Bindi, she pointed out, had been filming all her life — literally. She said her late husband had […]