January 2012
A(nother) new blog: Hey Soph →
So I am a father. With a daughter. That’s going well for me. I’m also a blogger. So putting two and two together, I give you Hey Soph, a blog where I’m collecting things I think will either amuse…
December 2011
2011 in Legos →
It’s that time of year again. The time when we wrap things up, reflect, and write lists.
I’ll put together my mega 2011 in the next day or so. But in the meantime. Here’s a Flickr Set from The…
Chuck Testa says no to knitted Taxidermy →
Chuck Testa was one of my favourite internet finds this year. He’s a bona fide taxidermist. Not like Shauna Richardson, who knits her mounted animals.
There are more. Via 22…
Welcoming Sophia Campbell →
At about 10.43 this morning our world changed forever. Hopefully for the better. With the safe arrival, via Caesarian (somewhat unexpectedly after a routine appointment yesterday) of our amazing…
Amazing table tennis… →
Table tennis got me through high school. These guys are amazing. Why this sport doesn’t get more TV coverage is beyond me.
Related posts:
Table tennis opens doors
Ping Pong|gnop…
Tumblrweed: Cosby Sweater Project →
Bill Cosby wore a lot of different sweaters. This single serving tumblog collects them, and paints the patterns for posterity’s sake.
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Tumblrweed: Dear Photograph
The Human Project
The Salsa Dog →
This isn’t that great. But I am determined to fight for team dog. Because cats are stupid.
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Dog eat dog world
Man’s best friend becomes even more useful
Pet…
Tumblrweed: Tony Abbott Looking at Things →
Not from the people who brought you the Kim Jong Il tumblog with essentially the same name… but it is still awesome. Tony Abbott Looking At Things.
Tony Abbott, for international readers, is…
Holy posthumous hagiography Batman: Reflections on... →
Seriously internet. Get a grip.
Christopher Hitchens died today. He was a brilliant and acerbic polemicist who played pretty free and easy with exactly what historically orthodox, Bible…
Your weekly dose of overly cute animals: The Sloth →
They are coming. The sloths. But very slowly.
THE SLOTHS ARE COMING… from Lucy Cooke on Vimeo. Related posts: Stop motion Ninja
The Simpsons intro in Real Life
A…
Tumblrweed: Moustair →
Oh wow. A recursive moustache photoshop meme deserves its own tumblog. But can not be unseen…
Related posts: Tumblrweed: Sad Keanu
Stache your drinks somewere special
…
Tumblrweed: Scandybars →
High quality scans of confectionary. That’s what Scandybars offers. And it delivers.
An Aero…
A Curly Wurly…
A Creme Egg. Related posts: Square eggs, round wholes
Creme eggs…
These karate kids are awesome →
I challenge you not to at least smile while watching this…
Related posts: Bieber Ros
The Pylon Challenge
Impending milestone
A new excuse for cheating at stupid games →
There’s an adage amongst those who know my siblings and I, its almost axiomatic. When it comes to party games, and some board games (excluding Scrabble and Take Two which we generally take fairly…
Fleet Foxes’ awesome stop motion video... →
I’m going to see the Fleet Foxes in about a month. That’s pretty exciting.
This film clip is apparently a stop motion number using cutout animation. Love it.
Related posts: Jackson…
Shirt of the Day: Self Descriptive Shirt from XKCD →
I may have featured this before. But if you’ve got me in some sort of Secret Santa thing, or just want to buy me a Christmas present that I’ll enjoy… you could do worse than this XKCD special.
Dogs are the future of the Internet… and the... →
Ladies and gentlemen. I give you. Your future Dog President.
I laughed. Then I laughed some more. Beats the old stick your arms out from behind another person’s back trick… Related posts:
November 2011
Why your Youth Group needs to work on loving one... →
This is such a bizarre Christian propaganda movie…
Related posts: Anti-Mario Propaganda: Maybe he’s not so Super after all
Social Media Propaganda: Because the Internet needs you
Chicken Dictators →
Loving this Nandos ad. Thanks to Brother Mike for sharing on Facebook (and the entire internet). It’s nice to see a clever ad getting attention, gives me faith in the interwebs again…
…
Shirt of the Day: Venn Animals… →
It’s a platypus playing a keytar. In Venn Diagram form…
From Threadless, designed by Tenso Graphics. Related posts: Shirt of the Day: Coffee Venn
Meta-Venn
I made a shirt…
#QantasLuxury: How to manage the fallout →
This morning around 220 media outlets have covered the #qantasluxury debacle. It’s also certainly given social media and PR bloggers something to write about. If you buy the “all publicity is good…
The history of the English Language (in 10... →
If you don’t want to read Bill Bryson’s excellent Mother Tongue… just watch this video.
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Introducing Jesse Heiman, the world’s greatest extra
Tumblrweed: Magic Cards with Googly Eyes →
I never got into the Magic card game… maybe if all the monsters came with standard issue googly eyes that would have changed.
That’s the purpose of this ‘ere tumblog.
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The 13 types of movie poster →
I was skeptical about this. As sceptical as I am about the spelling of the word skeptical. But then I checked all the movies available for viewing on my Apple TV.
And its pretty much true.
My…
Multi-take self bake cake makes me hungry →
Delicious.
Related posts: BlackStar Coffee
A bunch of links – June 15, 2009
Have a break, have a Tac Bac
Marcel, the Shell, with shoes on… →
This is great. Really brightened my Greek filled day…
At least by keeping me from Greek for four minutes. Related posts: What Greek Teachers Won’t Tell You
School’s Out
…
Today’s Study Music: Gomez, Whatever’s... →
Gomez is one of those bands who consistently produces good music, I don’t think there are any other bands in my itunes collection with as many albums of such consistent and cohesive quality.
I’m…
Smashing Pumpkins literally the best thing about... →
Ahh Halloween. Another day, another chance to rant about American imperialism (on a slightly related note, anybody seen those super-sharp ads for being a Mormon. It’s America’s own religion.).
This…
They believe they can fly: A doco about tight rope... →
I hate heights. I really do. I don’t know if this video makes me hate heights more or less.
Some project details from the Vimeo page…
A Feature documentary will be available on 11.11.11 at…
A song with a story: It Is Well… →
Last Sunday I was on the Atherton Tablelands for this year’s round of my Trials for License. A process that people who want to become ministers in my denomination are forced to endure (thus the…
Clayton’s Tapley: The Co Co prophet of the... →
Wow. Not only does this guy, Richard Hackley (read more about him here), sound a lot like William Tapley – he shares similar production values (at least when it comes to sound – he doesn’t do much…
October 2011
My wife is a Babe… →
My dear wife just finished writing an assignment. To celebrate she played this clip over and over again. Singing along.
I am still working on said assignment. Related posts: Muse’s…
Visualise this: Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1... →
Wow.
Baroque.me: J.S. Bach – Cello Suite No. 1 – Prelude from Alexander Chen on Vimeo. Related posts: Data auralisation: Music is my train station
Amazing timelapse video…
Patently Brilliant: How toys were invented →
Toy inventors hold a special place in my heart, and I am especially looking forward to having a legitimate reason to play with toys again.
So it’s nice to see the elegant simplicity of a toy…
Predictive Subtext: A writing assistant I’d... →
Gary found this comic which pretty much would have circumvented 90% of discussion on last week’s worship post…
From Dork Tower… Related posts: If the Sermon on the Mount was on…
Savour this: Pizza Math is deep… →
Unequivocal proof that pizza is both delicious and a learning aid.
Via BoingBoing.
There’s a very similar shirt available on ThinkGeek…
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Mumford & Sons | Live From Shepherd's Bush... →
Mumford & Sons released a new 13 song live album today. Live From Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
Slip me some skin: Bizarre and amazing drum duet →
This quite literally mesmerised me. I don’t know why.
Related posts: Meal break Musings
A lesson from The Oatmeal: Literally
literally… not figuratively
When the Zompocalypse comes – don’t be... →
…Like a penguin suit… That would be totally embarrassing.
Some people might find this short film featuring high production values, nice music, and a zombie penguin in odd zombie make up, a little…
Why I’ll be cheering for the All Blacks this... →
Whatever way you look at it, Brad Thorn has had a pretty incredible career. He also happens to be guy who loves Jesus, and a friend from church.
He’s the most competitive guy I know –…
Is meaning in the reading, or in the writing? →
One of the interesting spin-offs of the great worship debate, both here, and elsewhere, is an argument about the use of words, and what gives words meaning.
There seem to be three approaches to…
Why you shouldn’t have the... →
A pro-wrestler might turn up.
Another Improv Everywhere special – this time it’s a real wedding, and the bride and groom are part of the Improv Everywhere crew. Related posts: …
Don’t call your church Mars Hill… →
Curiouser and curiouser. Is it just me or is Mark Driscoll on a fast track to laughing stock status. First. He decided he had the gift of discernment.
A special gift that meant we should…
Canadian Ninja Ambush →
Possibly the coolest ninja themed improv everywhere type thing out there… I’d be happy to be proven wrong on that…
From Improve Toronto. So Canadians do have senses of humour after all.
The eyes have it… →
How many of these cartoon eyes can you identify?
You can get a poster of this design by Yoni Alter. And there’s an interactive cheat guide here…
Reader Merging With Google+ →
MrSeb writes “Moments ago, Google announced that Reader, as soon as next week, will become part of Google+. It will be impossible to use Google Reader as a standalone product, and many of its social…
Social Media Infographic: Who’s using what →
If you’re thinking about social media and whether or not you should bother engaging with it either in business, or in ministry, then here’s some more evidence that you should. Especially because…
Two fascinating and possibly useful Bible... →
This is quite an interesting way to chart the progression of the Biblical narrative. A “sentiment analysis” from OpenBible.
Here’s the methodology applied to produce these graphics.
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12 Propositions on Worship and Old People →
Bob Kauflin is an American dude who came to Australia and shook the church music apple cart a couple of weeks ago. I’m still thinking through questions of emotion and persuasion and manipulation…