Monthly Archives: January 2008

links for 2008-01-30

The ESV and Bible Usability (Presentation)
The best-given presentation from BibleTech 2008, now conveniently posted for your enjoyment on the ESV blog.
(tags: esv bibletech08 bible blog presentation)

Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs
Captain Obvious at BusinessWeek says how to give a presentation like the Steve.
(tags: advertising apple business howto keynote macintosh marketing presentation)

Clarification: door still work…

Clarification: door still works with car remote, handle on inside, and dash buttons. Not so much from outside handle.

In other news, Wiimotes arrive…

In other news, Wiimotes arrive; I now have four, giving me a fully armed and operational battlestation. Need two more Nunchuks.

Honda doors freeze shut; tryin…

Honda doors freeze shut; trying to open one breaks the catch in the passenger side sliding door. Sigh. My luck with cars/vans continues.

@kenkogler I told you so on Co…

@kenkogler I told you so on CoD4.

Home.

Home.

Las Vegas gets the award for w…

Las Vegas gets the award for worst airport experience. EVER. In other news, still not home.

Facing the very real possibili…

Facing the very real possibility that I won’t get out of Seattle until after dark and may have to stay the night in Vegas.

A 2-hour delay @ Sea-Tac makes…

A 2-hour delay @ Sea-Tac makes Markel a sad panda

links for 2008-01-27

How To Set an Apple Touch Icon for Any Site
Contains a bookmarklet that you can use to transform the iPhone home page icon for any site into an image of your choosing.
(tags: apple javascript design hacks howto icons ipod iphone)

The presenter from the ESV blo…

The presenter from the ESV blog has a presentation style that would make Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) proud. Pictures; no bullets.

A full day in and we just hit …

A full day in and we just hit the first lolcat in a presentation. I’m not sure if I’m shocked or dismayed that it took that long.

Just Testing a New Plugin.

Genesis 3:15-20

links for 2008-01-26

Godbit Project
From the Web Standards session at BibleTech 2008.
(tags: design blog blogging christian church community bibletech08 css)

Attending what can only be def…

Attending what can only be defined as a hermeneutical train wreck. At least it is relatively entertaining.

Finally in Seattle.

Finally in Seattle.

@kenkogler You watch your mout…

@kenkogler You watch your mouth, man. The Zuma music in ingeniously catchy.

My eldest son just made his fi…

My eldest son just made his first crayon drawing of Mario and Luigi. *sniff* My pride is overflowing.

links for 2008-01-23

Call of Duty 4 surpasses Halo 3 as top Live title
I don’t see how you could call Halo 3’s arrival anything better than disappointing after this news.
(tags: xbox games internet multiplayer)

Xbox is crack for kids
Yet another horrible uninformed opinion on video games and their effect on people. I find this attitude by the media to [...]

@majornelson Interesting; I ha…

@majornelson Interesting; I haven’t tried to do that yet. Do you know if that works in Garageband? Some features in GB are not in SP2. (!?!)

@majornelson What’s missing th…

@majornelson What’s missing that you’d like to have? I’m not disagreeing with you.

Facing a couple of weird DNS-r…

Facing a couple of weird DNS-related issues with my web site. Sigh.

I hate Excel. Trying to figure…

I hate Excel. Trying to figure it out is nothing but an exercise in frustration.

Somewhat bemoaning the fact th…

Somewhat bemoaning the fact that my long weekend is almost over. Big business trip this weekend as well; just busy overall.

links for 2008-01-21

Flickr Helper
The only criticism I had of ecto appears to have been mitigated. This is awesome and about time.
(tags: applications plugin ecto blogging wordpress macintosh)