This is in regards to this article: Op Eds Now More Central in War than Bullets by Daniel Pipes New York Sun [NY Sun title: The West Must Learn The Public Relations of War] October 17, 2006 Regardless of what you think of Mr. Pipes otherwise, his analysis regarding this aspect is correct. I believe… Continue reading How we have misunderstood the REAL war…
Author: Ian
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This is the first blog of my new WordPress installation.
Ignoring Sin Won’t Lessen the Pain
What needing to feel physical pain, teaches us about the dangers of ignoring sin. [24 Oct 2006: Originally, this was a post (in truth, a redirect) that was going to stand on its own. However, with the continuing fallout from the Gene Robinson issue, I have decided to make a “series” of it, linking it… Continue reading Ignoring Sin Won’t Lessen the Pain
Pre-Delete Cruft
Cruft is clutter that bogs things down and gets in the way of getting things done. Idea clutter is mostly stuff that we could have gotten rid of to begin with. When you initiate an activity, determine a kill date for it at the same time.
Ford Launches Production of Hydrogen Engines
Ford is claiming to be the first manufacturer of a hydrogen-fueled auto engine – a V10. This is awesome! Plus, with the recent advance in battery cell technology, move over internal combustion engine. Competition in the vehicle power plant market. I love it!
Wiring VoIP to your phone jacks
Original Link at LifeHack.org Engadget’s Original Linked To content Additional Information (posted into responses at the above link) Voxilla – A VoIP Information Gateway
Humans Can’t Multitask?
I was just reading a blog at InfoWorld discussing multitasking versus an uncluttered desktop, and Jon Udell makes a statement that I believe most of us take as truth, “computers multitask way better than people can”. As I was reading words that I had believed moments before, I realized that that is completely false. Really.… Continue reading Humans Can’t Multitask?
Another March Towards Independence
As there always is, there have been a lot of Chicken Little”s running around, on both the right and the left, hollering and moaning about how bad things are. Some things could be better, but so much could be worse. Despite some people”s attempt to portray the world, with the U.S.A. leading the way, as… Continue reading Another March Towards Independence
Hope for Haiti?
I am very happy that Haiti seems, for the moment, to be back on the road to democracy. My only concern is that the seemingly typical reaction of very poor countries to nationalize everything to “care for the poor”. It always works in the short term, but rarely (if ever) works in the long time.… Continue reading Hope for Haiti?
Faith and Depression
The first thing that needs to be covered, even before covering depression, is faith. One of the first misteps is confusing happiness with Christian Joy. Happines is, as a great many people throughout history have observed, short-lived. As defined in this series of posts, happiness must be short-lived. It is a human pursuit (the United… Continue reading Faith and Depression