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Here's what has excited me from the blogosphere today.

• ★ Getting Started with GTD #5 – Action
• Another Lesson from Starbucks
• Neatolicious Fun Facts: Beer

Facts about Beer. Including a 4000 year old recipe.

• How Obama’s sentence-structure works
• Facebook Reverts Back To Old Terms Of Service [Breaking]
• Doorknocking Tips
• Queensland – retirements and web launches one day, election the next?
• The cost of a wedding…

Leah on a story doing the rounds that Australian weddings cost more than $50,000. I think, after doing a rough countback, that we did ours for just under $15,000 including our honeymoon. And that “we” includes our very generous parents.

• Mobile Phones To Get Universal Charger
• Managers as servants

“Instead of the standard “org chart” with a CEO at the top and employees growing down like roots, turn the whole thing upside down. Employees are at the top — they’re the ones who actually get stuff done — and managers are underneath them, helping them to be more effective. (The CEO, who really does nothing, is of course at the bottom.)”

• Obama: grammatically sound
• Best Resume Ever
• 10 Easy Steps To Advanced Photography Skills

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• Battle Plan: Planning a Mars Hill Sermon Series
• ★ Getting Started with GTD #4 – Ubiquitous Capture
• Old school coffee roasting, “La Esencia”
• 50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets

I like icons. The NES ones in this set are particularly cool.

• Conversion

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• ★ Getting Started with GTD #3 – The Calendar
• #493. Getting single people married as fast as possible.

More stuff Christians like.

• Who Accepts Evolution?

Breakdown on different religions and their statistical acceptance of Darwinism from a study by “The Pew Forum”.

• The 2 Best Free Online Soccer Games
• The Michael Jackson Coffee Scale
• How To quot;Dial inquot; an espresso shot
• Create Skittles-Flavored Vodka [DIY]
• Create a Color Palette from a Single Image [Design]

This is so incredibly useful. I will now spend the rest of my day creating superawesome palettes.

• Facebook’s New Terms Of Service: “We Can Do Anything We Want With Your Content. Forever.” [Your Rights]

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• 1m HDMI to HDMI Version 1.3 Pro Grade 28AWG + Noise suppresion. $9 + FREE

OzBargain has a habit of coming up with the goods for me at just the right time. I was contemplating spending $30 on one of these exorbitant cables in store somewhere.

• Worshipping onscreen: a megachurch meditation
• Mob Wars Creator Puts A Hit Out On Zynga, Sues For Copyright Infringement
• iFart v. Pull My Finger: The Court Case of the Century

With new technology come new frivolous lawsuits. Like this one.

• Top 10 Outlook Boosters [Lifehacker Top 10]
• Church Passes Offertory Paper Plate to Avoid Lavish Appearance

This is a joke people.

Here's what has excited me from the blogosphere today.

• Absolutely Amazing Video Game Remake Wallpapers
• Starbucks To Launch Instant Coffee [Instant Coffee]

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• Hack Twitter to Control Electronics
• Feb. 12, 1809: Darwin — Adapted There, Evolved That

There’s a lot of stuff about Darwin circulating the interwebs at the moment because it was his 200th birthday on the 12th – along with Abraham Lincoln. This is an interesting run down of Darwin’s impact on history and science. Worth having some idea of regardless of your thoughts on the man.

• If You Eat an Endangered Species, Don’t Post Pictures of Your Feast on Facebook
• Why We Often Write About Twitter And Will Continue To Do So

Alternative title – why you should probably get around to working out twitter. Or, at the very least, claiming a username that doesn’t suck. Just in case.

• On Darwin’s birthday, 4 in 10 believe in evolution
• Some Pastors Preach Evolution, but Americans Are as Anti-Darwin as Ever
• Pac-man ghost lamps
• Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin

All these Darwin tributes are a pretty interesting revisiting of technology from the past – and the evolution of gadgetry. All the links – though they have the same title – are to a different series.

• Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• How To: Make An Aquarium Out of An Old Television

I’ve always wanted to do this, but I’m told it’s very dangerous. And given my track record with electrical equipment, probably not a good idea.

• Video Formats: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Television: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Mobile Phones: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Computers: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Portable Media Players: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Weapons: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin
• Starbucks Introducing Instant Coffee?

I hope this is true and Starbucks dies a long slow death.

• $42 Billion Dollars for Real Aussie Battlers

Dan knows about philosophy and stuff – so this idea probably has merit. Invest the $42 billion into Australian cricket. The graph in this post demonstrates the undeniable relationship between the world of finance and the Australian cricket team’s form.

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• Calling your bluff
• Manly at war as CEO quits
• Devolve Me

Quite funny. I guess since we’re celebrating Darwin’s 200th birthday, and 150th anniversary of some important book he wrote we should all have a go at this site.

• Simple lists with Printable Checklist
• Getting Started With GTD #1 – The Problem
• Why the press should declare itself a religion.
• Vatican says evolution compatible with the Bible | smh.com.au

Interesting article on the Creation v Evolution debate in the light of Darwin’s birthday.

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• 22 English words that still exist almost entirely because of hymns and the King James Bible
• Atheist theologians

Interesting little piece on how moral atheists are a step closer to Christianity than they think. Given that they ask the same questions that Christians do… salient point from the piece:brthere is a protest atheism which wrestles with God as Job did, and for the sake of the suffering of created beings which cries out to high heaven denies that there is a just God who rules the world in love. This atheism is profoundly theological, for the theodicy question — “If there is a good God, why all this evil?” — is also the fundamental question of every Christian theology which takes seriously the dying Christ’s question to God: “My God, why have you forsaken me?

• Amish Hackers and Early Adopters

Interesting, but pretty long, piece on the Amish.

• Cover-Up

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• Pod to PC Transfers Music from Any iPod, iPhone Onto Your PC [Downloads]
• Moore Vs. SMBC
• Awesome Urban Camouflage

Pretty cool. Especially the fruit one.

• How to Dye Your Hair with Kool-Aid

Just in case anyone was wondering…

• Beer Gear, From Can to Refrigerator Robot
• Why the villain comes from the right
• Funny Kids on YouTube – David After Dentist and Videos of Children – Esquire

Last week I posted David After Dentist – the YouTube video of a drug addled child taking the world by storm. I questioned whether David will grow up to resent his father for posting this video online at the time… it seems he’ll have company in the parent hating club from the stars of these other four YouTube hits. There’s a language warning on this page though folks.

• Mark Nickolas: Obama#39;s Press Conference Answers Three Formal Grade-Levels Higher Than Bush#39;s First
• Pizza Clippers, scissors that easily dole out your piece of the pie
• Coffee mug with digital photo frame inside is such a bad idea

Ultimate convergence device? No. Stupid. Yes.

• The Christian Right’s New Soul-Searching: Politics vs. Culture
• How do wildfire arson investigations work?
• Shepard Fairey Designs Snazzy Posters for WWF Earth Hour
• Facebook Flashmob Draws 14,000+ to Train Station in England
• Pay-what-you-want Fine Dining in London
• Magnetic duct-tape
• It Takes an Absolutely Ridiculous Amount of Energy to Power the Death Star#39;s Laser

Last week we learned what it would cost to build the Death Star (or was it something from Star Trek?). Now we learn what it would cost to run. And you say I’ve got too much time on my hands…

• Site of the Day – Cartoonize Yourself With befunky

Nothing you can’t do yourself with Photoshop or GIMP – but still a useful webapp.

• How To Make Latte Art [VIDEO]
• 10 Things Science Fiction Got Wrong

I guess that’s why it’s called fiction is it not?

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• An Interesting Morsel from an Old Magazine

Harpers Magazine reviews Charles Spurgeon – 1858

• An Interesting Morsel from an Old Magazine

Harpers Magazine reviews Charles Spurgeon – 1858

• Rudd in the Monthly

“The trouble with neo-liberalism is that it hopes that a human vice – namely, greed – will produce much virtue.” – Interesting review of a K-Rudd essay in the monthly.

• The healthy teaching pyramid

Interesting breakdown of a preaching schedule. Or Breakdown of a preaching breakdown. Or something.

• Find Your Inner Barista

Interesting comparison on the cost of coffee (using US dollars). I could work out the costs based on home roasting. And I will later. Just not now.

• More Info On The Vodafone And Three Merger
• Are These the 100 Best First Lines From Novels?
• Dealzmodo Hacks: 8 Ways To Get More Miles Out Of Your Old PC
• Swimming Pool Isolation Helmet Telephone Concept Is the Worst Idea Since Unsliced Bread
• Vodafone And Three Merging In Australia

I’m with 3. I like 3 (except that they don’t sell iPhones). This could be painful. I was just talking to Lyle, an unhappy vodafone customer, last night about how much Vodafone is the suck. Oh well. I think vodafone might have iPhones. I’ll check that out.

Here’s what has excited me from the blogosphere today.

• Add-Art Replaces Advertisements with Artwork [Firefox]
• DIY Fiber Optic Ring Flash [Camera Hacks]
• Architects Rule! : Real-life Dilbert manager quotes
• Death To The Embargo

Pretty interesting stance taken by a leading tech blog sick of being hounded by merciless PR people.

• God, us & evil

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• Don’t give your friends money via Facebook … [Facebook]
• Which of these 10 things is not funny or true or worthy of paper.
• 100 Beautiful Free Textures
• Make your own cheese at home
• 10 Websites to Help You Master GIMP
• Political fight sours Sea Eagles#39; glory

I’m glad this happened post premiership.

• Google Redesigned Updates, Adds GReader Redesigned
• Extraordinary uses for 16 ordinary household items
• 25 FREE Must Have iPhone applications for non-geeks

For future reference…

• DesktopGaming has Killer Retro Gaming Wallpapers [Friday Fun]
• 20 Ways To Increase The Life Of Your Laptop’s Battery
• Ten Gmail Labs Features You Should Enable [Gmail Labs]
• Timeless Household Wisdom
• The best of the beans

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• Fake Plastic Trees: Radiohead Leads the Rock ‘n Roll Green Movement
• #11.5% statistics

More stuff journalists like.

• How Starbucks Saved a Man’s Life

Fired, Divorced, Then Diagnosed with Brain Cancer… so he got a job at Starbucks. See, they’re not all bad. Right?

Here's what has excited me from the blogosphere today.

• Once Again, The AP Tries To Redefine Fair Use; Goes After Shepard Fairey For Obama Poster
• Have You Ever Wondered How Much It Would Cost To Build Your Own Death Star? Hint: I Didn#39;t Even Know That Was A Real Number

There are a couple of questions that spring to mind when I read a story like this. One, who knows the kind of facts used in this sentence:br(The Death Star has) a volume of 17.16 quadrillion cubic meters. At 1/10 volume, we’ll need 1.71 Quadrillion cubic meters of steel, weighing in at 134 quadrillion tonnes. In 2008 steel products, from wire to ingots were selling for an average of $962 per tonne, so our cost of steel alone is $12.95 quintillion.brTwo, who cares enough to research this bit:br(The Death Star has) a volume of 17.16 quadrillion cubic meters. At 1/10 volume, we’ll need 1.71 Quadrillion cubic meters of steel, weighing in at 134 quadrillion tonnes. In 2008 steel products, from wire to ingots were selling for an average of $962 per tonne, so our cost of steel alone is $12.95 quintillion.

• Emoticon from 1862?
• DIY IKEA Lack Lounge Room PC

Table PC – a good idea.

• Authorities Warn Against Road Sign Hacking on Radio
• Hopside Down Glass Will Really Confuse You After a Few Beers
• A class on The Wire

I’m very much looking forward to watching the Wire when my order from JB Hifi arrives. They were (and I’m not sure if they still are) selling them for $15.98 a season.

• Cornify Lets You Add Rainbows and Unicorns to Any Site
• Running out of whys
• Handling Criticism: 6 Options to Get Through It
• The 5 Hardest Games in the Whole Wide World
• Use Butter To Keep Cheese Soft And Unspoiled
• Bus Wars: God Totally Exists, Say Christians To Atheists
• What where they thinking !

My brother-in-law Hilton asks a pertinent question regarding Bigpond. brI have to agree. Their page is hideous.

• Electronic Frontiers Australia spokesman receives death threat for opposing the Great Firewall of Australia