Toronto high school students Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad tethered a LEGO figurine to a weather balloon andsent it 80,000 feet above the Earth (to be fair, still within Earth’s atmosphere). The cameras in their homebuilt craftcaptured the remarkable view from the stratosphere.
via Geekosystem & The Gaurdian
pica
n. the smallest measurable unit of human connection, typically exchanged between passing strangers—a flirtatious glance, a sympathetic nod, a shared laugh about some odd coincidence—moments that are fleeting and random but still contain powerful emotional nutrients that can alleviate the symptoms of feeling alone.
(via sashafrerejones)
Both sides were both trying, at least in part, to protect the truth, but their human logic and philosophical assumptions prevented them from seeing the whole truth. They defended what was right by devaluing what wasn’t wrong.
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Kevin DeYoung referring to Arianism and Docetism in his post Nuance is Necessary.
It makes a nice follow up to this quote I posted earlier.
DC comics reveal new logo.
More here on the DC blog, and some interesting analysis on the Creative Review blog.
Tonight.
So very true!
The Argument from Aesthetic Experience: There is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. (You either see this one or you don’t.)
Therefore there must be a God.
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One of Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli’s 20 arguments for the existence of God in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics (IVP, 1994), p. 81
(via Justin Taylor)
Some beautiful pictures of the celebration of Epiphany. In Russia Orthodox believers cut holes in the ice to bath in the blessed icy water.
Photograph: Herbert Ponting/Scott Polar Research Institute/Getty Images
A view inside an ice grotto showing the Terra Nova in the distance - a gallery of pictures from Captain Scott’s expedition to the South Pole to mark the centenary of the event
Some ideas are just complicated and not even a double tweet or even an extended article in wikipedia can do them justice.. A theology which can be expressed in 140 characters or turned into a half dozen semi-grammatical bullet points without an obvious main verb is inevitably a theology which is either ambiguous, simplistic or both. It behooves those in positions of ministerial leadership in the church to make sure that the way they write and express themselves on any given topic is not only clear enough for the audience to understand but also precise enough that the audience does not misunderstand.
The featherweightness of belonging →
This story about belonging poses an important challenge to those of us in youth work/wider church ministry.
PressPausePlay, a feature length documentary.
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.
But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.
(Source: vimeo.com)
>“In 2012,” writes Greg Beato for The Smart Set, “Ronald McDonald is essentially a clown without a country.” Beato is referring to the rapid modernization of the McDonald’s fast food restaurant chain, which has abandoned the primary-colored, dine-n-ditch, gee-whiz simplicity of its past and embraced chic aesthetics, comfortable ambiance, and more sophisticated flavors. As a symbol of McDonald’s garish past, Ronald is being left by the wayside.
(via There’s Something About Ronald — Arts and Culture — Utne Reader)
UPDATE:
Apparently the apostrophe (or lack thereof) is the big story (link to the Telegraph). Grammar Nazis!
Creative Review - Out with the new and in with the old
Is this a re-brand or a de-brand for the struggling Watersone’s?
