January 2011
27 posts
Jan 31st
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Knife sharpener Eric E. Weiss gets to the point →
Jan 29th
Jan 27th
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“The rain beats down on a small Irish town. The streets are deserted. Times are...”
– How a bail-out works From the Financial Times. Read the rest at here (via Boing Boing)
Jan 26th
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How to Change the World
Pray Informed - A few quick resources can quickly give some background information on the subject.  Some sources I like to use are BBC world news, CNN International, Globe and Mail , United Nations and the Operation World book.  Also look around for Christian world relief charities that have news of their operations on the ground.  Try to balance out your sources from several countries and...
Jan 26th
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Wanda Jackson with Jack White - “Shakin’ All Over” (Live on Letterman) 73 and still going strong!
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 22nd
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“Whatever version you are reading it is wonderful to learn more about God. Keep...”
– From a piece by the Archbishop of York in the Sun (& Scottish Sun) called “Why I Love The Bible”. Great to see Jesus mentioned in a constructive, engaging and profound way in such a high profile paper. Read the rest here.
Jan 22nd
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Listen to the New Iron & Wine Album Right Here!  →
Conan OBrien’s website teamcoco.com is hosting a stream of the new Iron & Wine album ” Kiss Each Other Clean”
Jan 19th
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“Building a Death Star: $7 trillion. Annual Wages: $960 million. The look on...”
– @DeathStarPR on twitter
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“Building a Death Star: $7 trillion. Annual Wages: $960 million. The look on...”
– @DeathStarPR on twitter
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
2011 Music Preview →
From the excellent BBC Music Blog.
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
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Free Music? Yes Please!
A cool bunch of labels getting together to put some free music out there. Label Love is an eclectic yet unified bundle of unique sounds compiled simply for the love of sharing them with the universe - each track plucked and presented by label heads from Melting Pot, Ninja Tune, One-Handed , Plug Research, Tru Thoughts and Ubiquity. Each label evokes its own signature swagger giving this...
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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Tom Kevill-Davies wrote a fantastic book The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling The Americas In Search Of The Perfect Meal (Amazon). This video is a snap shot of five years worth of eating and cycling. He says: It has now been five years since I handed in my notice at a London Advertising Agency and set off on my bicycle in search of the perfect meal. Since then I have pedaled the Americas, cycled The...
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
What are your new years resolutions?
So what are your new years resolutions? This Sun night I’m preaching with a rough theme of new years resolutions (you’ll have to come & find out more!).I’m hoping you could email me some of your resolutions. They could be: Serious silly successful; ones you’ve stuck to unsuccessful; ones you’ve chucked by Feb from this year or the past from your childhood ones you make...
Jan 5th
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“Page CXVI Hymns 3”
– Full album stream http://pagecxvi.com/
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Early contender for blog of 2011
Spotirama is a simple idea done really well. Run by a guy called “cabel” he makes spotify playlists out of best of lists. He says: I love listening to playlists on Spotify and I have a pathological nickhornbian obsession for lists and charts. So, this is a blog about love and obsession. Genius. Being able to listen to loads of great end of year lists at the click of a button is...
Jan 3rd
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My (Possible) Best Of 2010 →
Here’s my stab at a list. (You’ll need Spotify)
Jan 1st
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“Some seventy years after their death in 1940, most of the writings of John...”
– Cool!  (via the Open Rights Group)
Jan 1st