Thursday, May 27, 2004

I have three nephews: Noah, Joshua, and David. They tend to accumulate nicknames as they get older.
Noah's nicknames: Sunshine, Skinner, Bearskin rug...
Joshua's nicknames: Shawa (that upsidedown e thingy), Juju, Shawashawa, Joshie...
David is too young to start collecting nicknames.
(They have more nicknames but I can't think of all of them. I will update the post when I can think about it more.)

What got me thinking about their nicknames was that I came across BEARSKINRUG today while reading Jason Santa Maria's Grey Box Methodology for web design which was posted at the webgraphics blog.

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

I ran across Jason Rayles' book Fair about a year ago after listening to Jimmy and Jewel: A Love(?) Story at Transom. Now Transom has posted The Fair a audiovisual recasting of the book. Sure makes me want to have one.

Monday, May 24, 2004

At this link you can get a CineVegas Student Pass for $75, with a student ID. Nine days of films with 10 or more films a day. $450 without.

Friday, May 21, 2004

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Over at You are Big, but We are Small you can find the pirate Furious. This is the kind of fun you have when adults play with toys.
Find the cheapest gas prices in Las Vegas at Las Vegas Gas Prices.
via Flummox

Monday, May 17, 2004

Kurt Vonnegut wrote Cold Turkey recently for In These Times. Check it out.
via t k b l o g

Friday, May 14, 2004

This is my new blogchalk:
United States, Nevada, Las Vegas, Summerlin, English, Paul, Male, 26-30, design, architecture. :)
The Useless Superheros are coming soon...
I've added a counter to the blog today. This could get embarrasing. Does anybody read this?

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Theory of Revelation
As I see it revelation is necessary for faith. Some one, some tradition, or some relic must impart the articles of faith in order for us to know what to believe that we can't discover for ourselves. I feel revelation occurs when a person gains access to the Truth. This Truth is much greater than knowledge, or even wisdom. Think of pulling back the curtain in the Wizard of Oz or steping out of Plato's cave and staring at the sun. In my tradition the source of the Truth is God, so I will speak of God, the source of Truth without excluding other names for the source of Truth.
In one thought experiment I imagine that when God provides revelation to a person it changes them in a dramatic way. I imagine that if God were to provide the complete Truth to someone they would then be God. We don't find this in our history often and I feel that either full knowledge of the Truth is exceedingly rare or it tends to be fleeting.
In a second thought experiment I imagine God providing partial access to the Truth. This kind of revelation might be common and include anything from insight to prophecy. Again I expect a dramatic change, but not that the person becomes like God. Since the person is not like God they only have access to part of the truth and they have less than God-like ability to communicate the Truth.
My theory assumes that revelation is uncommon, incomplete, and impossible to communicate fully. This understanding of revelation allows for plural belief, and for rigorous vetting of the nontruth presented with the Truth.

Keep in mind I don't think that I have any answers about faith. These ideas are being worked out in my mind and might only be helpful for me.
The google developed social network orkut isn't accepting applications. You have to be invited. I'm caught between the anticipation of wanting to be a member (trusting google to make a good product, etc.) and the frustration of clicking Join orkut! and being rejected. I found out about orkut reading Mirror of Our Lives by Esther Dyson.

Monday, May 10, 2004

Kevin Sites Blog has a new post today. Sites is a freelance writer in Iraq. His blog posts tend to identify some person and tell their story. Its almost always a sad one but what can we expect?

Sunday, May 09, 2004

sixth move

Other moves: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
By the way neither of us claim any chess talent. Oh, and click on the board to see the whole postcard.

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

I love good maps. There's something wonderful about displaying complicated, revelatory information in a drawing. The Urban Institute has published The Gay and Lesbian Atlas by Gary J. Gates and Jason Ost. I've only looked at the pages available at the above links, but it looks like real tool for public policy analysis.
[Update: lead author Gary Gates is interview by NPR.]

Tuesday, May 04, 2004

A nice gallery of website icons at 300 Images From 1800 Sites via memepool.com.

Monday, May 03, 2004

Challenging new Graphic Novel format at Al Sacui 2003.

Here's a little interview of Ashley Wood at Design is Kinky. She has a very dark and sexy illustration style.
Also her website.

The article Hack Your Brain with an iPod at Forever Geek seems too implausible to be true. Must. see. for. self.