Earlier this evening I made a “Genius playlist” on my iPhone from White Town’s song “Your Woman” and it turned out surprisingly well, considering all the music was automatically selected by a computer algorithm in a matter of 1 or 2 seconds. Steph commented on how much she was enjoying it, and Caleb danced the [...]
A conversation from earlier today highlighted the difference between my semi-paranoid approach to parenting and Steph’s more relaxed, “wing it” method. Caleb, Steph and I were in Caleb’s room with the lights off, playing with one of Caleb’s baby toys we had just brought out from storage. Caleb laid under it as its lights flashed [...]
I am absolutely freaking out right now about how fantastic this video is. Have patience, and watch the whole thing. Once you get to the 4:40 mark, it’s all 100% pure gold wisdom. This is the secret ingredient. I cannot be any more direct than to state it that bluntly. Pay attention. Trouble seeing this [...]
I am still struggling to decide whether to say that this post is intended mostly for Christians. I will say this: it is my personal opinion that the writing of John Piper may be considerably thicker than the writing to which many people are acclimated. Thicker theologically, thicker in structure, etc. Having said that, the reward of understanding [...]
Cthalloween officially ended tonight about 45 minutes ago, and it was a ton of fun! Many thanks to our organizers @jaybushman, @kriskowal, @segphault, and yours truly, @joshlewis. A few stats: We had over 1000 tweets during the event itself, not to mention several hundred before and after the official start and end times. 133 people [...]
Last year, we orchestrated War of the Worlds 2.0 on Twitter. Many people had fun, and Wired wrote about it. You didn’t think we’d stop there, did you? No, of course not. You’re a reasonable person. I know many of you may be unfamiliar with the work of H.P. Lovecraft. That’s perfectly OK. In fact, [...]
