October, 2009

Links for October 23rd

5 – Enneagram Type Five: The Investigator

On the enneagram, I'm an investigator. This describes me really well, I think, as does the INTJ on the MBTI, and there is fascinating information on these pages. I do share the reservations that some have about the possibility of pigeonholing people with this kind of data, but I think we can guard against this and learn much.

tags:

psychology

The Drops Like Stars Tour Part Two – Screaming Alongside Us

October 23rd, 2009

As I've said, Rob Bell is on the Drops Like Stars tour (see cities and dates), going around the country exploring the relationships between suffering and creativity.

Links for October 22nd

Screencast: Converting OTF or TTF to EOT – Snook.ca

"In case you hadn't noticed the lovely titles on this page, they're League Gothic. Well, they should be if you happen to be using the latest version of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer. However, it took much trial and error to figure out exactly how to get there."

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css3

css

typography

design

Becoming a Font Embedding Master – Snook.ca

Jonathan Snook shows what seems to be "the best and most complete approach to font embedding using @font-face. It really is a dark art that must be mastered. It is by no means a straightforward process."

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typography

design

css3

css

Links for October 19th

Re-imagining the Holy Spirit: quo vadis? at Deep Church

Here are some thoughts on the experience of the Spirit within the emerging church. I have begun to think, in recent months, that this may be one of the things I can, or at least want to try, to contribute to Emergent. I think there is much room for emerging/charismatic/Pentecostal hyphenateds, as Phyllis would say, and I want to see more than the little bit we've already seen. But I also think that there is deep, deep possibility for charismatic experience within Emergent specifically.

tags:

pneumatology

ecclesiology

charismatic

pentecostal

emerging

emergent

Op-Ed Guest Columnist – Rebranding America – NYTimes.com

Bono's thoughts on rebranding America, specifically in light of Obama's peace prize. I share his passion for the Millennium Development Goals, and his hope that Obama will take action on extreme poverty. A good read.

tags:

poverty

obama

bono

President Obama may seem to dither, but he is ready to strike | Andrew Sullivan – Times Online

Andrew Sullivan examines Obama's strategy, trying "to parse this president's style of pragmatism."

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politics

obama

andrew-sullivan

Links for October 17th

19.20.21.

Amazing project on the cities of the 21st century. Includes founder of TED conferences.

tags:

visualization

globalization

economics

design

culture

cities

Seth's Blog: The problem with non

Wisdom for nonprofits from Seth Godin. Saw this one a couple of months ago, and forgot to save it.

tags:

activism

leadership

business

Video: CNN Leaves It There | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

Jon Stewart owns CNN in 10 minutes. You need to watch and share this video, as it is one of the biggest reasons that cable news is dangerous and irrelevant, though people continue to think it is relevant.

tags:

news

video

politics

media

journalism

jon-stewart

Links for October 16th

Video on the Web – Dive Into HTML5

A comprehensive look at video in HTML5. Essential reading for people who make websites.

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web-standards

html

design

video

html5

NextReformation » vision, mission, and revelation

Great thoughts that reclaim the word "vision" for us, wresting it away from top-down leadership models and five-year strategies. An important read.

tags:

church

leadership

mission

The Drops Like Stars Tour Part One

October 16th, 2009

Currently, Rob Bell is on the Drops Like Stars tour (see cities and dates), going around the country exploring the relationships between suffering and creativity.

Links for October 15th

Kyria Blog: Twenty-One Things the World Will Say About Christians

Lauren Winner's 21 characteristics that – if we all are faithful now – the world will say about Christians by the end of this century. I can't even fathom how wonderful this would be. May it be so.

tags:

culture

church

lauren-winner

A Biblical Case for Christian Pacifism III: Ways People Evade Jesus « Levellers

The ways people evade the nonviolent teachings of Jesus. I've heard all of these except one, and hear them on a regular basis. A worthy read.

tags:

peace

jesus

bible

new-testament

Links for October 14th

HTML5 and video in email – Blog – Campaign Monitor

HTML email has never had support for video, beyond a very small number of clients. HTML5 changes that a little bit already, while offering a really good fallback solution.

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email

html5

video

FORA.tv – Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud

Cornel West has what I think is the absolute best response to Barack Obama's peace prize. This is a 5 minute video that is well worth watching. "it's gonna be hard to be a war president with a peace prize…"

tags:

peace

video

politics

obama

cornel-west

The Search for God and Guinness

October 11th, 2009

Through the Thomas Nelson Book Review Bloggers program, I got to read The Search for God and Guinness, by Stephen Mansfield.