daily links

Links for February 26th

CSS Optimization Tips – Optimizing Style Sheets – CSS Optimization Tutorial

Good ways to optimize your CSS. I have become fairly good at this, though there are some older stylesheets that I manage that are, sadly, far too messy to be fixed and simply need to be rewritten.

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design

css

robbell.com

Rob Bell's newest book tour, "Drop Like Stars," will be arriving in various cities in 2009-2010. "The Drops Like Stars Tour is a two hour exploration of the endlessly complex relationship between suffering and creativity…"

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events

books

spirituality

rob-bell

Bookmarks for February 24th through February 25th

These are my links for February 24th through February 25th:

Lent
"It would be easy to simply eliminate something from my life, but I’m beginning to understand that perhaps it is better to build. But of course, that’s a lot messier."

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lent

spirituality

community

the Jesus Manifesto » Fasting with Jesus, Struggling with the Devil
Powerful insights on Lent. Similar to Mark, I spent my earliest experiences following Jesus among Pentecostals and thus have never understood Lent. I've been pondering it a bit this year, wondering if it is something I should seek to integrate into my life.

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jesus

spirituality

lent

ExpressionEngine, My New Hotness — Articles — J.BradfordDillon
I was honestly thinking about doing the new version of this site in ExpressionEngine instead of WordPress. As there are certain pieces of functionality that I'm unhappy with, I still may do this in the near future. Regardless, it is a wonderful article.

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php

expressionengine

design

programming

Links for February 17th

the Jesus Manifesto » Driven by Devils

“We cannot embrace the Kingdom without also resisting the Empire. But we must never stay there: eventually the positive vision must take precedence over anger, otherwise the movement will become tainted.”

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church

culture

A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Readers

"As web designers, we concern ourselves with how users move from page to page, but forget the needs of those whose purpose is to be still. Learn the design techniques that create a mental space for reading."

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writing

design

Links for February 6th

Re-Visioning Jesus' Atonement: Beyond Liberal and Conservative « zoecarnate

Beginning of a series looking at going beyond the liberal/conservative divide in atonement theology. "One of the tasks before me, as an emerging Christian, is to hold liberating truths in creative tension."

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emerging

atonement

jesus

bible

new-testament

theology

Links for February 4th

Atmospheric Black Metal Kitchen: Heavy Metal Laundry Tips

Fantastic tips on how to keep black t-shirts black, from a metalhead's perspective. Really funny, and really helpful, for someone who owns a great many metal shirts.

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humor

metal

clothing

music

Romans 13:4 and irony « An Absolution Revolution – oraculum seditionis

Wise look at Romans 13:4 in its proper context. Also, it is great to see someone else point out that most people who quote Romans 13:4 do so in defense of a country created by Deists who did not submit to British authorities that were way less oppressive than Paul's Roman authorities.

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bible

politics

new-testament

Links for February 3rd

adaptive path » blog » Henning Fischer » Designing on Purpose: An Interview with David Butler, VP of Design at Coca-Cola

Good thoughts from VP of Design at Coke. "Strangely enough, I never use the word design or usability or phrases that we are used to as designers. I really try to communicate in terms of the people we are talking to inside the organization. A simple way of talking about the way the thing work versus the way things look."

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adaptive-path

design

Links for February 2nd

Lessons from The Ted Haggard Story « kingdom grace

Incredibly wise post on what we, as the church especially, can learn from Ted Haggard's story. We have had too many occasions to learn these things, and have yet to do so.

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culture

church

ministry

ted-haggard

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan (February 01, 2009) – Not A Tardis

This is a beautiful example of redemptive, urban art. Think also of gardens inside old CRT monitors, tires, and so on. Also have a look at Outcast Press.

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culture

art

Links for January 22nd

Changefest '09 – Obama's Inaugural Speech | The Daily Show | Comedy Central

If you wondered whether Jon Stewart would treat Barack Obama differently than he treated George Bush, watch this short clip from inauguration day. It is essential that we call out things like this, and I'm thankful that we can continue to count on The Daily Show.

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jon-stewart

video

obama)

Links for January 21st

Today is (a continued) Tomorrow – BlakeHuggins.com

Great thoughts on how we move forward, now that President Obama is the leader of a system which we will, and must, hold to account.

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obama

politics

Links for January 20th

Quotes from "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. « An Absolution Revolution – oraculum seditionis

"…the sad truth seems to be that we have so emphasized King as a 'nice guy' with a dream that people will 'be nice to each other' that we have lost track of how radical a figure he really was, how dangerous he was to unjust power structures, and the precise reasons why he became so influential in his time."

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martin-luther-king

Can Barack Obama fix it? Yes he can – Times Online

Strong analysis of Barack Obama's domestic and foreign policies, what they mean, and their chances of success. Andrew Sullivan at his best.

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politics

obama

andrew-sullivan

The Forgotten Heart of King's Dream » Blog » Greg Boyd (Christus Victor Ministries)

"The very fact that this tribute to King, at this turning point in history, was delivered by a four-star military general was ironic. The fact that Powell illustrated King's call to "service" by praising America's soldiers was even more ironic. And the fact that Powell claimed America was a great nation on the basis of the greatness of our soldiers throughout our history was, in my opinion, stunningly ironic. For you see, at the heart of everything King stood for was an unqualified conviction that violence can never achieve a good end that endures."

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peace

greg-boyd

martin-luther-king