I spoke at edUi 2011 in Richmond, Virginia on October 14, presenting some advanced WordPress features and customizations. Here’s a link where you can download a PDF version of the presentation, view the code I wrote during it, and find links to other resources I mentioned.
The Israel Museum has partnered with Google to create the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project web site, providing users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.
I attended a debate last weekend at SMU with my friend Brian around the question, "Can we trust the text of the New Testament?" The two parties in the debate were Bart D. Ehrman and Daniel B. Wallace. It was a very enjoyable evening, hearing these scholars share the current status of the field. … Read Post →
I backed my first Kickstarter project, a set-collection “dice and deck” game called Carnival created by a husband and wife team. Kickstarter is such a great innovation in self-publication and patron funding. The project ended successfully this morning, earning over eight times the original goal! I am looking forward to receiving my copy of the game later this year.
I spoke at the D/FW WordPress Meetup tonight on advanced WordPress features and customizations. You can find links to download the code I wrote during the presentation and to other resources I mentioned on this page I set up for the presentation.
I noticed today that Google Docs changed their icon on one of their buttons. Icon designers have long made metaphors between abstract actions and concrete actions, using images from the latter to represent the former. The new icon sticks with the same metaphor, but I found it a bit jarring because it uses a different image. … Read Post →
We celebrated Talk Like A Pirate Day with a pirate-themed party, complete with costumes and kids’ activities. For dessert, we made this treasure map out of cupcakes and candy.
I reviewed a book of poetry, The Throne of Psyche by Marly Youmans, for the latest issue of Mythprint. The image of a lone artist toiling on the beach from "Near The End Of The World," one of the poems from the collection, will stick with me as I continue to wrestle with how to spend my time and energy. … Read Post →
I reviewed a book of poetry, The Throne of Psyche by Marly Youmans, for the latest issue of Mythprint. In "The Exile's Track," one of the poems from the collection, the narrator perceives a wonder of nature that impresses upon her a narrative about its history and her relation to it. This poem seems to me to reflect the way I imagine many of the great myths coming into being. … Read Post →
I have had many conversations about what exactly “myth” is over the last few years. I believe now that whether or not a particular story counts as “myth” is relative to a given person; a given story could be a “myth” to one person and not to another person. I think that the primary determining factor is the role that a story plays in the life of the person or the community. I had an experience over the weekend that reminded of this. … Read Post →