Looks like it’s the 500th anniversary of John Calvin this year. 1509-2009.
Here is a cool timeline/essay on some of the founding fathers of the reformation including John Calvin.
The Reformation
A brief overview of the high points of the Reformation covering John Wickliffe, John Hus, William Tyndale, John Calvin, Martin Luther, and Ulrich Zwingli.
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I thought this was interesting. Screw all that “scientology kills” bull crap. I think this speaks for itself.
Remember kids, a picture is worth a 1000 words.
After Rypple added avatars to emails, response rate improved between 15 and 20%. Just like that. The simple addition of a picture increases interest/trust a significant amount.
Avatars in Emails Increase Response Rate up to 20% for Rypple – Bokardo
Here is a blurb about Rypple:
Long before Rypple, we [...]
I had no idea that a little girl named Pluto. The story is a little bit more complicated than that but it’s a good read. I wonder how she felt when it was reclassified as a dwarf planet?
Frozen and lonely, Planet X circled the far reaches of the solar system awaiting discovery and [...]
If you have been following the Pirate Bay lawsuit in Sweden, then you know they lost. It’s another case of the law not catching up with technology and I think it’s stupid.
the founders of the Pirate Bay, who definitely have a revolutionary streak in them, came up with this punishmen…uh…payment method for the law [...]
You Know the Media is Blowing Something Out of Proportion When….You Know the Media is Blowing Something Out of Proportion When…. « GraphJam: Music and Pop Culture in Charts and Graphs. Let us explain them.
I don’t know if you noticed this slip? on the IEBlog today but it would seem that Kumo, the new/replacement to Windows Live Search (or whatever it’s called today), might be moving forward as the new name and not just a code name.
Accelerator Platform on Windows 7IEBlog : Accelerator Platform on Windows 7
Right above this [...]
Pretty slick!
Ninemsn, the Australian-subsidiary of MSN with an identity crisis, has come up with a pretty interesting and rather cute way of explaining Windows Live to the masses using liquid blobs morphing and connecting the different products and services on offer. In addition to the 30-seconds television commercial, there’s also a pretty casual and friendly [...]
How To Be Polite In A Social World
Geek And Poke: How To Be Polite In A Social World
This was seriously starting to be a real irritant to me and I imagine others as well. Trying to paste just plain ol’ text into any application, not just Microsoft Word.
Pasting text from web pages into Microsoft Word can be a serious pain—all you wanted was the text, but it copies the formatting. Reader [...]
I have to admit that this news of four upcoming X-Men movies has me having mixed feelings. X-Men: Deadpool, X-Men: Wolverine II, X-Men: Magneto and X-Men: First Class.
Twentieth Century Fox has begun development on “Deadpool,” an “X-Men” spinoff that will be crafted as a star vehicle for Ryan Reynolds, who played the character in [...]
I saw both interviews and I have to tell ya…I would rather watch him and Colbert than anything on MSNBC.
“For two months, I watched and listened to him interact with dozens of reporters—in conference calls, press breakfasts, live TV appearances from the White House—and I have interviewed him half a dozen times this year. His [...]
Wow. All I can say is that this lady must be very happy right now.
Can’t really tell…but I’m sure she’s happy. :p
This is a photo of Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and then as she appears today. Culp is underwent the first face transplant surgery the United States at [...]
48 years ago today, the US launched their first human to space. Alan Shepard flew on Mercury 3, a suborbital mission with a duration of only 15 minutes and 28 seconds. Shepard’s ship, Freedom 7, reached an altitude of 116.5 statute miles (186.4 km) and flew a distance of 303 statute miles (485 km). Enjoy [...]
I like this quote from ChannelWeb about Vista:
Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) channel partners believe that once Windows 7 arrives, already-weak market demand for Windows Vista PCs will decline even further, reaching the approximate level of interest that exists today for sightseeing tours to Chernobyl.
Vultures Circling Windows Vista’s Corpse – Software – IT Channel News by CRN
After using [...]
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