Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: A Relevant writer says that our
prayers probably should be simpler.
In Christianity Today, a
short discussion of addiction to pornography, and how prevalent it
is.
Morgan Busse repeats some classic, and needed, guidelines
on what to say, or not.
Computing: Gizmo's Freeware reports on a Chrome browser extension that
searches your Internet cache. In
other words, it looks in what you've already looked at, rather than the entire web. Should be a big help in finding things you only partly
remember, that you've already seen.
Google has made 819 typefaces
available for free. One catch -- you can't download these to your
computer, and use them in, say, Word. They are designed to be added to part or all of a web page.
Gizmo's also notes that a new version of Libre
Office, a freeware substitute for Microsoft Office, is available for download.
Health: Scientific American reports that the dust mites that you may be allergic to cannot survive in a dry area, like, say, Arizona or Utah.
History: Listverse reports on 10 amazing items
(or groups of items) of considerable value found with a metal detector.
Philosophy: Scientific American reports on research that shows
that most
people think that they are morally superior to others.
Politics: (And the environment) The Guardian reports that a
house bill would, if adopted as law, sell a chunk of public land "as large as Connecticut." Please don't.
FiveThirtyEight on how
Judge Gorsuch (if confirmed) and additional Supreme Court Justices appointed by President Trump might change previous decisions, such
as Roe v. Wade/Doe v. Bolton.
Listverse discusses 10 problems with where and how we get our news. And "fake news" is on the list, but it's not the only problem.
Science: Scientific American discusses "strategic
retreat" from rising bodies of water, caused by climate change.
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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The posts in this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. You can copy and use this material, as long as you aren't making money from it. If you give me credit, thanks. If not, OK.
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Sunspots 612
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