Beliefnet: Blogalogue – Debates About Faith

Beliefnet: Blogalogue – Debates About Faith
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the fastest-growing faith groups in America. But is it part of the Christian religion? What exactly do Latter-day Saints believe, and how does it fit in with traditional Christianity? Beliefnet asked Dr. Albert Mohler, a prominent evangelical Christian [...]

Biggio Hits 3000

And a couple extra for good measure. The one night I actually work on schoolwork, instead of watching the game and he gets 3 hits in his first 4 at-bats to reach the magic number. I did turn on the game in the 9th inning and got to see the dramatic comeback, highlighted by Biggio’s [...]

Dogs That Didn’t Bark – The Failed London Terror Plot

The Corner on National Review Online
Anyway, the irony is that from a policy standpoint, it seems to me that security officials have to view things like the failed London bombing as basically no different than a successful bombing. But because the bombing failed, the policy options to security officials are far narrower precisely because [...]

Nokia E61i

Buy.com – Nokia E61i GSM Smartphone (Unlocked) – 0026086
It doesn’t have all the cool bells and whistles of the Nokia N95 (~$600-$700), and it is nowhere near as revolutionary as the iPhone (too bleeding edge and can’t be unlocked for use on other networks), but if I had the chance to pickup one of [...]

Attorney: Ex-astronaut Nowak didn’t wear diaper

Attorney: Ex-astronaut Nowak didn’t wear diaper | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
ORLANDO, Fla. — Her attorney wants to get something straight — former astronaut Lisa Nowak did not wear diapers to avoid bathroom breaks as she drove about 960 miles from Houston to Orlando to confront her romantic rival in February.
Granted, this statement is from [...]

The world map of social networks

Data Junkie: The world map of social networks – Valleywag
Let’s play global domination. Here’s a map of the world, showing the dominant social networks by country, according to Alexa. There are way more players than anybody, from a vantage point in Silicon Valley, would expect. In the US, the story of social networks is [...]

Suspected Bomb Found in London and ‘Made Safe’ – New York Times

Suspected Bomb Found in London and ‘Made Safe’ – New York Times
LONDON, June 29 — British police discovered what seemed to be an explosive device in a vehicle parked in a central West End theater and entertainment district of London early today and began a terrorism investigation, a police statement said.There was no immediate [...]