Coffee Culture Kingdom Vox 2008-02-28T05:35:12Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4141b72246a47/2008/02/ Meditations on Jesus and our World Russell's Gold tag:vox.com,2008-02-23:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700f48cfca1840001 2008-02-28T05:14:27Z 2008-02-28T05:35:12Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Russell

Bertrand Russell, a famous 20th century logician and self-described rationalist, writes in his essay called "Liberal Decalogue" the following interesting observation: ...every opinion now accepted was once considered eccentric. Further on, Russ...

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]]> How to Kill a Movement tag:vox.com,2008-02-23:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700f48cfc9e120001 2008-02-26T13:30:45Z 2008-02-26T13:37:02Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Another movement dies...

Part of what Jesus wants for us in this world is to follow Him. Radical, I know. Following Him means having something called a Kingdom Mindset. Translation: He is in charge; He sets the parameters. He is King. Unfortunately, we "mere mortals" ar...

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A Laser-Cut Model House

Your House by Olafur Eliasson is a hand-bound, laser cut book with 454 pages that renders the negative space of the artist’s house at a scale of 85:1. Eric Gjerde also posted on this story, with some additional pictures, at Origami Tessellations...

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Renumbered Nodes

Here is a fascinating little article on the subject of "lazy evaluation." The idea is that you improve a process by delaying certain time-intensive steps until they are determined to be absolutely necessary. Sometimes, in life, we spend far too m...

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Any Given Sunday

Any Given Sunday attempts to take a hard look at the Real NFL. In it, Oliver Stone and Al Pacino team up for a controversial portrayal of the unvarnished, behind-the-scene lives of the professional football player of today. I have a hunch that, i...

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]]> The Incredible Typing Monkey tag:vox.com,2008-02-17:asset-6a00d4141b72246a4700e398dd645d0004 2008-02-17T04:46:22Z 2008-07-01T20:33:54Z Phil http://coffeeculturekingdom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Typing Monkey

It has been seriously argued that a monkey with a typewriter, given enough time, could produce all the works of Shakespeare. But have you ever heard of someone arguing that the monkey could also build the typewriter with enough time? Lesslie New...

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