St Izzy’s Day

Today is the feast day for St. Isidore of Seville (Proposed Patron of the Internet by the Roman Catholic Church). Bob has the corner on why they voted for Izzy. Personally, I have always considered George MacDonald (father of modern fantasy) to be the patron saint of the internet. But then that’s just me.

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Translation into 12 languages

I hope to road test this KavaSoft translation software soon – 12 languages for only $4.99, and its for Mac. It could be a handy tool for international communication, or for ordering a coffee in China.

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London Bloggers

London Bloggers is home base for bloggers living or working in London. I will join up in a few days, when i stop the redecorating and obsessing over this blog. The yellow was fun for a few days but now its time to stop the joke and become respectable again. Thanks Cal for the link…

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Extreme Church

I was just talking with someone the other day how some young people I baptised in USA requested to ‘plunge’ into the water for a more extreme experience. Well, I guess we have been outdone by a church in New Zealand. Marc Van Der Woude has a great blog posting of a church in NZ…

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Favicon and News Feeder

I am still tweaking and fiddling with my blog site, when i get a few minutes here and there – how obsessive!!!! In case you were wondering, and some of you have asked already . . . 1. The news feed on the right, that was a regular on my previous blog for about 2…

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cool word#1 Synoptic

The first word in a new series i am thinking of starting. syn·op·tic   (s-nptk) also syn·op·ti·cal (-t-kl) definition. adj. 1. Of or constituting a synopsis; presenting a summary of the principal parts or a general view of the whole. 2. a. Taking the same point of view. b. often Synoptic Relating to or being the…

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Googling Gmail

GMail, a Google email program was just announced. Why am I interested? 1. Its free 2. It will store a whopping 1 GIG 3. . . . for free Why am i not interested? 1. Google is getting too powerful and may take over the world 2. I am seeing Google banner adds in my…

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ETREK phone call tonight

Tonight at 9:30pm I have a 2 (oops) one and a half hour phone-teaching/conference call with ETREK – a TheOoze.com experiment in distance learning through internet, phone interviews with teachers (thats where i come in) and other events. It should be a good time of drinking coffee and talking with young Americans. I just met…

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April design

Welcome to April – I just had to add some color this month. I know that white is the new black and you will probably think this color is REALLY UGLY but what the heck . . . the sun is shining outside, winter is over, spring is upon us, and its time for some…

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Hillman Curtis and me

Check this out. I just got an email from Hillman Curtis of HillmanCurtis.com, possibly the best web designer in the world (designed for Macromedia, Adobe, AOL, etc) , and author of 2 books on my shelf – including “MTIV: Making the Invisible visible: Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer“ I asked him if…

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