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Pastor Andy Flowers is mistaken about evolution
Local baptist pastor perpetuates ignorance in an anti-evolution class
May 23, 2010 10:45 PM
In an opinion piece for the Daily Democrat, Pastor Andy Flowers for the Calvary Baptist Church argues that evolution by natural selection requires just as much faith in the unknown as his job as a Pastor. In it he sites some common creationist arguments against evolution that have been thoroughly addressed and dismantled over the past few centuries.
This is pretty status quo for a Baptist Minister. Normally I wouldn’t pay much thought to an article like this in a local newspaper’s Faith column, but Mr. Flowers is grossly misinformed about one of the most basic tenants of biology, and he is teaching this misinformation in my community. I feel I need to at least put the truth out there for people to see it.
Evolution through natural selection is a fact. There are proven, testable examples of it all around us. An endless supply of peer reviewed research supports it (as does the fossil record). Here I will address his main arguments, and offer some alternative reading to the Creation Answers Book that Pastor Flowers is offering for free.
Continued…Google Calendars, iCal, and iPhone - The Definitive Guide
True ubiquitous calendaring with your iPhone and iCal, powered by Google
May 3, 2010 12:40 PM
I have been pining for a definitive, stock solution for managing my calendars on my iPhone since I got my first iPhone. I have a combination of MobileMe and Google calendars that I use. I didn’t like the idea of having an unused calendar app on my phone, so rather than look for a third party app to manage calendaring, chose to suffer with having read-only calendars on my iPhone.
No more! My boss found the mystery solution and passed it on to me, and I, in turn, am passing it on to you.
Continued…Portfolio
Pleasant Valley Boys Temporary Home Page
Oct 7, 2009 8:42 AM
I’m in the process of building a website for my Bluegrass band, Matt & George and their Pleasant Valley Boys. I set up the server last night and whipped together a minimalist temporary page.
Continued…Papa Roach Website
Apr 1, 2009 3:00 PM
Papa Roach is a four-piece rock band from Vacaville, CA. Papa Roach has been a long time client of BKWLD and now ground(ctrl). They were one of our beta testers on the version 1 system and played a big part in us getting our big platform off the ground.
Papa Roach’s new album, Metamorphosis is available now on Interscope and has officially made the Billboard Top 10 in the US.
Continued…2K Sports Website
Nov 29, 2008 6:53 AM
2K Sports is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. They specialize in sports games, high-profile licensing, and killer promotional events.
Continued…Link List
iPad and Kindle Reading Speeds
Jul 2, 2010 8:01 AM
A study of people reading long-form text on tablets finds higher reading speeds than in the past, but they're still slower than reading print.
Enjoyment level was comparable with printed books. I find this to be true in my experience:
Users felt that reading the printed book was more relaxing than using electronic devices.
I love technology and reading on the iPhone and Kindle, but I also love printed books. I struggle with which format to buy every time. I should avoid the dilemma and just get a library card.
PermalinkGreg Storey on HTML5
May 7, 2010 1:16 PM
My career has never been more exciting.
PermalinkThere should be celebrating in the streets, dancing on the ceiling, Ewoks, and the firing pistolas in the air. For years we've had to preach and defend the gospel of web standards to the mouth-breathing masses who have been drawn to twinkle lights and really bad house background tracks. No more will we have to spend precious time debating the merits of presentation layers being divorced from markup, usability, and every day common sense to a communications major who would really rather be producing ads for television.
CSS generated content techniques
Apr 8, 2010 7:26 AM
Divya Manian has some really good use cases for using CSS generated content on Dev.Opera. I think my favorite is rendering icons for file formats and external links using CSS3 substring selectors. It’s a well documented, concise article. It made my bus ride this morning.
PermalinkThe Most Badass Alphabet Ever
Mar 26, 2010 7:42 AM
I would purchase copies of these for my personal library, were they available.
U is for Uhura and Ultraman on a unicorn underwater.
via Michael Lopp
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