Culture

chicago architecture tour

April 30, 2010 – 7:35 pm

yesterday helen and i went on a chicago architecture foundation tour with my friend debra. the tour was on “Historic downtown: the Rise of the Skyscraper” and led us on a walking tour of the south loop. art deco mail slot in the “Field Building” (1934) cantilever staircase in the “Rookery Building” (1888) facade of read more »

Permalink | Comment (1)
Good eats

avec helen

April 25, 2010 – 9:45 pm

helen is visiting… let the eating begin. tonight we went to ‘avec’, a trendy restaurant in the west loop, featuring french basque food. very interesting flavours. to the right is a “wood-grilled sturgeon with shaved beets, roasted ramps and cilantro vinaigrette”, and to the left a “roasted chicken with chimichuri, chickpeas, squash, cauliflower and shaved read more »

Permalink | Comment (0)
Work

biologos blog

April 21, 2010 – 2:37 pm

A number of weeks ago I gave a talk on campus on “The Biblical Creation in its Ancient Near Eastern Context,” dealing with the interpretation of the creation story in Genesis 1. In the hopes of reaching a wider audience, today it’s being posted on BioLogos.org, a prominent website dealing with matters of faith and read more »

Permalink | Comment (0)
Friends & Family

jean and joy’s wedding

April 18, 2010 – 11:36 pm

together with a few friends from church, we attended jean and joy’s wedding in morton, IL, a two and a half hour drive from chicago. since jean’s family is from france, we got to practice listening to and even speaking some french too during the day. homemade cupcakes. a lovely home-catered dinner reception.

Permalink | Comment (0)
Culture

rainbow war

April 10, 2010 – 4:39 pm

with shanghai expo 2010 just around the corner, i started to reminisce about expo 86 in vancouver. since i was only 7 or 8 years old, my memories are a bit fuzzy, but i remember distinctly watching that film “Rainbow War” at the Canadian Pavilion 10 different times, and thinking it was awesome. after a read more »

Permalink | Comments (2)
Culture

viral video du jour…

April 7, 2010 – 5:35 pm

…a boy from Taiwan belting out some Whitney Houston on a reality show. CNN called him Taiwan’s very own Susan Boyle. Enjoy.

Permalink | Comments (2)
Good eats

blueberry pancakes

March 27, 2010 – 9:11 pm

saturday brunch with blueberry pancakes at the original pancake house. yum.

Permalink | Comment (1)
General

new look

March 11, 2010 – 12:51 am

We had been meaning to update the appearance of our blog for a while, but since it also required upgrading WordPress, I kept putting it off. Today I finally got around to it–the technical side that is. The creativity part is obviously thanks to Sherwin. Hope you all enjoy the new look!

Permalink | Comments (3)
Culture

edmonton water usage during the gold medal game

March 9, 2010 – 4:07 pm

The following chart pretty much speaks for itself… it plots water usage in Edmonton two Sundays ago (Feb 28, 2010), during the Canada-U.S. Olympic gold medal hockey game (click image for link to article):

Permalink | Comments (2)
Culture

filter failure

March 6, 2010 – 11:43 am

Many months ago I posted a video (here) by Clay Shirky, a very perceptive commenter on the social effects of technology. Yesterday I found another talk of his on a different topic: the idea that the challenge we face today is not so much “information overload,” but “filter failure.” That is, the problem that the read more »

Permalink | Comment (0)

« Previous Page — Next Page »

« Previous Page — Next Page »