Recipes and Essays

the book on youtube

the book on youtube

David shared this hilarious link, a video on youtube about the book. He says “It’s one the smartest pieces on information technology I’ve seen.” have a laugh.

Valentine’s conflict free

Valentine’s conflict free

I’m in the midst of moving into a new home so my stuff is in dissarray and my time is too short. But did make a grand day of yesterday, Valentiine. I picketed with my friends in front of the Harris County courthouse as seven 

8th International Conference on Free Software

8th International Conference on Free Software

El 8o Congreso Internacional de Software Libre se celebra en Brasil: http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/8.0/www/ Sería bueno encontrarnos como grupo cristiano allí. am

scott appleby video

scott appleby video

The video clips of Scott Appleby’s keynote address at the Fundamentalism and the Media Conference are up here: http://www.jmcommunications.com/english/appleby.html

hand of god

hand of god

starting the new year with viewing a hot documentary. “The Hand of God” is incisive and poetic. Director Joe Cultrera uses assembled items like hosts, water, statues to create montage scenes that work as abstract evocations. This is a beautiful look and feel of a 

Peace in Christmas – Frail but Everlasting

Peace in Christmas – Frail but Everlasting

Watching Amy Goodman on TV on December 8th was my defining moment of this 2006 Christmas season. “Democracy Now” carried a live interview with two members of the “Christian Peacemaking Team” who had just concluded a press conference in London. These are the hostages who 

Community Happens: prison radio show

Community Happens: prison radio show

I listen to this show from time to time. It’s one of those vibrant media spaces– “community happens” kind of phenomenon. “The Prison Show” runs from 9 to 12 midnight. It connects family members outside the prison walls with family members inside the prison walls. 

hatred as an american trait

hatred as an american trait

As a result of my jetlag (A’dam-Houston) and being awake at 3 AM, I watched a really good documentary on Free Speech TV, “The Letter.” Racisim and hatred show their colors (white) in Lewiston, Maryland, sparked by an open letter the Mayor writes to the 

Taking the Day off to Celebrate

Taking the Day off to Celebrate

Yes, yes, yes. Although still waiting for Virginia and Montana to be official, winning the House so handily means we’ll have some answers and information about this war, our energy policy (It was Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling surely who were the advisors whom Cheney 

Institutional Religion and gay teens

Institutional Religion and gay teens

This morning my thoughts are about: A time to support and celebrate Catholic, Protestant and other insitutional churces that show their love for tenn lesbians, gays. They are so desperately needed. The reason is that during a breakfast meeting I learned that a prominent local