I have started listening to some of the podcasts from Ancient Faith Radio by Steve the Builder, whose website Pithless Thoughts I linked to last week. I recommend not only his website but also his podcasts for based on the few I have listened to they contain much wisdom and are presented in an [...]
Ouch. For me at least.
From the entertaining, and also challenging, Pithless Thoughts, whose author also does the equally challenging, encouraging and informative Steve the Builder podcast on Ancient Faith radio which I started listening to today.
The Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition: here are the winners and there is a Flickr Group showcasing all the entrants. Congratulations to all.
A winning entry from Australia in the Earth & Space category; I do like photos showing star trails on long exposures and that is a stunning photograph.
From spaceweather.com [a new site for me to be addicted to] via an article on crikey.com.au.
Noctilucent clouds are still rather mysterious [from the article: "traces of ice crystals have been detected in them"; "seem to grow in frequency during solar cycle minimums"; "may be related to the severe upper atmosphere cooling which is [...]
Through a newspaper article I read that State Library of New South Wales has placed 100 rare photographs on Flickr.
It is part of a project called The Commons, which contains collections from sources as diverse as the US Library of Congress, Sydney Powerhouse Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Bibliotheque de Toulouse, and Britain’s National [...]
Sums up my blog I think.
From one of my favourite websites, Despair, Inc., where I have bought calendars, a mug, and recently a t-shirt; and where I love reading through the Demotivators.
Via a Crikey article, a link to a New York Times article: the diaries of George Orwell are being published daily in blog form here.
The entry The New York Times started with seems to me very much in the spirit of blogging:
Aug. 12 began as a hot morning in Aylesford, Kent, England, only to be [...]
John continues his travelogue, with fascinating descriptions and glorious photographs of his time in Syria and Jordan.
Troparion – Tone 4:
First-enthroned of the apostles,
teachers of the universe:Entreat the Master of all
to grant peace to the world,
and to our souls great mercy!
Kontakion – Tone 2:
O Lord, You have taken up to eternal rest
and to the enjoyment of Your blessings
the two divinely-inspired preachers, the leaders of the Apostles,
for You have accepted their labours and [...]
In the midst of a horridly [emphasis[*] on horrid] busy week at work, it was nice while taking a short break to be transported to the Middle East by John as he begins a travelogue on his journey through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine — and, he writes, “inadvertently, Israel”: looking forward to that one! [...]