It's the weekend-- time to pour yourself a stiff drink and kick back with some Gadlinks. Here are our favorite stories from today... New York lawmaker demands bland food in New York restaurants. Brief, inspiring dispatch from Vagablogging writer Ted Beatie who is volunteering in Haiti. The Arctic: The harshest work environment in the world. Our favorite […]
Mobile social networks have tremendous potential to flourish in developing countries where mobile phone usage trumps internet connectivity. SMS based social networks like SMSGupshup have gained considerable traction in Asia because of this. For example, in India, there is currently a 10 to 1 mobile-to-PC ratio. Mig33, a mobile social network that involves Vo […]
The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church will be meeting March 19-24 at Camp Allen in Texas. They will study the episcopacy in the 21st century, same sex relationships, the Anglican Covenant, evangelism and the emerging church movement. The Office of Public Affairs Newsline reports: More than 115 bishops of The Episcopal Church will gather for the House […]
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley recently gave a talk at a Brooklyn middle school; the Q&A included the following Qs: Who's your favorite basketball player? Have you every met anyone famous? Can you really see Jupiter's moons with binoculars? Do you know the guy who made the Sidekick? Have you met any hip hop stars? Tags: Dennis Crowley […]
Gypsy Creams is dedicated to 1960's women's magazines - particularly the advertising - and is a fascinating insight into the issues of the day. Need to gain weight? Are you too hairy? Tired and depressed? Maybe you want to make your burnt finger worse. The answers are here, selected from the pages of magazines such as Woman's Own and Woman […]
Asylum Sideshow presents several of the most bizarre performers they could find:The Cow SongMiss Nude Sword SwallowerMeathead MorgueRappin' KTGumby Girland Captain Pootie... Captain Pootie, AKA Ronald Vaughan, you may recognize from his supporting role in Mayor of the Sunset Strip, or his musical tribute to Heather Locklear on Jimmy Kimmel Live a few ye […]
Simon Singh: This is goodbye. Being sued for libel is not only ruinously expensive, writes Simon Singh, it takes over your whole life. Which is why this will be his last column. Previously. […]
Nigerians this week buried the victims of a massacre near the central city of Jos. Many of the predominantly Christian villagers who were killed were women and children. Mechanical excavators were used to prepare mass graves for those who had been killed in three villages in the small hours of Sunday morning. Reported numbers of dead varied between 100 and […]
A new form of motor sport needs a new form of governance, one where the teams have a say in making the rules, settling the disputes and share in the profits. […]
Texas votes to adopt new education standards and curriculum designed to give history instruction a conservative slant. Among other vital corrections to the historical record, the school board: "managed to cut Thomas Jefferson from a list of figures whose writings inspired revolutions in the late 18th century and 19th century, replacing him with St. Thom […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (ELCA) -- Bishops of the six Minnesota synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) visited House and Senate leaders at the State Capitol here March 11 to advocate for the common good of all people in the state, according to a news release from the ELCA Saint Paul Area Synod. The visits were planned so that the bishops could sh […]
For those of you with artistic interests, you may be interested in my latest project which is to pull together art from around the world for different books of the Bible. My intension here is to more directly link art with story, and teaching with the sacred use of the imagination. Naturally enough I'm beginning with Genesis. So, what happens for you as […]