Back in the old days, I was really into using Photoshop. Ever since I got the program in highschool, I’d spend countless hours experimenting like mad with filters and channels and gradients and drop shadows. I got pretty good at it over the years. I even got a Photoshop piece of mine into a national [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Is Jesus Lucifer?
July 30, 2005 – 5:20 am
There’s a passage in the Old Testament which is commonly used as Biblical “proof” of the character of Lucifer, the proud angel who rebelled against God and was thrown out of Heaven. It comes from Isaiah 14:12,
How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you [...]
Ad Testing
July 30, 2005 – 12:50 am
I’m testing the code for a new ad system for the sidebar. I think I have all the bugs worked out this time, although I’m not 100% sure. I’ve only got the capacity here to test it on IE and Firefox. If you’re using a browser other than that, and everything looks okay, feel free [...]
They Stole My Idea!
July 29, 2005 – 9:58 pm
I’m doing a bunch of research about publishing industry ins and outs, and I thought I’d share this quote I found:
On of the most frequent questions I get is, “How can I prevent the evil publishing world from stealing my idea?” I’m not a lawyer, but I believe the answer is, “You can’t.” The expanded [...]
We Can Kill You
July 29, 2005 – 11:40 am
A chilling article from the Guardian:
Police have been given permission to shoot dead suspected suicide bombers without any verbal warning, the Guardian has learned.
The killing of an innocent Brazilian man in a London underground station on Friday has focused attention on new guidelines to defend against terror attacks.
Operation Kratos tactics say suicide bombers who are [...]
Is Gangsta Rap Gnostic?
July 29, 2005 – 12:59 am
I just thought of a good test case for my tentative three part criteria of what makes a myth gnostic. As a reminder, the three things I came up with were:
The observation of limitation
The intuitive knowledge of potential beyond limitation
The experience of transcending limitation into potential
I mentioned in that original post that this is [...]
