Portions of Montana, the Dakotas, Utah, and Wyoming received up to 2 feet of snow Tuesday and Wednesday.
Meanwhile in Turlock, I rode my bike to and from music practice last night. I'm glad that I wore my sweatshirt. There was a slight chill in the air. I still have tomatoes on the vine (although they aren't very tasty these days). No snow predicted.
WALK THIS WAY
The churches in Turlock are working together on some common themes in the months of October and November. A website is now up: WalkThisWayTurlock.com
Clarification: In previous posts I had the date wrong for the community workday that the churches are doing together. It will be Saturday, October 29th.
AMERICANS OFFLINE
32% of American adults are nonusers when it comes to the Internet -- obviously some by choice.
AOL BUYING WEBLOGS, INC
$25 million deal
Weblogs, Inc is a blogging system where, if I understand it correctly, a blogger is paid a portion of the advertising revenue generated by his or her page. It's the opposite of how the system usually works. Typically, bloggers who want to earn revenue create a page and then look for advertising sponsors. Weblog, Inc has the sponsors and the pages set-up with the advertising and is looking for bloggers.
DOLPHINS SINGING BATMAN
Scientists have taught dolphins to combine both rhythm and vocalisations to produce music, resulting in an extremely high-pitched, short version of the Batman theme song.
Batman? Aren't there rules about cruelty to animals?
NEW NICKEL DESIGN
Not that I'm objecting to more interesting money, but didn't we just get a new nickel design? This one depicts a younger almost grinning President Jefferson.
IN A NUTSHELL
Dan Clendenin on the lectionary passage this week: Beyond such civic welfare, the text from Isaiah for this week reminds believers that to understand God in terms of narrow nationalism secured by military violence is to create an idol in our own image. Rather, Isaiah writes, He is a God who longs to prepare a rich banquet for "all people," to remove everything that separates "all nations," wipe away the tears of "all faces," and, contrary to our idolatry of militarism, to "swallow up death forever."
BROADBAND OVER POWERLINES IS HERE
The first commercial, non-pilot deployment of broadband over power lines (BPL) in the United States was plugged in on Wednesday in the city of Manassas, Virginia.
At $27/month it is relatively competitive (although low-end broadband in our area is $15/month -- which is more than adequate for most users).
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