Friday June 26, 2009
Windows 7
As of today, Amazon is selling offering pre-orders of Windows 7. If you're using a Windows PC, this is said to be a must-upgrade. If you order through Amazon, they'll make sure it's delivered on the software's release date.
Hitler's Stealth Fighter
An article at National Geographic looks at a stealth fighter that was under development during World War II but which never went into production.
Piper on TV and Movies
John Piper explains why he does not have a television and why he only rarely goes to movies. He also explains what boundaries he sets in terms of content. (HT:Everyone else in the Christian blogosphere).
The Descent into Credit Card Debt
Mint.com shows how you can so easily slip into serious credit card debt.
The Cap and Tax Fiction
"Despite House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman's many payoffs to Members, rural and Blue Dog Democrats remain wary of voting for a bill that will impose crushing costs on their home-district businesses and consumers. The leadership's solution to this problem is to simply claim the bill defies the laws of economics."
Driving While Texting
Car and Driver Magazine tested how long it takes to hit the brakes "when sober, when legally drunk at .08, when reading and e-mail, and when sending a text." Here are the results: Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake; Legally drunk: add 4 feet; Reading e-mail: add 36 feet; Sending a text: add 70 feet."
Deal of the Day: In the Hands of God
In the Hands of God, the new album from Newsboys, is on sale at Amazon for a limited time at just $3.99.
As of today, Amazon is selling offering pre-orders of Windows 7. If you're using a Windows PC, this is said to be a must-upgrade. If you order through Amazon, they'll make sure it's delivered on the software's release date.
Hitler's Stealth Fighter
An article at National Geographic looks at a stealth fighter that was under development during World War II but which never went into production.
Piper on TV and Movies
John Piper explains why he does not have a television and why he only rarely goes to movies. He also explains what boundaries he sets in terms of content. (HT:Everyone else in the Christian blogosphere).
The Descent into Credit Card Debt
Mint.com shows how you can so easily slip into serious credit card debt.
The Cap and Tax Fiction
"Despite House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman's many payoffs to Members, rural and Blue Dog Democrats remain wary of voting for a bill that will impose crushing costs on their home-district businesses and consumers. The leadership's solution to this problem is to simply claim the bill defies the laws of economics."
Driving While Texting
Car and Driver Magazine tested how long it takes to hit the brakes "when sober, when legally drunk at .08, when reading and e-mail, and when sending a text." Here are the results: Unimpaired: .54 seconds to brake; Legally drunk: add 4 feet; Reading e-mail: add 36 feet; Sending a text: add 70 feet."
Deal of the Day: In the Hands of God
In the Hands of God, the new album from Newsboys, is on sale at Amazon for a limited time at just $3.99.
Comments (6) »
1. Redeeming Riches
June 26, 2009
9:26 AM
Thanks for the link to the “Descent into Credit Card Debt” What a great graphic to illustrate the destruction that misusing these little plastic cards can have.
JT
http://redeemingriches.wordpress.com
2. Andy
June 26, 2009
10:02 AM
$50? That’s a good deal for Windows 7 upgrade. Too bad it violates my “never buy an operating system before the first patch” rule.
3. Marilyn Erwin
June 26, 2009
12:10 PM
Thank you, John Piper for:
“Being entertained by sin does not increase compassion for sinners.” I found that via TV, I was using the concept of others’ sins as a medium for my own amusement. In my life, I’ve found there’s an inverse relationship between TV watching and listening to God.
4. Mike Garner
June 26, 2009
3:17 PM
I found the braking tidbit interesting. I wonder who the texting was testing on. I’ve seen many people (myself NOT included) who are very good at texting and don’t even need to look at their phone. I wonder if it was tested on people like that, or people who spend 30 seconds to type “Hey, how are you?”
And I’m literally amazed that being intoxicated has hardly any affect comparatively. 4ft, at any legitimate speed is not really that much of a delayed reaction at all.
5. Aaron
June 28, 2009
12:04 PM
Jesus uses a mac
6. Keith
June 28, 2009
5:33 PM
Frankly Aaron that is such a silly statement that in a way de-thrones God.. Please think about who you are talking about …
Piper’s wisdom to men in particular flows through here. I’ll join him in his confessed inability to withstand the onslaughts of my own mind and the taunts of the evil one wrt where one’s eyes end up looking…
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