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A La Carte (05/24)

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Wednesday May 24, 2006

Technology: Apple and Nike have joined forces to make a shoe that will tell a runner how far and how fast he has run.

Theology: Steve Camp has posted part two of Lars Larson’s excellent article dealing with spiritual discernment.

Du Jour: Dan Phillips takes a look at an article in the Washington Post dealing with Bart Ehrman and realizes that his faith has been shattered. “To the media, there is only one kind of noble, admirable Christian fundamentalist: an ex-Christian-fundamentalist.”

Photography: Michael Wolf has an amazing collection of pictures from Hong Kong’s oldest public housing estate. It has 100 rooms, each 100 square feet.


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