http://www.catalystspace.com/content/read/public_passion_vs_private_devotion

Here's the 2008 Year in Review Video:

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/2683224[/vimeo]

Blake and I have made some pretty impressive slideshows in the last few weeks.  When people see them, they ask, "Is that more of that Mac magic you are always throwing down?"  Surprisingly, this time the answer is "no." It's a web-based program Blake found called Animoto.com that allows you to upload pictures and music and then - Voila - a killer slideshow.  You have to pay to make one longer than 30 seconds (3$ a video or 30$ a year).  But if you do this sort of thing often, it's well worth it. Here's another example:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNnaYKG3b8[/youtube]

You can also download them to your computer, upload them straight to YouTube or embed them from Animoto iteself.

I found YouVersion.com several months ago.  It has a lot of features that I like: Journaling sidebar, several different translations, a community aspect to reading the Bible and an amazing iPhone app. Today is a good day to check out YouVersion because they also have a 1 year Bible Reading plan and it restarts today with Genesis 1, Psalm 1 and Matthew 1.  If you stick with it everyday, you'll read through the Old Testament once and the New Testament twice in 2009. If you have an iPhone or Blackberry, you can read it like I do: before I even get out of the bed in the morning.

I know I've been doing a lot of internet reviews lately, but this one is something really special.

The sheer power of volume.  Crazy and annoying. Spam gets 1 response per 12,500,000 emails | News | TechRadar UK.

The Local Voice: 2008 Election Results for Lafayette County, Mississippi. Just in case you wondered.

to Barack Obama for the big win, to John McCain for one of the classiest concession speeches I've ever heard, to Sasha and Malia for their new puppy, and to Wolf Blitza for his fancy toy: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJKkMLKFHxo You can really hear the Star Trek fanboyism in his voice. More vids:

I have a new internet buddy.  His name is oliver and one of his many hobbies is visiting churches and blogging about it. Oliver is one of a few contributors for the Mississippi Atheist Blog and last Sunday he came to the Orchard in Oxford.  Here's 99% of it (read the whole post here):

The Orchard (not to be confused with The Orchard in Tupelo) is a small Methodist church that meets in The Powerhouse, which is the community center for the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. The sign in the front of The Powerhouse says that The Orchard is "A Church for Everyone." That's a pretty lofty goal once considering that "everyone" includes people from non-Christian religions as well as non-believers.

If I had only had this book: Is that He-Man?  At the teen United Nations?