technical difficulties

So, on my last post, some people were telling me that they can’t get to my site:
http://curtis.klope.org
So, can I get a little help?  Let me know if you’re able to get to this link:
http://www.klope.org-a.googlepages.com/curtisklope
That is the direct link to the site, and http://curtis.klope.org merely redirects to it.
let me know if that longer link works…  Thanks [...]

Email Woes

I’ve talked about him before, but this post is further confirmation that Merlin Mann is a genius.  He weighs in on some recent New York Times articles about (lack of) Productivity for the average white collar office worker in the US, he made some amazingly helpful comments towards the end of the post.
I would HIGHLY [...]

“Fake” List of Global Warming Skeptic Scientists

yikes…
Curious about the Heartland Institute’s list of “500 Prominent Scientists” who deny global warming, Kevin decided to contact some of the folks on the list. He put together a list of 150 email addresses…simply the addresses he found it most easy to acquire. After only 24 hours, he’d received 45 emails from angry scientists saying [...]

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of Insight

Found this video over at Doug Pagitt’s blog. It’s a TED Talk by a “Neuroanatomist” named Jill Bolte Taylor, in which she recounts her experience of a having a stroke, from the standpoint of a brain scientist. She was able to remember the entire process, and in the end, discovered that there is [...]

On the topic of Global Warming/Climate Change…

I’m having a pretty heated discussion over at the Catalyst Blog concerning Global Warming/Climate Change. I wanted to carry on that discussion over here as well, and see if there is anyone on here that wanted to chime in.
In my understanding of the Bible, God has appointed humans as the caretakers of His “garden”, [...]

“52 Nights Unplugged”

It might be completely ridiculous that I’m blogging about a topic like this… but on the other hand, it makes it very clear that I need something like this. Maybe you do too?
“Writer and self-described internet addict Ariel Meadow Stallings wants to be “more present in the present,” and for her that means [...]

21st Century meets the Flinstones

“…we didn’t think that there was really a problem with pedaling a car. It’s kind of like a bicycle in a way…”

(HT: EcoGeek.org)

Plastic and its toll on the environment

Not much that I can say about this article except “wow” and “God save us”…
Plastic Ocean: Our oceans are turning into plastic…are we?
NOTE: This is a pretty long one, but I thought it was well worth the read if you’ve got some time. Here are a few choice quotes to whet your appetite.
Thanks to [...]

new page: Guestbook

NOTE: I’m completely stealing this idea from Matt (thanks for the great idea!).
I’ve created a new page, called “Guestbook”, which you should see as a new tab at the top of the page. I figured that it would be a cool place to list people who are regular readers/commenters on this site.
Why?
Honestly… because I’ve [...]

Technological innovation = amputation?

From the article Virtual Virtue and Real Presence – Brian McLaren at LeadershipJournal.net
“Every technological innovation, McLuhan would say, is an amputation. For example, with the invention of the wheel or lever or chain saw, we use our muscles less. With the invention of the calculator, our mental computational skills grow rusty. While microphones help us [...]