Byrnesys Blabberings

Plenty of News and good blogging going right now, these are in no particular order there is tech, apple, theology and everything else crammed in:

• The mighty design software company adobe has released a beta version of free web based software called Photoshop Express. It has some great tools for retouching and free storage. Best of all you get your own address .photoshop.com so I snapped up liam.photoshop.com I havent had the chance to put anything up on it, as the most of my photos are on flickr.
• Maggi Dawn features a link which shows us why not to aspire to look like cover girls (or boys for that matter)
• Very Interesting post on ex-communication, something the 21st Century Church doesn’t like to talk about. John Piper explains that excommunication although seemingly harsh is in fact leniency and Grace.
• Flickr have begun to host Video for Pro Members, though it seems to want to steer clear from being a competitor of youtube by limiting the videos to 90 secs.
• WorshipGuitarGuy is starting a great series on chord voicings and begins with the Nashville number System.
• Zach Neilsen has a great quote from Rich Mullins about Forgetting ourselves.
• There is an excellent interview transcript from CJ Mahaney and his wife about how to help your partner when they are criticized, slandered or corrected. HT: Zach
• Apple MacBooks and MacBook Pro’s make get a completly new redesign or even a new generation of apple notebooks according to MacRumours.
• Parchment and Pen are having an interesting discussion about whether Theological language is pastoral, or even relevant to laity.
• CS Lewis gives 5 tips for writing and talking clearly HT: John Piper
• Donovan Palmer blogs about the balance of faith and works or more particularly narrative proclamation of the gospel vs. the gospel by acts of mercy.
• Jason Clark has been blogging about the relationship between philosophy and theology, his theology doctorates, and provides some helpful clarification on PhD vs. Dmin.
• Kingdom People Blog reminds us that there is no pride in being a theologian.
• Jesus Creed spotlights a letter which leads to a discussion on how to communicate salvation and the gospel to people in youth groups.
• Trevin Wax will be interviewing NT Wright again regarding Surprised by Hope and is inviting questions.
• I messed about with an iPod Touch in an O2 store today after speaking about them the other day, seeing this on engadget made me very excited to see this type of thing come into fruition, network games of Quake III over wireless iPod Touch’s, geek drool.