Jeffrey C. Long

I’m currently listening to a fabulous book called “The assault on reason,” by Al Gore. Insightful to be sure, but he is an amazing writer. I plan to write about it but in the meantime, I thought I’d make people aware of what it is about. This is his description of the book from his [...]

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One of my latest pleasures in life has been throwing CD’s away. Yes you heard correctly. Throwing CD’s away. I don’t mean purchased CD’s. Burned CD’s. When my iPod’s battery died I had to move to the car CD player as the best place to listen to my podcasts. In order to do that, I [...]

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Last night I had the privilege of picking up my daughter at the Boise airport. It was the second time I noticed that the arrivals area of an airport is that happiest place on earth. Both the people waiting and those arriving are anxious to be reunited with their loved ones. It’s nearly festive when [...]

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Update: 20051229 For years I enjoyed the far-out Whole Earth Magazine. It combined simple living, futurism, technology and world consciousness that was quirky, informative and friendly. Alas, it is struggling to publish these days. [addendum: apparently, they've officially given up the ghost. see World Changing] So, in an effort to continue the tradition, I offer [...]

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Imagine my excitement when I discovered that I hadn’t made up one of my favorite made-up words: Cruft. Merlin Mann of 43folders.com had used it in reference to the Mac launcher extraordinaire Quicksilver: It helps you minimize annoying distractions that add cruft to your day by causing a modal shift. I’ll leave the definition up [...]

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Today, I am at Moxie Java in Twin Falls, studying and writing. As I arrived, I hung my leather coat on the back of a chair, and promptly worried that I would forget it. It’s not horribly cold outside, so I could feasibly walk out, get into my car, and never remember that I brought [...]

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A week ago, the family took my daughter to the airport in Boise so she could fly back to our hometown. When we arrived at the airport and got of the car, I heard a tell-tale hissing sound. Unfortunately, I had to get my daughter inside, so I didn’t have any time to deal with [...]

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“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” -H. Fred Ale I have had fantasies about myself as a gardener. I went through this simple living phase where I thought we’d live off the land… have a garden, chickens, [...]

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Macresponder Automated email responder for when you’re unavailable Ten ways to organize and simplify your life Google Moon On the anniversary of the first manned moon landing on July 20th, 1969, Google releases Google Moon, a map of NASA photos and Google style points showing all the moon landings. Wapipedia A mobile phone site that [...]

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Clay Shirky believes that convergent technologies that provide people with the tools to produce and share content will throw the relationship between lay people and institutions into turmoil. I ask, what impact will this have on the loftiest of institutions, the church? Read on Technorati Tags: emergingchurch

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