Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: General
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At least that’s what it feels like at the moment. Lots of jobs to do before mid-semester break at the end of the week: postgrad class last night, endless admin tasks, assignment marking, a research paper to be making urgent progress on, and of course preparations for this Saturday’s Courses and Careers Day at the…
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Random web links that have been sitting in my Firefox bookmarks toolbar this week. bbfc – the official website of the bbfc. – which I’ve found useful for more detailed descriptions of films when deciding which of my children will watch something. Humanity lost in digital classrooms – Eureka Street – a more pessimistic view…
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I’d be a bit more skeptical about this if I hadn’t nearly been run over by a Prius a couple of times walking up the hill to work. I guess I’m more reliant on audio cues for crossing the road that I’d like to think I am. See Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars.…
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New game in the house – Citadels – which has been pretty much thrashed to death over the past few month. Everyone from fourth-born (5 and a half) up has been playing it and it looks like it will remain in play for the next month or two. A bit like a cross between San…
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ALA | Select Bibliography of Children’s Books about the Disability Experience is a list from the American Library Association that “contains some outstanding books that portray emotional, mental, or physical disability experiences, most published between 2000 and 2006.†Just filing the link here because it might be useful at some point for the “Spirituality and…
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Last September it was my turn to graduate with the PhD at the University’s spring graduation. Last Wednesday I was on the other side of the fence, participating not as a graduand, but instead as faculty. Quite a different experience, from carrying the Theology banner through the streets at the head of the Theology students,…
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The end of another hectic weekend is upon us – having just returned from an afternoon down in Hamilton for a most excellent wedding. With all the kids now into the football (soccer) season, Saturday mornings are a logistical exercise in getting the four of them to four different venues on a Saturday morning (think,…
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Al Hsu (over at The Suburban Christian) had a couple of interesting posts recently. The first, The Suburban Christian: Planned obsolescence and perceived obsolescence, links through to The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard and ponders Christian responses to consumerism. The second, The Suburban Christian: On role playing and creating culture, notes the recent death…
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We went down to Hamilton today to watch day four of the NZ-England cricket test. Great day all round – though the excitement of the NZ second innings collapse could have been done without. Armed with deck chairs, rugs and our chilly bin the 6 of us, plus another 5 staked out an area on…
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Three weeks into the new job and it’s been very, very busy. So far I’ve been to a large number of meetings (School of Theology and University), met faculty (incl. a nice lunch at the Catholic Institute of Theology (next door)), helped lots of students with course selections and enrollments, organized my courses for this…