More Notelets for 2005.09.06

Listening right to a CBC Radio piece on the Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir. I didn't realize that there is a labour dispute at the CBC right now.

Bush and Congress Announce Inquiries on Government Response - New York Times:


    Bush and Congress Announce Inquiries on Government Response - New York Times]: President Bush and Congressional leaders vowed today to find out what went wrong in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, with Mr. Bush declaring that "bureaucracy's not going to stand in the way of getting the job done for the people."

I got my Pentax camera back, a month after shipping it to Pentax for repair. It works again -- but I don't think that I will buy another Pentax camera because of the extremely slow repair process.


Branching out the Banyan Tree sounds like an awesome conference, but I'll be in NYC then for Small Tools/Big Ideas.


A quote from C. S. Lewis from Sunday's sermon in relationship to Rev 3:20:


    Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised.

Two tips

Do you live in the Berkeley area and have a car to wash? I recommend the Car Wash Benefit for the Options Recovery Services, which takes place every non-rainy Saturday morning and early afternoon. The wash is thorough, the service is friendly, and the money goes to a good cause. (I took a few pictures of the scene.)

Using a single website like travelocity to compare airfares used to be enough for me. Lately, I've started using Cheap flights and more with the Booking Buddy airfare comparison tool to help me a whole slew of travelocity-like sites.

A Bible in my Palm (Pilot)

Last night, I picked up my Bible for the first time in a little while. I read my small travel Bible, which has the tiny print needed for portability. Looking for a more legible way to read scripture in bed, I looked for an online Bible to access from my phone. (I've gotten to enjoy reading the BBC News online, so I figured that reading the Bible online might work too.) I found wirelessbible.net, which was good for some basic access but did not strike me as suitable for extended reading. I decided this morning that it was time to install Bible software on my Treo 600 so I can read the Bible without having to access the internet. The helpful review MobileTechReview.com: Bible Software for Palm OS review and comparison got me to try Olive Tree Bible Software. I've downloaded and installed the free King James version. I'll decide whether to shell out $16 for the (New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) module.

For reading the Bible on my notebook computer, I'll use Crosswalk.com - Bible Study Tools because the website gives access to the NRSV. I wish the Bibletoolbar for FireFox would be able to point to the NRSV, which, alas, is not available through BibleGateway.com.