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Archive for December 23rd, 2007

The Piper–Wright smackdown (2): No history, please, we’re Reformed

Yesterday, I began looking at Piper’s arguments against Tom Wright and the New Perspective (NPP) more generally. Today I move onto a significant introductory comment, which I think says a great deal about why there is such an impasse here. Piper gets into his argument with the idea that “common-sense” tells us that interpreting the [...]

Photo Tips #2 — Dodge and Burn

Today’s Christmas photo tip (see yesterday’s here) is non-destructive dodging (lightening) and burning (darkening) a photo selectively. This can be useful for awkward shadows and highlights. Dodging can be particularly useful for bringing up the whites of the eyes, or improving the look of teeth.
Just about every photo editor has dedicated tools for doing [...]

Dear Jesus

(HT to Sibboleth and his friend)
This is the most excellent e-card site I’ve stumbled over. They say of themselves:
Someecards.com is possibly to probably the best site on the Web for free, funny ecards. We have greeting cards for every occasion - from important to utterly pointless. … We suggest you e-mail them to friends, [...]

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