A Guided Sabbath. Eugene Peterson has described Sabbath-keeping as woven from two essential threads: praying, ‘the action by which we attend to God,’ and playing, ‘the action by which we explore our humanity.’

CBS Apologizes Over Bush Guard Duty Memos. Amazing to think that this whole story started with a blog.

My first time unto the breach. And I must say I’m stunned into near-muteness by the arrogance of someone who would wade into an ongoing, multiyear conversation, among hundreds of intelligent, worldly folks, and deign to drop science on us. (via Matt)

The Mathematics of Girls. First we state that girls require time and money. Erm, this is apparently not original.

SpamBayes launches v1.0. Congratulations! If you use Outlook and have a spam problem, this plugin is really worth your time.

The Anatomy of an Icon. I thought that exclamation icon looked familiar.

Tricks of the Trade. When desktop support technicians resolve a ticket, they are usually required to document the cause and solution to the problem. Supervisors see these records, so you have to be professional, but can usually get away with using the acronym ‘PEBKAC’ in situations where the user caused the initial problem. PEBKAC stands for ‘Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.’

Earned-Value and Burn Charts. An effective technique to estimate project delivery.

Structured Change Detection. Jon’s clever idea: export your Word documents to XML to track changes with tools like CVS.

Celestia: Navigate the entire universe from your couch. Reminds me of the fun I had in grade-school science class. Only, now I have a Pentium 3-powered imagination. (via Dave)