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Permanence and Technology

I ran across a great post by Owen Strachan via Challies that discusses how much our love (probably especially my love) for technology effects the way we look at the rest of life. Strachan does an excellent job identifying the problem and showing it’s inevitable outcome — an outcome visible all around us today.

How Technology Relates to Permanence, and What That Means for Christianity

I often find myself in the category of those who give too much importance to their technology (in my case, computers etc.) It really comes down to how much I value this life, at times, over the next. Though I don’t like to hear them, I find myself asking questions like: How does a new video card help me glorify God? Or how does a faster internet connection help me lay up treasure in heaven? The answers of course are not answers that the materialistic Eric likes, but nevertheless are true.

“…do all of these things aware that you must shape your approach to technology, and that you must let permanent things, things originating beyond the age of the earth, to direct your life.”

Challies Book Giveaway

In about 3 or 4 days Challies.com is giving away a bunch of books. Click on the link below to sign up.

Make sure you read his rules for the contest, they are simple but apparently people have forfeited because of technicalities before.

When you register you can put in the referral number 61975 so that I get credit for helping sign you up. Not to shamelessly increase my chances or anything…right.

Pizza

Scary!

“Simulated Imagery”?
Try “We Photoshopped Her Some New Skin” instead.

Helvetica

I watched an excellent movie a few weeks ago; it was Helvetica by filmmaker Gary Hustwit.

I thought it was excellent because of its insights into the design field, the process of design and the thoughts of the designers themselves. I thought it was also excellent because it avoided the slanted perspective that most documentaries seem to come from.

You might ask, “Could someone really feel that strongly about a font?” to which I would reply, “Certainly.” I might not be in the ranks of people who hate particular fonts, but I have seen people who did — I didn’t realize until the other day that apparently there are plenty of schoolteachers who hate Comic Sans. It seems that the rest use it exclusively. Hustwit interviews people who think that Helvetica represents homogenization and loss of identity and also people who think of it as the height of design in the 20th century.

To all of you (read: nerds) who are interested in how “things” are designed, I would recommend this movie. You might find it as quotable as I did.

Mmmmm…

I just got a craving for spiced beef quesadillas from El Fenix.

They call it Picadillo Meat now, apparently.

Pizza.

Welcome to Two-Point Perspective

Welcome to Two-Point Perspective: Life from a Christian Worldview. Jenny and I will be posting on this blog together and as far as we know the topics will include everything that comes to us.

All the posts below this one (older than this date) belonged to my old blog, Wrinkle In Time.

The old site will not be updated any more, though I will probably eventually fix the dead links.

Pizza.

Picture!

We finally got pictures taken!

Rings

The first is the pearl ring that I designed for Jenny (obviously) it was made by J. Keith’s Jewelers

The second ring is the one that Jenny bought me to wear whilst we are engaged. It came from James Avery.

A picture of us together will come soon.

Eric

Engaged!

Well, I just thought that I would announce that Jenny and I were Engaged tonight. For those who care about such things, I was playing We Five on my Hi-Fi when I asked her.

I did get on my knees, because we always kneel down. I also asked before dinner, I had to ask her before dinner because the prospect of sitting at dinner really gave me butterflies. It really worked out wonderfully.

The most surprising thing to me was that she didn’t even expect it. : )

Eric.

“…won’t listen to reason.”