Archive for January, 2007
Fun Bush Video — Home on the Range
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007MormonPodcasts.org
Saturday, January 27th, 2007For those interested… http://www.mormonpodcasts.org
Mormonblogs.org Progress on Google
Friday, January 26th, 2007Thanks to those of you who have supported, http://www.mormonblogs.org is already link #3 for the search term “mormon blogs” and #8 for the term “lds blogs”.
Pretty cool. Thanks to all of you for making it happen.
My Interview with Richard Bushman
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007For those of you who stopped following Mormon Stories, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve fired it up again, and have posted part 1 of a muti-part series interview of Richard Bushman, author of Rough Stone Rolling.
mormonblogs.org
Friday, January 19th, 2007I’ve been sitting on this domain for over a year now, and thanks to the help of a really swell new pal, I have decided to create a new portal/aggregator for Mormon-themed blogs called http://www.mormonblogs.org.
I know there are already a few aggregators out there, and they are cool cats. I guess that this one is a tad bit different in that we are categorizing blogs (at least for now) based on the conservative, moderate, and liberal labels (if you can think of better categories, let me know). Also, we’re gonna work to be as inclusive as we can. If you’ve been feeling a little bit “left out of the party” in the ‘nacle, maybe you will feel a bit more welcome here.
Anyway, if any of you are interested in signing up:
- Provide a link to http://www.mormonblogs.org on your blog
- Email us at mormonblogs@gmail.com
- Include the following in your email:
- Your RSS feed
- Which category you want to be in
Cheers, and happy Mormon blogging!
‘The Mormons’ on PBS takes aim at stereotypes
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007(Props to my buddy David for the referral)
PASADENA, Calif. — Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney has one over-arching goal for her four-hour production “The Mormons,” which airs this spring on PBS.
“I hope that most of the stereotypes — ideally, all of them — will be blown away,” she told the Deseret Morning News on Saturday. “Because so many of them are just based on ignorance. Ignorance about Mormon history, ignorance about Mormon theology. Ignorance.”
The two-part, four-hour documentary, a presentation of both “American Experience” and “Frontline” — their first co-production — is to air nationally on April 30 and May 1.
After spending three years on the project, Whitney is well aware of the stereotypes and ignorance that’s out there.
“Most of the time when I bring up what I’m doing and I talk about it with people, the first word that comes up is polygamy,” she said.
(more…)
Mr. Deity Part 2: Mr. Deity and the Really Big Favor
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007OK…these are hilarious. Here is part 2:
***Warning…blasphemy alert for those sensitive to satire about Deity. This one is about Jesus, so it might be particularly offensive to some***
Mr. Deity Part 1: Mr. Deity and “The Evil”
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007OK…these are hilarious. Here is part 1:
***Warning…blasphemy alert for those sensitive to satire about Deity***
Pandora — Internet Music Heaven
Sunday, January 7th, 2007This site (Pandora) is cool in so many way. I can’t even explain it. You’ll just have to check it out.
http://www.pandora.com
Props to my bro for turning me on.
What I Do For a Living: OpenCourseWare
Thursday, January 4th, 2007For the 3 people out there who might be interested in what I do for a living (this includes my mother, by the way), there’s a good article out today in the Christian Science Monitor that explains my current job.
Basically, I work with MIT OpenCourseWare, helping to coordinate the OpenCourseWare Consortium–which is an initiative to help other universities worldwide share their course materials on the Internet, so that other people who can’t afford a university education can at least learn from the materials.