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Archive for May, 2008

silouanthompson.net

silouanthompson.net

SILOUAN
In the mid-90’s I began a study of history and worship that led me in 1999 to enter the Orthodox Church. By then, the text file where I’d been keeping notes had grown into a collection of paper and electronic documents and a daunting pile of books.
When friends asked me why I converted, I wanted [...]

GTD

GTD

My GTD control panel: silouan.tiddlyspot.com

GTD is Getting Things Done, a work methodology that enables me to convert caffeine into deliverables.
In 2005, Wired Magazine called GTD “A new cult for the info age”, describing the enthusiasm for this methodology among Information Technology and knowledge workers as a kind of cult following.
In 2005, Ben Hammersley interviewed David [...]

S I L O U A N

S I L O U A N

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Experience Whitman

Experience Whitman

http://experience.whitman.edu

Saint Basil Academy

Saint Basil Academy

http://saintbasilacademy.net

Saint Silouan Orthodox Church

Saint Silouan Orthodox Church

http://www.saintsilouan.org

The Fountain

The Fountain

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Whitman College

Whitman College

http://www.whitman.edu

Winston Churchill: Pull out of IRAQ ASAP

Winston Churchill: Pull out of IRAQ ASAP

At present we are paying eight millions a year for the privilege of living on an ungrateful volcano out of which we are in no circumstances to get anything worth having.

FBI backs off from gag order against the Internet Archive

FBI backs off from gag order against the Internet Archive

It is one of only three known instances in which the FBI has backed off from such a data demand, known as a “national security letter,” or NSL, which is not subject to judicial approval and whose recipient is barred from disclosing the order’s existence.