Classes of Digital Cameras – 2004 KenRockwell.com. This article gives a very helpful explanation of the weaknesses of digital cameras, making the case that if you’re spending $1000 or more for a digital camera, it should be for a DSLR and not for a point-and-shoot.

In the Social Security database (Popular baby names), Katie is the 110th most popular girl name in 2003, down from 55 ten years ago. This is a helpful little index. I see that Todd has nearly fallen off the charts – from 169 in 1990 to 519 in 2003.

“Why do we have eyebrows?” is a great page for several reasons:
1) It reminds us of something we probably rarely think about.
2) It points out a number of useful functions that eyebrows have.
3) It shows the folly of evolutionary theory, as the writer tries to explain just how natural selection “chose” that men who had eyebrows survived whereas those who didn’t (or who had smaller eyebrows?) did not survive. Utter foolishness. This is a perfect example of having abundant evidence but nevertheless adopting a conclusion that doesn’t fit the evidence (but is based on faith – faith in evolutionary processes). Instead the evidence points to a wise Creator.

Archeologists Find Fabled Center of Learning in Egypt
Maybe now there is a reason to visit Alexandria…

BiblePlaces.com – Photos of Israel from the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands

Great website! And it serves to help me test out the “Blog this” button on the Google toolbar.

I’m near the end of a 9-day “break” between the spring semester and a summer program. It has gone too quickly. I’ve spent some of the time working on marking instructions for the new “Satellite Marking Manual,” the replacement for the long-popular “Student Map Manual.” I want to work on a BiblePlaces Newsletter, but time has just not allowed.

Today is “Lag b’Omer” and Katie turned 2 weeks old.

Yesterday Bethany asked me, “how doing?” :-)

Today Mark, when presenting a cake to Kelli, told her, “Happy day, Mommy.”

I found out today that “active” Bloggers get an invitation to sign up for GMail. I wonder if making entries like this helps to qualify me as “active.” :-)

I spent 50 minutes setting this up. That includes figuring out how/where it goes on the server, getting the right settings at blogger.com, and setting up the rss feed. That’s longer than I expected, for something that is supposed to be quick and easy. With these things covered though, I expect posting to be easy.

I decided to start a blog. I haven’t yet decided exactly what of my varied interests will go here. Personal? Family? IBEX? Israel? Academic? Photographic? Time will tell.