garry blogs

32 hours of battery life for your MacBook! Wow. But it’s a tad too big though, that one. Good for those that like to work at secular spots for frequent change of environments.

Historically, people’s misinterpretation of the Bible has left a trail of suffering, bloodshed, and death.

Over the centuries people who misunderstood or misinterpreted the Bible have done terrible things. The Bible has been misused to defend bloody crusades and tragic inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to persecute Jews and other non-Christian people of faith; to support Hitler’s Third Reich and the Holocaust; to oppose medical science; to condemn interracial marriage; to execute women as witches; and to support the Ku Klux Klan. Shakespeare said it this way: “Even the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.”

We’d like to believe that no person of good will would misuse the Bible to support his or her prejudice. But time and time again it has happened with tragic results.

In the 16th century, John Selden pointed at two Latin words carved into a marble wall in an ancient church in Rome: “Scrutamini Scripturas,” which means search the Scriptures. “These two words,” Seldon said, “have undone the world.”

In one way, John Selden was right. Misusing the Bible has drenched the planet in blood and tears.

But in another way, he was wrong. Most people who misuse the Bible DON’T search the Scriptures. They simply find a text that seems to support their prejudice and then spend the rest of their lives quoting (or misquoting) that text.

In the wake of the AWARE - COOS saga, I found this interesting read. IMO it’s worth 5 minutes of your time.

I followed the twitterverse via #awaresg from 3pm thru 7pm, before my tummy served notice that if i shut up and sat down in front of the computer further, it was going to complain extremely loudly.

By that time, I had seen so many tweets from so many concerned followers, from topics ranging from throwing high heel shoes to Shut Up and Sit Down tee-shirts and asking Ms Thio when she made a conscious decision to be straight as opposed to homosexual.

Very interesting and exciting day that ended with the Christian fundamentalists from COOS being fired (before they were given the impression that they had the choice to resign, haha).

Three cheers for the old guard of AWARE, for grassroots activism and democrazy!

Full transcript (well almost) and detailed report available from http://wayangparty.com/?p=8732 - don’t miss!

A dramatic increase in tweets about #awaresg as the EGM starts… The tweets are quite interesting (and some funny)…

I hope the EGM doesn’t burst out into violence.

Follow @ http://www.twitscoop.com/twits/search?q=awaresg

It’s getting closer and closer. 2009 is just not a good year.

It’s a matter or time now - sooner or later before it hits Singapore. Yes, we’re probably relatively prepared, but are we prepared enough? I hate to think about it.

Amazing invention by a mad genius. Artist he may claim to be, but genius i say he is! This mechanism may find more uses yet. Very intriguing!

A good list (and reminder!) of how to maintain your Mac in tip top condition.

Pretty damn amazing!