Monthly Archives: August 2006

Product Sabotage

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Why some companies deliberately hide or damage their best products. Very interesting.

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Farewell to the Planet of Pluto

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I think that we ought to observe a minute’s silence. Update: Friends of Pluto might find this Photoshop contest amusing. Update 2: A backlash among astronomers against the Pluto decision.

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Respect.

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Congratulations to Peter, who just received a slew of ‘A’s and ‘A*’s in his GCSE results this morning. Altogether he achieved a GNVQ (worth 4 GCSEs), an AS Level (worth 2 GCSEs) and 11 GCSEs. Not bad for a guy … Continue reading →

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Garver Gone Garver…

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I hope that he comes back soon.

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Equality

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

A good reminder that general agreement on the principle of human equality actually gives us very little in the way of practical agreement.

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Quotes from Wright in 1978

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The following quotes are taken from one of Wright’s earliest books, Small Faith—Great God, published in 1978, and out of print for quite while now. I thought that some of the readers of this blog might find them of interest. … Continue reading →

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Wright on Historical Readings of Romans

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The dismissal of “works of the law” as the means of justification has all kinds of overtones. Paul’s fundamental meaning is that no Jew can use possession of the Torah, and performance of its key symbolic “works” of ethnic demarcation, … Continue reading →

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500 Free Journals Online

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The list is here, thanks to Chris Tilling of Chrisendom.

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2TJ

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This sounds like an interesting book.

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Busy

Posted on August 15, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I am going to be very busy until the end of this week, so I won’t post or give any lengthy answers to comments for the next few days. However, since my recent N.T. Wright post has received such a … Continue reading →

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