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Here is a podcast by a Catholic priest in the Netherlands who went to see Episode III. He just gushes over the thing, he was more impressed by it than anyone I know. He also provides a theological analysis.

Free as in beer... One hundred years ago, in a single "miracle year," Albert Einstein astonished the world by publishing major works in diverse areas of physics including the quantum nature of light and special relativity. To commemorate that landmark year in the history of science, The Teaching Company is releasing two free online lectures. "Einstein’s Miraculous Year" and “Relativity in a Nutshell” are presented by Professor Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College. I put them on my iPod and listen to them in the car.

ROTS trailer on tonight during the OC on Fox, 7 Central. Plus: Lucas is in the episode itself, playing himself.

You'll never guess who I had lunch with last Saturday. I was at a 3 day Java programming symposium and I was eating lunch with one of the panelists Ben Galbraith . It turns out that he an IT director for the Church of Mormon . Did you know the Church of Mormon has the largest Cisco network in the world? I did not! His opinion is that the reformation was caused partly by the inability of the central Catholic church to communicate and preach effectively over the vast empire of Catholic states, and the Mormons are now consciously focusing on technology to make sure the same thing doesn't happen to them. He said he has 15 projects, the smallest of which is 10 people. That's a ton of IT! (Now you Mormons know where your 15% goes). Not only can you download all the Mormon scripture from the lds website, but you can also have it read to you through your speakers. And the yearly meeting of the Prophet and apostles is simulcasted on the Internet almost in real time! Pretty impressi...

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Interesting - the Economist favors another Labour victory in the UK's general election.