Daily Read 06/11/2008

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A: Google Reader does Konami code – Boing Boing Gadgets

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• This made me smile. Long live the Konami code! – post by umjeremy

• A rogue retro-gamer at Google has apparently programmed the famous Konami code — the mother of all cheats, the giver of life and ammunition to small, spoiled children with poor motor control— into Google Reader. Just make sure you’re at the Home Page, then enter Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A. The result? A horizontally shrugging Ninja will pop-up in the sidebar

Jordan archaeologists unearth ‘world’s first church’

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• Cool! – post by umjeremy

• Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed what they claim is the world’s first church, dating back almost 2,000 years, The Jordan Times reported on Tuesday.

Well – Same-Sex Couples Offer Insight Into Gender and Marriage – NYTimes.com

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• Yes, marriage equality leads to better research…on straight marriages! Where are the locusts and the plagues now? – post by umjeremy

• The findings offer hope that some of the most vexing problems are not necessarily entrenched in deep-rooted biological differences between men and women. And that, in turn, offers hope that the problems can be solved.
• The findings suggest that heterosexual couples need to work harder to seek perspective. The ability to see the other person’s point of view appears to be more automatic in same-sex couples, but research shows that heterosexuals who can relate to their partner’s concerns and who are skilled at defusing arguments also have stronger relationships.

You Reviewed WHAT?? | Christianity Today Movies

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• Mad props for Xty Today for sticking to their guns and not making decisions for their readership. – post by umjeremy

• We totally understand why many people would have no desire to see Sex and the City, choosing to avoid it because of its portrayals of pre- and extra-marital sex and rampant materialism. I myself have no desire to see it, mostly for those reasons.

  But to slam us for reviewing the film makes no sense. Our mission statement is to help readers make discerning choices about movies—not to make the choices for people.