FREE Music & Software and Other of My Favorite Random Stuff

I've had a tough time blogging lately. Engrossed in my genealogy work and other quests, my blog has suffered. So much out there I want to comment on with 176 drafts saved, but really struggling to get posts out right now.  Been through this before and I'll be getting my groove on again soon. So here are some random links of stuff that interests me. Google Chrome Continues to Grow at Other Browsers' Expense: Internet Explorer will be meeting it's demise sooner rather than later as YouTube will be dropping support for it. You ought to drop your support for it even sooner. 15 Must-Have Free Apps For Your Mac + Giveaway: a good apps list. Mark your iCal: New date for Biblical rapture May 21, 2011: Seriously? Will we ever see an end to the the supposedly brilliant biblical "scholar" who has figured out the date of Jesus Christ's return? Lord have mercy. College students urged: Trade Bible for Playboy: Yep. Trade in your Bible, Koran or other holy scripture for porn at the Univ. of Texas at San Antonio. Compliments of an atheist group. On Genesis 2 and 3 | The BioLogos Foundation: "In this video conversation, N.T. Wright talks about the story presented in Genesis 2 and 3 and offers some important insights on the functionality of the text that in many ways transcends its literal narrative." Op-Ed Columnist - Learning From the Sin of Sodom - NYTimes.com: NYT op-ed piece on the changing role of evangelicals as social justice leaders. HM-Music: My beloved friend Heather Buettner Humphrey and her friend Tom have posted some of their original music. Extremely talented. Anglican1000: Site updated and looking sharp. Recently held a very successful church planters conference with Ed Stetzer as a presenter. Notes from Ed's talk are here: (VirtueOnline—PLANO, TX: Church Missiologist Urges Anglicans to Plant a Thousand New Churches). I have a feeling we are going to be seeing a lot of them in the near future. Syracuse trying to tax closed Catholic churches for the first time |: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse continues to consolidate parishes because of it's declining attendance, but mostly because of it's rapidly aging and shrinking priesthood. As the buildings go up for sale and are no longer used for liturgical or ministry purposes, the city of Syracuse wants to start taxing the properties.