The Search For The Perfect Shot – The people at Coffee Circle have once again put together a beautiful video. This time, the topic is the perfect shot of espresso. Beautifully done.

How We Make Pencils – Sometimes the things we take for granted shouldn’t be. For example, the pencil. Have you ever wondered what it take to make that simple looking device? Wonder no more, because here’s a great video detailing the manufacturing process. Pretty cool!

Jurassic Park Lost World – The Jurassic Park movies were great movies, form a cinematic standpoint. When The Lost World was released, this website came with it. It’s still up and running, in all its early 90s, Netscape-esque glory. When you hit the Exit button, you find an easter egg page that leads you to Hammond’s desk.

Photographers: Sometimes You Have To Take The Risk – In photography, just like in ministry and the rest of life, sometimes you have to take a risk. Sometimes you’ll fail. But sometimes you’ll succeed. But most of the time, the only way you’ll get to the good stuff is with a risk taken. In the church, we’d call it a “step of faith.”

Visualizing U.S. Births and Deaths in Real-Time – This is a pretty fascinating site, giving you a bit of perspective on the US birth and death rates. While many may find this on the morbid side, I found it interesting, especially with our son due any day now.

Selling American Girls: The Truth About Domestic Minor Sex-Trafficking – One of the heaviest topics facing us today is what to do about human trafficking. There are several excellent ministries, such as Rapha House, that are doing something about this around the world. But it’s also happening right here at home in the US. Coming in at just behind drug trafficking, the buying and selling of humans is devastating lives and families, nations and people groups. Forbes takes a look at our dirty little secret, and lands on the right answers, mostly. The article just stops short of revealing that the best and most successful endeavors are faith-based.

Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell

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