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We’ve scoured the web and found the best links, videos and articles for you to enjoy. Onto this week’s best….

• An adorable picture of my son. Yes, I’m being that guy.
• Your brain on computers. This article gave me serious pause for my web habits.
• A dad yanks his kid’s tooth out with a model rocket. As awesome as it sounds.
• Still holding on to the hope that society will one day return to the cutting edge technology of the type-writer? This ingenious invention combines old with the new. Check it out.
• You need to celebrate mistakes, not hide them. This article tells you why.
• Like the Internet? Well, too bad. A ‘Net “kill-switch” bill has been proposed in Congress. Yes, they’re for real.
• A phenomenal essay on the Open-Source Church by my friend and fellow blogger, David Housholder.
• Some Mormons came to our door. I didn’t want to be nice, but their kindness forced me to be. How an iPad changed the way I see Mormons.

Check them out. Read up. Get in the know. This is the week that was in pop web culture. And don’t say we never gave you nothin’! PEACE.

I suppose there are more graceful ways to handle the Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist-types, but probably none funnier than this.

If you can beat ‘em, yell at ‘em about pancake mix.

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We’ve scoured the web and found the best links, videos and articles for you to enjoy. Onto this week’s best….

• 20 awesome things you probably never knew about bacon. Oh yeah, THEY’RE AWESOME!
• Pop Rocks are fodder for pop culture lore. Watch what happens when a baby eats some.
• We celebrated Pentecost this past week on the liturgical calendar. What does Pentecost mean for you, red or revival?
• Have you ever emailed a celeb/hero/company big wig and never received a reply? Here’s some steps to take to ensure they write you back.
• If you work out your body, why not work out your mind? Train to be a better blogger here.
• And finally, my favorite post here on the blog from last week. Author Scott Belsky stopped by to say “hello” after I wrote a post about his newest book … and John Basedow.

And there you have. Links that are sure to entertain for hours … Or at least a few minutes. Enjoy. And don’t say we never gave you anything! PEACE.

We’ve scoured the web and found the best links, videos and articles for you to enjoy. Onto this week’s best….

• Are you a website designer? Here’s eight websites you need to stop building. Like, now. Please. Stop.
• The Internet Pastor. This site will leave your jaw on the floor … In a bad way. I so want to meet this fellow.
• You’ve heard Jay-Z’s “iced out callabo” tribute to New York. Now here’s a tribute to the “New Dork”. It’s awesome.
• Here’s 10 reasons to delete your Facebook account. They’re surprisingly reasonable.
• Some parents help their kids with their homework. Others drive their children to and from soccer games. Some dads literally step in front of a speeding car for their children. Kind of like this guy.
• And finally, some doofus (a really creepy, weird doofus) microwaves an iPad.

So there you have it. The best of the web according to the crack staff here at BeDeviant.com. Enjoy … And don’t say we never gave you anything. SOLID.

 

I actually really enjoy this video. There’s a purity at work here. Just one guy giving his craft over to God.

You’ve been given a life that God calls a “work of art.” What does your canvas show? So go on, people, create!

We’ve scoured the web and found the best links, videos and articles for you to enjoy. Onto this week’s best….

• Conan O’Brien gave an awesome interview with 60 Minutes. In it, he talks about Jay Leno, Lutherans and NBC litigation. You can watch the full interview here.
• We’ve all seen the effects of the oil spill near the Gulf of Mexico. Gross. This is what happens when you have a “spill” on a wind farm.
• Donald Miller explains how to not win an argument.
• Justin Bieber may be cute and cuddly, but he’s also… well… geographically challenged. As in, he doesn’t know what ‘German‘ means.
• Jason Upton’s new album is out. Yes.
• My wife explains why I hide the Double Stuff Oreos in our house.
• These TED talks will blow your mind. Especially Dan Pink’s.
• And finally, we ask the question “Is your church contemporvant?“

There you have it, gang. The best links of the week, served fresh to you. Don’t say we never gave you anything! SOLID.

We’ve scoured the web and found the best links, videos and articles for you to enjoy. Onto this week’s best….

• The Better Marriage Blanket. It stops farts. No kidding.
• Apple shuts down LaLa.com. Hipster music fiends everywhere groan and curse the name “JOBS!”
• Speaking of Apple, Stevie was busy this week angering the good folks of Adobe. Read the collective death decree for Adobe Flash here.
• We talked about homosexuality a lot this week. Here’s a good debate on the biblical implications of same-sex relationships.
• Do you have a blog? Ever feel like no one’s reading it? So does Darren. Darren Rowse. A.K.A. “Problogger.” Great article if you like to blog but feel like you’re wasting your time.
• My wife explains why she almost quit social media.
• And finally, who doesn’t love watching people get shot in the face with cupcakes?

So there you have. The best of the week. Don’t say we never gave you anything!

Whenever we have a few intense days of conversation, I like to bring in some humor to lighten things up.

So, without further ado, here’s a hippopotamus singing about noodles. Oodles and oodles of noodles.

UPDATE: Winners are announced below! Thanks to everyone who played.

I met Scott McClellan in person at Cultivate last year in Chicago. I knew we would get along when he was given iPod duty in my car and chose “Regulate” by Warren G. Classic.

Scott’s written for this blog before and runs REALfakeADS.com. He’s also editor for COLLIDE–a magazine where media and church converge.

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