I see that EndNote now has a basic style for SBL which would have saved me grief a while back. Only problem I’d need to upgrade EndNote to a new version that requires a G4 as minimum. The poor old G3 iBook doesn’t make the cut even though it word processes just fine with EndNote 7. I’d really like an EndNote style for McIntosh too – anyone (Australians?) know of one?

One thing that really annoys me about EndNote 7 (I don’t know about later versions) is it’s handling of (book) reviews as a entry type is non-existent (or I just can’t see it).

In the bad patch after lunch where it’s hard to concentrate on anything. Plus the rain is horizontal outside and the roof over the BBQ area outside my (home) office window is making disconcerting sounds as the wind rips though. Sheesh, it’s like being back in Wellington.

Looks good – when I have time I’ll download these lectures on web technologies and education. See Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes: Grande Yellowhead Seminar. (Hat tip to Tensegrities: Stephen Downes seminar)

Interesting article over at Suspension of Disbelief on the portrayal of religion in comics. See Suspension of Disbelief: Guess Who’s Coming To Shabbos Dinner? (Spoiler: it’s Superman.)

Back home after a very nice week down in the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato catching up with friends and family. Came back with a heap of secondhand books from various places including some from the open air secondhand book sale over in Ohope. Apparently the people there spend the year collecting books from garage sales and such and then over the summer sort them by genre, author and topic and put them out in cartons on their front lawn. Organised enough to handle credit cards, to have shade cloth up over the lawn and they claim to have about 20,000 volumes. I didn’t count them but I do know there were a lot of books there and more were being carried in all the time.

It’s taken a while over the last day or so but they’re all in Booxter now and on the shelves. Just bought a new bookcase and now we’re running out of space again. Must be time to get rid of some books. Yeah, right.

A long time ago (late 80s), in a galaxy far, far away (Christchurch) I read Guy Kawasaki’s “The Macintosh Way” – his book on being an Macintosh evangelist. (Mary Hess has some comments on some of the ideas from that book in a religious context over at Tensegrities: What goes around, comes around?)

Anyway, Guy Kawasaki has a blog I’ve just started following and he’s got an interesting post on being on a panel discussion. See Let the Good Times Roll: How to Kick Butt On a Panel.

I also like his blog’s tag line – “Blogger. n. Someone with nothing to say writing for someone with nothing to do.” Made me smile.

I’ve been reading bits from Gregory Peterson’s Minding God: Theology and the Cognitive Sciences today. It’s very readable and covers a range of interesting things – from human dignity, ethical considerations towards other creatures, intelligent design and artificial intelligence. You can find a review of it here: Science & Theology News – Peterson’s scope and deep research make “Minding” solid by William M. Struthers.

It’s part of the Fortress Press “Theology and the Sciences” series that I hope to own in its entirety at some point.

PBS run an article on evangelicals reexamining their relationship with the environment over at Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COVER STORY . Evangelicals and the Environment . January 13, 2006 | PBS.

Related links:

• Jim Ball, “The Use of Ecology in the Evangelical Protestant Response to the Ecological Crisis”, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 50 (March 1998), 32-40.
• Brian McLaren, “Consider the Turtles of the Field”, Sojourners Magazine (March 2004).
• What Would Jesus Drive?

Just skimming through these while list current applications of virtual reality in practice. These look amazing though I’m not sure I’d volunteer to test “Spider-World” (which means of course I’m a good candidate for it.)

Hoffman, Hunter G. “Virtual-Reality Therapy.” Scientific American 291, no. 2 (2004): 58-65. [HTML version]North, Max M., Sarah M. North, and Joseph R. Coble. “Virtual Reality Therapy: An Effective Treatment for Psychological Disorders.” In Handbook of Virtual Environments : Design, Implementation, and Applications, ed. Kay M. Stanney, 1065-1078. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Rizzo, Albert A., J. Galen Buckwalter, and Cheryl van der Zaag. “Virtual Environment Applications in Clinical Neuropsychology.” In Handbook of Virtual Environments : Design, Implementation, and Applications, ed. Kay M. Stanney, 1027-1064. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Transcript available here BBC NEWS | Programmes | Analysis | Is God on Their Side? of a programme on politico-religious movements and trends within the US.

Via Andii at Nouslife.