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Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture and faith from the Antipodes.

Archive for March, 2009

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The 7 Deadly Sins Of Religion In Science Fiction

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Interesting list over at Rant: The 7 Deadly Sins Of Religion In Science Fiction. For all the interesting things people do with religion in science fiction there are some real clangers.

Posted by stepheng, in Faith & Religion, Science Fiction No Comments »

Nice to see the Science and Religion Primer out

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

A copy of Heidi Campbell and Heather Looy‘s new book A Science and Religion Primer arrived in the mail this week. Looks good, and I’m hoping my students will make use of the copies our libraries have picked up.

Posted by stepheng, in Science, Technology & Religion No Comments »

Spreading the word in cyberspace?

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

A brief op-ed piece by me appeared in the NZ Herald yesterday. The formatting changed a little, and the odd word or two got cut, but on the whole it’s out there to start discussion. See Spreading the word in cyberspace.

(BTW – I didn’t pick the title)

Posted by stepheng, in Cyberspace, Science, Technology & Religion No Comments »

h+ Magazine Spring 2009 Issue

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

If you follow (or are interested in) things transhumanist, then it might pay to drop by the h+ magazine web site and see what they’re writing about. Latest issue is out at h+ Magazine Spring 2009 Issue.

Posted by stepheng, in Transhumanism No Comments »

in the open space: God & culture

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Blog I stumbled across. Will drop in on it occasionally and see what’s being talked about. See in the open space: God & culture.

Posted by stepheng, in Faith & Religion, Pop Culture No Comments »

Pizza machine

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

I don’t know what the pizza would taste like, but I’d like to see one of these machines in action sometime. See Chefs in a spin over pizza machine.

Posted by stepheng, in General No Comments »

American Jesus

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Looks like another comic to add to my religious comic mini-collection. In this case it’s Mark Millar’s American Jesus. You can read an interview with Millar over at Newsarama.com : American Jesus: Book of Revelation Told in Comic Book.

A preview of the comic can be found here: Newsarama | FULL ISSUE – Mark Millar’s American Jesus Vol. 1: Chosen

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Posted by stepheng, in Comics, Faith & Religion No Comments »

Five Minute University

Friday, March 27th, 2009

This clip came up at a recent seminar I was at. Amusing in a somewhat scary way.

See YouTube – Father Guido Sarducci’s Five Minute University

Posted by stepheng, in Teaching/Education No Comments »

Robot fish – wow!

Friday, March 27th, 2009

This looks interesting – really big robot fish being used as sensing devices. Shades of Stingray, perhaps?

See Robot fish detects pollution – technology | Stuff.co.nz.

For those of you who missed out on Stingray in your childhood, here’s a link to the TV show’s title sequence. (Always had a soft spot for ‘scifi’ submarine/underwater shows like Sealab 2020, Man from Atlantis, Stingray and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Though, somehow really didn’t get into seaQuest DSV)

Posted by stepheng, in AI/Robotics, Pop Culture No Comments »

Haydn’s Creation

Friday, March 27th, 2009

This Sunday the Auckland Choral Society are performing Haydn’s oratorio at the Auckland Town Hall. More details at 2008 Concerts. A different way of experiencing a creation account.

Hadyn's 'Creation'.JPG

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