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Archive for April, 2009

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Science-Religion DVD/Course Resource

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth is a DVD series that focuses upon the relationships between science and religion in various areas (e.g. genetics, evolution, anthropology). Looks like it might be an interesting resource. A little pricey though.

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New gaming headset

Monday, April 6th, 2009

This looks like it might be fun. A headset that control games with both your thoughts and your facial expressions. See Emotiv Systems uses your thoughts to power gaming – Ars Technica.

Hat tip to: Nano and Nano- Bio, Info, Cogno, Neuro, Synbio, Geo, Chem…

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Copyrighting the Word of God?

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Some recent posts on tensions arising from copyright and Bible translations.

See:

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Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Some interesting posters highlighting different films reflecting on biblical material and themes. See Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film – Telegraph

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Worldmapper

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

I love maps. It’s as simple as that. So I’m enjoying looking at the material Worldmapper has available.

Posted by stepheng, in Digital Technology No Comments »

Life, death and the genetic selection

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Recent article in the NZ Listener gives some food for thought. It’s now available in full on their web site. See Feature: Life, death and the genetic selection by Joanne Black | New Zealand Listener

See also:

Posted by stepheng, in Bioethics/Biotech No Comments »

Safe laptop practises

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Having my laptop go AWOL is something I’m always worried about. There are some useful thoughts (albeit from a Mac perspective) about minimising the damage of this over at TidBITS Safe Computing: What I Learned from Having My Laptop Stolen.

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