Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Digital Technology
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Dennis Ritchie, Computing Pioneer, C Creator Dies | Stuff.co.nz. One of the first computer science books I ever bought was ‘The C Programming Language‘ by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. (The original, not the ANSI C updated edition). Even now, after multiple culls of books, it’s one book that has so much emotional and nostalgic…
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Hat tip to Derek for the cartoon about the always connected life. See Derek’s Blog » Always connected
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Two upcoming events in October related to media, popular culture and religion. Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture Symposium, Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 21st October, 2011 9am – 6pm Monash University Caulfield Campus When Religion Meets New Media: Symposium on Digital Religion at Texas A&M University 6 Oct 2011 at Texas A&M University
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Some interesting thoughts from Lynne Baab over at Can a “real” friendship begin online? – Gathering Voices: Faithful Conversations from The Thoughtful Christian. Her experience resonates with mine where shared (non-physical) context adds depth to the online forms of relationship. See also: Greenflame · “Friending” as a Spiritual Practice?
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I’ve tried reading comics on an iPod. It really didn’t work for me. I’ve tried the browser-based app from Comixology to read comics and that didn’t really work for me either, and neither do CBR/CBZ readers. So I remain with paper issues and trade paperbacks, but an A4 size tablet might do it (and I…
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Josh McDowell vs. Kevin Kelly | Jesus Creed points to these two opinions about the internet and its potential for harm or health respectively. In the negative corner: Apologist Josh McDowell: Internet the Greatest Threat to Christians, Christian News While in the optimistic corner, Kevin Kelly: Geek Theologian | Christianity Today | A Magazine of…
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Clearing out various links – here are some related to education. Blog U.: 10 Guidelines for Running Synchronous Web Teaching Sessions – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed How to add EPUB books to your Kindle, take advantage of Google’s massive free library « Ernesto Burden Tweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in…
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Three of the little rubber feet on the bottom of the MacBook Pro gave up the ghost over the past 6 months, making the laptop uneven on a flat surface and potentially able to scratch the new wooden table we have. Replaced them with four 3M Self-Stick Rubber Pads and that seems to be working…
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A couple of pieces about ‘the Cloud’ from this week. TidBITS Networking: The Future is Disposable fishers, surfers and casters » iCloud musings
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Hat tip to SAET » Biblical Studies Toolbar » The Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology for the link to the Tyndale Toolbar | Tyndale House. Might be useful to have it available in the web browser from time to time.