How many Macs have I had?
Thu, Jul 8 2010 07:11 PM
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Most people who know me know that I'm fairly tech-savvy, which is mostly just a hobby/interest of mine. I started using computers in 4th grade, when the Apple II came out-- my school had a great lab and I cut my teeth doing simple programs in Basic on the Apple IIe (the education edition).I used the Apple IIe at school, and at home we had an IBM Selectric II typewriter and a Coleco Adam computer, until
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Facebook, Privacy, and Truth-- Five Misconceptions
Thu, May 27 2010 05:33 PM
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So, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, was on NPR's All Things Considered this evening talking about the most recent stir over privacy settings. Several things come to mind about this recent "big deal" (and others like it) about privacy.First, NPR introduced Zuckerberg as someone who was trying to prevent a mutiny among his 4 million customers. This is the first big misconception. If
Re-thinking eBooks and publishing
Tue, Feb 23 2010 10:36 AM
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There has been a ton of "buzz" in the past couple of years about the coming changes in book publishing and in the print-publishing industry in general. eBook readers are being touted as the next step in publishing technology. Sony has been marketing their eBook reader for years; Amazon jumped into that market a couple of years ago with the Kindle, which now also has a larger edition (presumably for
Random technology thoughts...
Sat, Feb 6 2010 05:07 PM
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What do you think about the iPad? It looks like a neat tool to me, and will fit in very well with a certain type of user. It won't replace a regular laptop for me, mostly because a) it won't support multitasking, which I use all the time for sermon prep, worship planning, writing, etc.; b) it won't have (at least for a good while) a number of the applications that I use all the time, especially Accordance,
3-D Television
Fri, Jan 15 2010 08:04 AM
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I read this fascinating article from Slate on ESPN's plan to offer a 3-D sports network. Justin Peters's points are excellent, and help me understand the difficulty in the jump to 3-D. Check this salient point:Live-action 3-D differs from the 3-D camerawork made famous in CGI-heavy movies like Avatar. A 3-D representation of the computer-generated Na'vi looks great largely because you've never seen
Leveraging great ideas for missions
Wed, Apr 23 2008 01:33 PM
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In the big scheme of things, I don't know much about missions. That's something that I'm working on-- but my lack of knowledge doesn't keep me from thinking about it, especially when I see opportunities.One of the big areas that has emerged as a theme in my ever-vigilant watch of technology is the development of new concepts and technologies to supply water and other resources to third-world communities.
When are we going to see wireless AC power?
Wed, Apr 9 2008 04:47 PM
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Mark my words: the day is coming, and soon will be, when we no longer need wires to connect our electrical (and electronic) devices to a power source.A few years ago, I was chatting with one of my professors at Covenant Seminary, and I mentioned this. (We were talking about the eventual plans for the "courtyard" space at CTS, which is now a circle driveway but eventually will be a garden/picnic/sitting
April Fools' Funnies
Tue, Apr 1 2008 03:45 PM
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The technology world loves April Fools' day. Probably because so much of the "news" in technology lends itself to speculation (and let's face it, techies love to think about the "next big thing") the world of tech news loves to take advantage of this climate of anticipation and exploit it on April 1st. There's a freedom in this realm of culture that would probably cause a lot of trouble in other parts