Archive for September, 2008

Web 2.0 for the “Local” Church

The good folks down at Read Write Web are doing a series of articles about religious groups and web technology. Their most recent article follows the activities of LifeChurch, a megachurch in Edmond Oklahoma that has launched a series of web-based applications bundled together on a social site called LifeChurch.tv.
From the Pastor, Bobby Gruenewald:
We’re doing [...]

Five is not a Multiple of Forty-Two

I hesitate to admit it, but this is a “nerdlets” blog, so perhaps it is safe to confess that I am a fan of the late Douglas Adams’s Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s quirky, funny, utterly depressing, and an all-around good read.
It also has a pretty definitive (if rather unhappy) conclusion in the [...]

FlashWorks Helps you Learn Greek Vocabulary

I have had past experience with Mounce’s Flashworks software, a free Windows and Mac program designed to help you learn Greek, but it has gotten a serious upgrade since the last time I checked. Here’s the description on Mounce’s Website:
FlashWorks is a vocabulary drilling program. Each word is tagged for difficulty, type (noun, verb, etc.), [...]

Sing your way to Greek Proficiency

Check out this interview with Kenneth Berding, “author” of Sing and Learn New Testament Greek. The interview deals with this recently released audio CD, which puts the fundamentals of Greek Grammar to music. (I tell my students that, as a general rule, the more active you are in the memorization process, the better, so this [...]

Avoid Attachment Embarrassment

From Cnet:
There’s really nothing worse than sending out an important e-mail with mention of an attachment then forgetting to actually attach the file that goes with it. To that end, a brilliant new Gmail labs feature is an opt-in nagger that will give you a warning pop-up if you try to send without a file [...]

Convert Non-unicode text to Unicode

I have posted a series of guides on setting up a Unicode Greek Keyboard, complete with recommended fonts (here, here, and here). But what if you got there too late, and already have a host of documents in non-Unicode fonts? Well, here is a list of converters available, on a font by font basis, that [...]

RefTagger Creates Bible Verse Popups for your Blog

If you run a Wordpress Blog you may be interested in Logos Bible Software’s RefTagger. It’s a handy little tool that automatically highlights and hyperlinks any biblical references in your blog. So if, for example, I begin to ramble about Heb. 2:9, the plugin will provide my readers with a popup so they know what [...]

Make Your Own Flashcards with Teach 2000

Its not the most user-friendly piece of software, but if you are interested in making your own flashcard sets, check out this post. It includes Unicode support, so Greek cards should not be a problem, provided you follow my guide to setting up a Unicode Greek Keyboard.
Greek students might also be interested in this post [...]

Reading Greek Online

Bibleworks, Accordance, Logos, and other Bible software (my only experience is with Bibleworks) offer unmatched functionality and ease-of-use, but are relatively expensive and are tied to certain operating systems. There are alternatives, two of which offer a similar suite of basic features.
The Resurgence Greek Project

The Resurgence Greek Project (RGP) is a quick, easy to use, [...]

Dropbox: Part Sync, Part Backup, All Good

Backup is important. You never know when your hard drive will give out (and it will, someday), or when some killer virus is going to wipe your data, or when you are going to be a bonehead and accidentally delete that all-important file.
Backup is important, but an online backup offers further advantages. It can be [...]