Here is the first in a series of 5 posts by Constantine Campbell, author of the new Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek. The posts will outline the impetus behind his book and should be interesting reading. This book will hopefully fill a much needed gap in current curriculum, since verbal aspect is an incredibly important topic but lacks beginner/intermediate resources.
As long as we’re on the topic of Greek, I should also mention this little number, which many of my students say is helpful and catchy.
Logos is rolling out its software products for the Mac. No emulator necessary! You can read all the details, and pre-order, here.
Or at least think about it.
While not yet fully “cracked,” WPA is now officially cracking. WPA is a security technology that many businesses, churches, seminaries, and home-owners use to secure their network traffic. It encrypts all data that is sent from your computer to your router so that others cannot read it or tamper with your network. Two researchers have been partially succesfull in cracking this sacrosanct security technology. Read about the technical details here. Here is a more descriptive analysis.
While homes and smaller organizations probably need not worry about this development, larger organizations that deal with sensitive data should consider upgrading their security to WPA2, which is still considered rock-solid safe.
For the rest of us: next time you buy a router or wireless card, make sure it supports WPA2.
Ever wish you had a Penseive? You know, that device Dumbledore uses to untangle his many memories in an effort to unravel the mysteries that surround him? Well, it’s not magic, but I have found the application FreeMind to be helpful. It’s a handy tool for those who like to connect seemingly disparate ideas. I’ve used it in the course of writing papers or reviews. It’s still a little rough around the edges, but it works fairly well overall and will run on any OS. Give it a try!
You can find more information and a link to download at their site.
Did you know that you can add user created versions to Bibleworks? I made this discovery recently while searching for some OT Pseudepigrapha.
Follow this guide to get things set up.
There is also a list of available versions. Included among them are the OT Pseudepigrapha, the Gospel of Thomas, several Targums, and a number of Classical Greek authors (Herodotus, for example).
Ever wish Gmail had a simple to-do list? Follow this guide, which describes how to add the services provided by Remember the Milk, a web-bsaed to-do list manager, to Gmail’s sidebar.
I have been a user of Remember the Milk since it was released over a year ago, and it’a pretty powerful stuff. You can tag related tasks, set priorities, edit dates and reminders (email, sms, rss), etc. All this is packaged in a very easy to use interface. What is more, RTM provides offline support (through Google Gears), a desktop gadget, an iGoogle gadget, and a Thunderbird add-in.
Combining Google (Gmail and Calendar), Thunderbird (w/ Lightning and the Google Calendar add-in), and Remember the Milk creates an all-in-one Outlook replacement complete with 24/7 web sync and accessibility. I hope to publish a guide to this setup soon.
For those following the ongoing lawsuit by EndNote producer Thomson Reuters against Zotero, this article provides a good synopsis of the story so far.
Open source software isn’t just for Windows and Linux. Most of the best and the brightest run on Macs too. Check out this list of 25 useful free software programs for you Apple.
For a limited time (this weekend), Logos Software is offering their Sermon File Addin for free. If you use Logos products, this might be a good addition for you.
The Sermon File Addin allows you to turn years of old sermon manuscripts into a powerful, organized, searchable Libronix book file. You can create a second book of all of your illustrations as well. Not only can you search and interact with your new books like the other books in your Libronix library, but you’ll even see your own sermons and illustrations show up in the Passage Guide.
Check out their blog for more information and a download link.
Despite the fact that I have technically already posted on this topic, Zotero announced yesterday the next and last pre-release of the Sync-preview line of software. The biggest edition is Rich text notes editing, apparently provided through a program called TinyMCE. Isn’t open source wonderful?!
Check out the full announcement.
