Culture
Exegetical Insight, Lost Edition
Though perhaps not as significant as yesterday’s exegetical insight, I put myself to the task of translating Jacob’s tapestry from last night’s lost (that pause button is wonderful, isn’t it!).
So here goes. First I transcribed it into miniscules:
θεοι τοσα δοιεν οσα φρεσι σησι μενοινας
So it’s two clauses:
θεοι τοσα δοιεν
οσα φρεσι σησι μενοινας
The latter clause is [...]
Academic Earth Helps You Educate, or Get an Education
Think Hulu, but for nerds. TechCrunch has the scoop:
Ludlow launched Academic Earth with the goal of building a user-friendly platform for educational video that would let anyone be able to freely access instruction from the scholars and guest lecturers at the leading academic universities. The site offers 60 full courses and 2,395 total lectures (almost [...]
Saving Money with Open Source Software
The times, they are a changing. One interesting, and in my opinion welcome, change is a new push by businesses and institutions to move to Open Source Software. Aside from the fact that most open source software is free, there are a whole host of other advantages worth considering. Two that stand out: (1) interpolability [...]
Real Time Twitter Chatter and its Implications
A variety of applications (like TweetDeck) can monitor twitter chatter based on keywords and other filters. Imagine if you were monitoring this data during a certain important time period. You could put your finger on exactly what people were interested in at a certain place and time, and the difference between interests at different places. [...]
File Your Taxes Online for Free
Sorry for two-in-a-row from Lifehacker, but this is important stuff.
By the way, Lifehacker is a really wonderful blog. Whether you’re a tech-guru or not, they always have wonderful advice, most of which will save you money. Visit their site, or just subscribe.
Old Institutions, New Media
Several stories have caught my intention of late. We all know, of course, that the proliferation of computers, and especially the Internet, has changed the way we communicate, shop, talk, think, and research. What’s interesting to me is the trickle-up trends that have been occurring more recently. Old and stalwart institutions are often the slowest [...]
Catch the Inauguration Online
Aren’t going to make it to the inauguration? No worries. This is a Web World. Follow this guide to catch all the action online.
Is Ubuntu Linux Mainstream?
The New York times recently covered the increasing popularity of Ubuntu’s flavor of GNU/Linux, attributing much of its success to Mark Shuttleworth’s leadership and wealth.
There’s a lot of sensationalism in the article. Like this:
But rather than preparing to code for the highest bidder, the developers were coordinating their largely volunteer effort to try to undermine [...]
Finite Knowledge and Humility
Picture our galaxy in your mind. Got it? You probably do. Why? Because every 10 year old is presented with a picture of it early on. It’s one of the things we just know.
Well read this. It is a helpful reminder of the limitations of science, even when it’s conclusions are so ingrained that it [...]
YAPFA (Yet Another Plug for Archice.org)
Though I’ve mentioned it several times, it’s worth repeating: the Internet Archive is a truly wonderful resource. It contains a wide variety of legal downloads in the open domain. I’m currently reading a little Origen (disseration work) while listening to recent Béla Fleck Christmas Concerts.
For the latter below, go here or here, or just listen [...]
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