As Andy Ihnatko pointed out in his Chicago Sun Times article, eBook readers are all the rage this holiday season. I have been slow to this party for one main reason: iPod Touch/iPhone. Ever since I received an iPod Touch last December I have been happy reading books on the […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Some of you may be aware that in the last two weeks company called Dragon has released Dragon Dictation for the iPhone and Dragon Search. I was so impressed with the dragon dictation and in need of a good dictation software that I thought I would give their Mac version […]
I am still testing this plugin and I thought for this test I would put my SBL paper from 2006 where I discussed how I teach the Bible in a secular context. For those interested, the plugin is now working (or tell me if you don’t see the podcast below!) […]
Last week the university released its annual video greeting. I was honored to have a brief appearance. If you are interested in the work I was referring to in the video it was just published in this article. (I mentioned it on this blog back in Oct.)
I have relied upon the old PodPress plugin for several years now and it is long out of date and causing trouble with WordPress. My brother directed me to PowerPress by Blubrry and I am just testing its features. Bonus: it can “migrate” (simply recognize) podpress episodes giving backwards compatibility. […]
UPDATE: Fred Small who is the pastor of the Unitarian church that invited Garrison Keillor to speak has posted a rebuttal. John is not happy with Garrison’s slam on secular Christmas songs in his oped piece “Nonbelievers, please leave Christmas alone.” Perhaps it’s just satire when he whales on Jewish songwriters who […]
One of our graduate students sent this along (his own creation). I think there is a deeper theological truth here than first meets the eye. It affirms the long suppressed True Gospel of Indy that states, “A lo! This day is born to you a savior. This savior is but […]
Last week the kids were sledding and I while I did not take my DSLR with me for fear of harming it, I did have my iPhone. I took some nice little videos and I was quite pleased with a few of the pictures. One drawback? My right hand was […]
My brother Steve Brady and his colleague (and fellow Penn State alumnus) Tony Pittman have a technology podcast called “Get the Next____” It is part of Tony’s Real Tech for Real People site. You can find it on iTunes here. It is Episode 15 which is not up yet, but […]
I posted this the last few years and thought it worth sharing again. It is a fun story, even for those dads lacking in facial hair. I share parts of a fun Christmas story for kids. Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini, Henry Cole (Illustrator). Oops! I just realized I said, “Welcome […]