Today I get back into the saddle, not blogging (although that is clearly going to happen as a procrastination measure, as this post attests) but in terms of my research. I have largely set aside June for work on my Targum Ruth project with only two trips and a handful […]
It is a reference to Stephen Jay Gould’s excellent article (which you should read if you haven’t, for no other reason than that Dawkins hates it) but it was this cartoon that brought it to mind. That and I happened to have a meeting this morning on a lecture series […]
I admit I do not use it very much…yet. It is a very powerful service that my brother swears by. HT Onward State Google posted an offer to college students a few days ago, saying that they would receive Google Voice invitations within 24 hours. All you need is a .edu […]
Hallelujah! Can you hear the angels singing? I won’t be able to update until I get home but apparently Apple has already addressed some of the key complaints I have with Pages on the iPad. From TUAW: iWork users rejoice! Apple is updating Pages, Numbers and Keynote for the iPad. […]
I hope to, but my schedule lately has been ridiculous. I had a great visit with Bob Cargill and next time I hope to meet up with Chris Heard as well. Bob and I talked a lot of edutech including digital textbooks and eduApps (my term) that would, for example, […]
I am on the road again, this time for five days on the west coast. I spent yesterday in Las Vegas and gave a talk on the Book of Ruth in the only art museum in the entire city. Today and tomorrow I am in LA with a perk being […]
What is the iPad really for? Mac pundit Leo Laporte says that it is an “appliance,” a device for consuming content like music and videos, rather than for creating content. At this moment, having an iPad two weeks after its initial release, I would say that he is 70% correct. […]
This morning I hit the road for Dallas, TX for the Apple Education Leadership Summit. It is the first real workout that the iPad has had and the first time I have had a few moments free to blog. There is much I would like to say about the iPad […]
I have finalized our session for Aramaic Studies, which you can see below. I will actually be giving two papers relating to biblioblogging. (I think I might go back to Biblicablogs. I like that term myself. Anyone else have views on that?) The first will be part of the Blogger […]
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Percolator: The Trustworthiness of Beards A study finds that men with beards are more credible. Even my students could tell you that. Apparently, however, “men with beards were slightly less effective than smooth-cheeked fellows in underwear advertisements.” I probably could have told you that […]