I downloaded DTV last week and have been fiddling with it. Its now possible to broadcast online without any cost for bandwidth with the “broadcast machine” and the open source software from ParticipatoryCulture.org And people can view it through RSS readers. I opened up an account and will probably do a few broadcasts to test…
Read MoreMy Random Son Wins a T-Shirt
Sam just won a signed T-Shirt from HabboHotel for sending in the most random of random objects – a homemade loaf of blue liquid bread that dissolves metal. Sam, who is now 14, has been a regular on habbo hotel, and is responsible for setting up Suddenly Seminary each time we meet. His own rooms…
Read MoreBartha on Technology
“This is the crux: When a 14-year old hacks Netscape and at 19 releases Firefox which gets downloaded a million times the first day; when a bored teen sings “Dragostea Din Tea” by the Romanian pop band “O-Zone” into his web cam and gets downloaded over a million times … emerging church leaders need to…
Read MoreBlogosphere Doubling every 5.5 months
State of the Blogosphere: – The blogosphere continues to double about every 5.5 months – A new blog is created about every second. If you will be at Greenbelt Festival this month, I will be speaking on “The Spirituality of Blogging.”
Read MoreDownloadable NerdTV
Robert Cringley, who less than a year ago said “most of the video bloggers will be blogging to themselves” (link) is now getting ready to produce his own downloadable TV show called NerdTV that will be distributed through PBS web site using Bit Torrent, a network of distributed servers (Robert’s “poor man’s Akamai”) . .…
Read MoreIf the Bible was Blogged
I know the Bible was not blogged. The publishing technologies were different back then. But what if it was? What technologies would be used? What kind of blogs would the authors create for their unique messages? Jesus wrote in the sand with his finger. No doubt a Wiki-man who would have preferred his own Wiki…
Read MoreLomo VJ’ing at the Pyramids
Whoever said that i am addicted to the fashionably hip and cool was . . . ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! Take a look at this. Lomography VJ’ing at the Pyramids, May 27 and 31. DJ Electronische and avantegarde arabic tunes. How cool is that? And since I have been posting Lomographs on their site since 2001, some…
Read MoreThe nEthics of Hacking Google
“Google [the almighty search engine] relies mostly on two criteria: The number of sites that link to yours and, to a lesser degree, the content of your page as it relates to the keywords selected. (For example, the number of times the words appear on that page).” Greg Boser, Google hacker A simple formula can…
Read More“New” PowerBooks and more.
– Apple “unveiled” their new Powerbooks today. They look just like the old ones, only a little faster. I think the word “unveiled” is a little optimistic. What happened to G5 Powerbook? Are they coming around the corner? If they are, then Apple are trying to flog off their stock. Story at MacMegasite. Assuming this…
Read MoreGeekness and the Fear of Death
My son is a geek. This is how i know. When I ask him what time it is, he goes looking for a computer, no matter how many clocks are on the wall. Last week I saw him start up a computer and wait for it to boot up, just so he could see what…
Read MoreBitTorrent + RSS = Videora
Link: Wired reports:”a new application combining BitTorrent and RSS could make it easy for video fans to automatically locate files and download them to their computers.” Its called Videora.
Read MoreYour Christmas QT movie on your Blog
Want to put that Christmas video on your blog? Here’s how . . .
Read MoreThe Skinny on Powerpoint
I did it. I finally used Powerpoint, that program-with-horns from the pit of Microsoft. And I didn’t feel dirty afterwards. Some friends were there to see me fall into sin and threatened to spill the beans, so i figured i would fess up before you hear it from them. Please dont leave flaming comments or…
Read MoreApple Temple of Cool Opens
New pilgrimage site in London, one that i hope to pay my respect to in about 2 weeks. The Apple Store opens in London in about an hour. WISH I WAS THERE!!!!!!! I have been waiting over a year for this – it should be a highly spiritual experience, and a droolworthy one, as this…
Read MoreA Delicious Library
New software that could change the way we share books. Delicious Library enables you to re-create a virtual image of your old-media library. You can use a scanner to get your books loaded up, and you can also write reviews, help others buy the books, or even be open to lending them out to others.…
Read MoreThe Bards Tale
The Bard’s Tale is a new action/role playing game for PS2, XBox, Gamecube, PC (ahhhh what about Mac, dangit?) that is set in Orkney Islands. An Orkney Islands with trees and vampires, but Orkney nonetheless. How nice to see our little islands get so much cred in the gaming world!!! It sounds like a spiritual…
Read MoreOur view
Heres a picture taken from my front yard last week in Stromness, at exactly 9am, on Oct 23rd, 2004 AD, a moment that some would call significant. The photo was uploaded here on Flicker using a free beta client for Mac called 1001. The software is great. It streams recent photos from my Flickr account…
Read MoreSoftware: 2 Cheap and 5 Free
CHEAP 1. Skype for VOP internet calling. People are raving about Skype. Jordon Cooper is using it and Brad Smith sent me an email this morning with a recommendation to save BIG dollars on overseas calls using internet instead of your phone. 2. Ecto is my blogging editor of choice. I use it daily. If…
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