Thursday, September 29, 2011

Amazon Kindle Fire impressions (video) -- Engadget

I have heard about Amazon Kindle Fire - Amazon's answer to the tablet wars currently raging. I like the device. There are two things I don't like about it.

a. There are few hardware I/O ports.
b. Only has Android 2.1 when I really would have liked to see at least Android 3.0 in a new Tablet.





Amazon Kindle Fire impressions (video) -- Engadget

Comics Alliance has a great article about how DC Comics has entered a deal to exclusively deliver collections to the device. They even released a list:

All Star Superman
All Star Batman & Robin, The Boy Wonder, Vol. 1
American Vampire Vol. 1
Batman and Robin, Vol. 1: Batman Reborn
Batman and Robin, Vol. 2: Batman vs. Robin
Batman and Robin, Vol. 3: Batman Must Die!
Batman and Son
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
Batman: Hush
Batman: R.I.P.
Batman: The Black Glove
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne
Batman: Year One
Blackest Night
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 1
Blackest Night: Black Lantern Corps Vol. 2
Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps
Brightest Day, Vol. 1
Brightest Day, Vol. 2
Brightest Day, Vol. 3
Daytripper
Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile
Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm
Fables Vol. 3: Storybook Love
Fables Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers
Fables Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons
Fables Vol. 6: Homeland
Fables Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days)
Fables Vol. 8: Wolves
Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince
Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces
Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages
Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover
Fables Vol. 14: Witches
Fables Vol. 15: Rose Red
Green Lantern Vol. 3: Wanted Hal Jordan
Green Lantern: Agent Orange
Green Lantern: Blackest Night
Green Lantern: Rage of the Red Lanterns
Green Lantern: Rebirth
Green Lantern: Secret Origin
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
Identity Crisis
Kingdom Come
MAD About Oscars
MAD About Superheroes
MAD About Superheroes
MAD About the 50′s
MAD About the 60′s
Marzi
Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories
Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man
Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century
Planetary Vol. 4: Spacetime Archaeology
Superman for All Seasons
Superman: Earth One
The Dark Knight Strikes Again
The Flash: Rebirth
The Joker
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 1)*
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol. 2 )*
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House
The Sandman Vol. 3: Dream Country
The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You
The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections
The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives
The Sandman Vol. 8: World's End
The Sandman Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake
The Sandman: Dream Hunters
The Sandman: Dream Hunters (P. Craig Russell)
The Sandman: Endless Nights
The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
The Unwritten Vol. 2: Inside Man
V for Vendetta
Watchmen
We3
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4: Safeword
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 5: Ring of Truth
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 6: Girl on Girl
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 7: Paper Dolls
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 9: Motherland

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/29/dc-amazon-kindle-fire-graphic-novels-exclusive/#ixzz1ZP3fmFxf
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Left-handedness in the Hebrew Bible | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament

Dr Mariottini has posted a great article about Left-handedness in the Bible and the world of the Bible! A must-read!!!!

Left-handedness in the Hebrew Bible | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament
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Interactive Infographic: Trends in Higher Education - Education - GOOD

Here is a really cool infographic you have to try out. It's interactive and graphs the number of degrees earned in multiple fields comparing 1998 and 2008. I find it really interesting because I earned my first degree in 1997. Play around with it. The graphic even breaks the information down by gender!

Interactive Infographic: Trends in Higher Education - Education - GOOD
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And Man Created God | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament

Dr Mariottini has posted an article about Robert Banks' interesting book, And Man Created God: Is God a Human Invention? (Oxford: Lion Hudson, 2011). I'm highly interested in the article because today we have so many attacks on Christianity alleging that the God revealed to us in Scripture is nothing more than a product of human imagination and wishes. It's nice that there is a book out there that goes up against such lies. On the article Mariano posted:

People need God, but only the true God will satisfy the basic needs of humanity. The prophets of the Old Testament recognized that man-made gods have no power to transform the life of an individual. Jeremiah said those who went after worthless things became worthless themselves (Jeremiah 2:5).
Secular people and those who have created their own gods need to learn that the worship of man-made gods leads to “loss of sanity and humanity.”



And Man Created God | Dr. Claude Mariottini – Professor of Old Testament
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Little Spider Can Teleport - G4tv.com

Cross spider (Araneus diadematus) seen in Oakl...Image via Wikipedia"Does what ever a spider can..."





Little Spider Can Teleport - G4tv.com
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