So. I had a huge list of books that was to go up on a website I designed. The list included ISBNs, and I wanted to make every ISBN a link containing my Amazon affiliate code. The list included the ISBNs in a convenient standard format: "ISBN 1234567890123." All the...
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Five Reasons to Buy Logos
Several concerned friends have contacted me about a blog post detailing Five Reasons Not to Buy Logos. I urge everyone considering such a purchase to read the five reasons, but you could save about 80% of your time reading that post by being a regular reader of...
Word on the Street: Logos Bible Software
I just received the following: Mark, Word on the street is that you're the local expert on Logos [at Bob Jones]. So I thought I'd get your input, when you have time, on the pros and cons of Logos. I have Bibleworks and have not seen the need for Logos until recently...
Toggl Desktop
One of the problems with using any time-tracking software is that you actually have to tell it what you're doing and when you start and stop. I mean, shouldn't it just know? Toggl Desktop has taken one step toward solving that problem for me: it lets me know if I've...
Greenville-Area BibleWorks Seminar
I will be putting on an area-wide BibleWorks seminar at Morningside Baptist Church. There will be two sessions: Beginner-Intermediate (Feb 11, 9:30 am–12:00 pm) Gain a solid understanding of how to use BibleWorks in real-life exegesis and sermon prep. I assume you...
Funny Quote on Technology Guaranteed to Make You Laugh or Your Money Back (If You Do Laugh, Would You Consider Giving Me Some Money?)
From John Dyer's From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology : When it comes to technology, each generation sees the issue from a slightly different perspective. Douglas Adams, author of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, once grouped...
Quick Thought on Social Media
I’ve been on Facebook pretty much since it became available to me. I tried MySpace briefly. I have an obligatory Google Plus account. But the one piece of social media I most enjoy is Goodreads. Here’s why: in the world of book reading, things don’t happen fast. Even...
Spotify: Not Sharpest Knife in Drawer, But Close
This review was supplied by little Mikey Wood, a ten-year-old technology reviewer I have hired to do kid-appropriate reviews of new tech. Mikey is a distant cousin of Rodney Trotter, of Reformation 21 fame. I like Spotify. It is good. It's kind of weird, though,...
The Pastor and His Technology
My friend Dr. Bob Gonzales is the Academic Dean at Reformed Baptist Seminary, whose upstate SC modules meet down the street from my neighborhood. He’s asked me to deliver two little lectures at their upcoming module, and they say “auditors are invited.” I think that...
How to Kern
My inner typography nerd was thrilled to discover this very cool website. If you don't know what kerning is or why it matters, check it out. If you do, see if you can beat my top score of 91… HT: Drew Fields