Neil Postman was more oracular than Marshall McLuhan because his predictions, in my limited experience, came true more spectacularly. Postman was less oracular than McLuhan because his predictions made sense to normal people. One of Postman’s predictions/descriptions...
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McLuhan Quote 3
Today, a kind of quote from McLuhan which gives rise to the kind of article Alan Jacobs just wrote at The New Atlantis. Some of McLuhan’s pronouncements are so confidently oracular and yet so nonsensical that you sort of scratch your head and say, “I guess he’s just...
Nine Initial Impressions of BibleWorks 9
I received BibleWorks 9 at lunch today, and I installed it on my work computer as soon as I returned to the office. Here are my 9 initial impressions: I really do like that “Use” tab. I think I will, uh, use it quite a bit. Searching for a given word in all of...
McLuhan Quote 2
Marshall McLuhan in 1976: Interviewer: What would happen if you could shut off television for 30 days in the entire United States of America? McLuhan: It would be a kind of hangover effect, because it’s a very addictive medium. You take it away and people develop all...
How to Find Every Unicode Greek Character in Microsoft Word
I may need to change the typeface of every Greek word in my dissertation from Gentium Book to Gentium Plus. That would take a while if I had to do it manually. I’m going to show you instead how you can do it automatically. I’m going to take you through all my steps to...
McLuhan Quote 1
It’s the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan, the great media theorist. It’s time for some quotes. This one’s about the meaning of a phrase he coined (or popularized?), the “global village.” There are more quotes to come. The global village is not...
How to Clear Up Space in Your Gmail Inbox
I was up to 87% full in Gmail, but there was no way I was going to search for every e-mail that had an attachment (type “has:attachment” in the search box), because I couldn’t sort by size. So I could spend hours deleting e-mails and gain only 1% back. I did search...
Top Five Reasons Why the BibleWorks 9 Upgrade is Worth $159
You should get the brand new BibleWorks 9. Let me give a count-down of the reasons: 5. Barry Beitzel’s Moody Atlas of the Bible. This is a quality resource. 4. The Use tab. BW9 automatically looks up all the occurrences of any word you have highlighted. Handy, because...
Tips and Links for Studying Jewish Documents
David Instone-Brewer of Tyndale House offers some resources for studying Jewish documents. I have found it frustrating a few times to locate and translate Jewish documents relevant to NT study. Looks like this page will be a help. Be sure to submit your e-mail address...
Free Greenville-Area Accordance Seminar May 14
An unpaid advertisement for some quality Bible software: Accordance Bible Software is a unique tool used by scholars, pastors, teachers, students and laypeople all over the world to enhance their studies of Scripture in a time saving, efficient manner. We want...
Are You an Inbox Legalist?
It’s not legalism; I just feel like I’m a better person when my inbox is cleared. I feel like a better person about twice a year, I’d say.
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I can read English, Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, German, and Latin, in that order of fluidity. Truth be known, my German is mainly structural, my Latin mainly vestigial—though the latter is strengthened by my Greek. This mix of training means I can piece together a good...