Ruminations on biblical studies, technology, economics, and sports from Jason A. Staples
Since the class I’m teaching ended today (grades are already done!), I dropped by the Apple Store to tinker a bit with the new machines. I had the opportunity to run a few tests on the new machines including running Geekbench (I also ran it on a few others for baseline comparisons). Geekbench is a [...] Read more »
I’ve been experimenting with mindmapping software to graphically show trajectories and thematic clusters in my dissertation. So far, I think it may turn out pretty helpful, showing a lot of connections graphically that are really difficult to explain verbally—putting “mosaic” thinking in discursive form is the biggest difficulty (aside from the constant need for citation) [...] Read more »
The Apple Special Event, which is supposed to go “Back to the Mac” is about to start, so I figured I’d put down a few of my hopes for the new Mac OS, which, based on the picture sent out with the invitation, will likely be called “Lion.” (Where do they go from there? It [...] Read more »
About a month ago, I got a little device that scans printed text into my computer line-by-line. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The truth is that I got it about a year and a half ago, but when it arrived, I discovered that—despite having seen online that it worked with Macs—it didn’t have a Mac-compatible [...] Read more »
Apple has released its long-awaited tablet computer to mixed reviews. Some apparently expected the so-called “JesusTablet” to have the ability to raise the dead in its first version, expressing disappointment at the lack of a built-in camera, the lack of Adobe Flash support, no GPS, and assorted other perceived shortfalls. Those criticizing the new release [...] Read more »
