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Neal Stephenson: Anathem
In lieu of a more formal book review, here is my capsule summary:
“In response to the sudden appearance of extraterrestrial visitors, philo-math monks gather together to discuss multi-state causal consciousness models as a outflow of quantum mechanics.”
Sound interesting? Anathem is a great book and I highly recommend it if you like mathematics, philosophy, Neal Stephenson, [...]
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TNIV cracks Amazon.com Top 10
For those questioning the TNIV’s distribution and marketing strategies, it is worth noting that that the TNIV Kindle Edition has cracked the top 10 on Amazon.com’s Kindle Bestseller list, and is currently listed in the #8 position.
I suppose it’s only fair to mention that Zondervan is offering the TNIV Kindle Edition for $0 – that’s [...]
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Kindle: reading, bookmarking and PDFs
I‘ve purchased a few titles now and have been reading regularly now that I’m back in my daily “work” routine and not on holiday vacation. I typically ride the metro bus to/from work, which means at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted reading (or nap) time each way!
Titles I’ve purchased:
KJV Bible
NET Bible (Noteless)
Star Wars: Legacy of [...]
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Kindle: Some first impressions
As I mentioned in a previous post, my wife surprised me with an Amazon Kindle e-book reader for Christmas. I’ve been playing around with it as time allows, but haven’t bought a book yet – instead, I’ve been downloading the free samples and getting a feel for the gadget.
These are some initial thoughts and impressions [...]
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Ghosts of past, present and future translations
Tis the season for lists and a few bloggers have been posting [here, here, here] on which Bible translations they’re settling on at the end of 2008. This year was pretty settled for me in that regard – certainly not as much flux as ‘07 when I started this blogging experiment as a way to [...]
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ESV Study Bible available for Kindle