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Is the Kingdom of God present in a Blue Screen of Death?

By John Dyer on July 3, 2012March 5, 2020

What you see above is the new Windows 8 “Blue Screen of Death” (properly known as a “Stop Error”) that users will see when their tablet, laptop, or desktop crashes for someContinue readingIs the Kingdom of God present in a Blue Screen of Death?

Descartes on the Purpose of Technology and the Body

By John Dyer on June 30, 2012March 5, 2020

As part of her dissertation research, my wife is looking at how Dostoevsky viewed and critiqued some of Descartes’s ideas. In doing so, she stumbled upon the following passage inContinue readingDescartes on the Purpose of Technology and the Body

Teen Online Video Usage [INFOGRAPHIC]

By John Dyer on June 14, 2012March 5, 2020

The Pew Research Center recently released a study of teens and online video, and a group called “Online College” made an info graphic out of the video portion. Most ofContinue readingTeen Online Video Usage [INFOGRAPHIC]

HTML5 Audio Karaoke – a JavaScript audio text aligner

By John Dyer on June 1, 2012March 5, 2020

What it Does Based on some amazing work by my friend Weston Ruter, I’ve put together a little library that mashes together some text (usually some HTML) an audio sourceContinue readingHTML5 Audio Karaoke – a JavaScript audio text aligner

Why My Church Waited 10 Years to Go HD

By John Dyer on May 30, 2012March 5, 2020

A few Sundays ago, I looked up at the screens in our church auditorium and immediately bumped my wife and said, “Look!” Her response was, “What? What am I lookingContinue readingWhy My Church Waited 10 Years to Go HD

What Scifi Can Teach Us about Technology and Humanity [VIDEO]

By John Dyer on May 17, 2012March 5, 2020

This week, I came across two videos that portray our technological future in pretty dark, but really interesting tones. Both play with the idea of “progress” and ask questions aboutContinue readingWhat Scifi Can Teach Us about Technology and Humanity [VIDEO]

Two Great Technology and Faith Conferences in June 2012

By John Dyer on May 14, 2012March 5, 2020

If you’re anywhere on the West coast or have flexible travel plans next months, and you’d like to spend time with some fellow believers who think deeply about the relationshipContinue readingTwo Great Technology and Faith Conferences in June 2012

Q&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media

By John Dyer on May 11, 2012March 5, 2020

Religion and Media Blog Tour Earlier this spring, Dr. Mark Hoffman (www.crossmarks.com) of Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg had me Skype into a class of his in Gettysburg, and I was impressed by theContinue readingQ&A with Dr. Mark Hoffman, Professor of Religion and Media

Cross-Browser Native Get/Set Properties in JavaScript

By John Dyer on May 2, 2012March 5, 2020

JavaScript Doesn’t Support Properties When I first created MediaElement.js a few years ago, I wanted to make a JavaScript object that fully mimicked the HTML5 Media API, but under the hood itContinue readingCross-Browser Native Get/Set Properties in JavaScript

Parenting Tip: Three Photos, and I’m Out!

By John Dyer on April 27, 2012March 5, 2020

Jon Acuff has a nice post about Skrillex (an Internet sensation for his electronic music) who recently advised a group of his fans that they shouldn’t try to experience his concert throughContinue readingParenting Tip: Three Photos, and I’m Out!

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