Catching up...

Trying to catch up on a bunch of stuff that's accumulated in my reader...

• The Bible Style Guide: A free eBook from BiteMyBible. Though intended for non-specialists, it really has a lot of helpful information presented objectively. (HT: Tim at SansBlogue) From the site:

The Bible Style Guide is a reference text designed specifically for those working within the media industry. It provides a crash course in the Bible for busy journalists, broadcasters and bloggers.
Packed with useful facts and figures, it includes handy overviews of issues that often hit the headlines, as well as terms that are often misunderstood. Whether you’re covering Creationism or Zionism, or want to know your apostle from your epistle, The Bible Style Guide is here to help you get started.

• Island Jewels: Understanding Ancient Cyprus and Crete - Free eBook from Biblical Archaelogy Society (btw, use that link instead of the incorrect one on the front page of the BAR site) A 70 page PDF download upon subscribing to the BAR enewsletter; mostly classical stuff, but some biblical related. (HT: Todd Bolen at BiblePlaces)
  

• Mobile Computing, OliveTree BibleReader4: Some interesting observations noted and linked on this post. There are challenges for those companies trying to create Bible software for a variety of all the mobile platforms out there. OliveTree has released a beta of BibleReader4 for the Blackberry, and they have been working on iPhone apps too. OliveTree has also set up a Twittering service to keep updated. Our IT department at my seminary has also gone to Twittering to keep everyone updated on systems issues, but I'm still not a Twittering or Plurking fan... The latest CCMag issue has an article reflecting on the importance of iPhone and Google Android phones in the coming years.
  

And finally, just for fun, check out igod, an artificial intelligence site. (HT: lingamish) Here's what I found out: