pk: repercussio
“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.” Henri PoincareFinally, something to make Jobs wakeup
If Android gets Jobs out of his tunnel vision, then bring it on. I still love my iPhone.
Iphone copy/paste
Ok, this does not rate high on the metaphysical scale, but I found a partially functional way to copy/paste on the iPhone, called iCopy. I’d give you the URL, but, well you know-I can’t copy/paste it between programs!! Read the rest of this entry »
iPhone
Well, I finally got an iPhone (typing on it now). I had tried to upgrade to a PDA phone with Verizon, but returned it two days later. The functionality just wasn’t there for what I needed. The iPhone just works, and looks gorgeous in its applications.
Art? Prodigy? Value?
Last week, Lisa and I watched a documentary on Marla Olmstead, called “My Kid Could Paint That” (includes a trailer), by Amir Bar-Lev. She is the four-year-old (now eight) who caused a sensation with her abstract Pollock-esque paintings that sold for up to $25,000. Read the rest of this entry »
Some summer reading
Just a quick recap of some summer reading, so I can make some mental lists for myself.
I read two books by John Shelby Spong: Jesus for the Non-Religious and The Sins of Scripture. Anyone somewhat familiar with contemporary Christian scholarship (or at least that section of the bookshelf) will recognize his name as one of the most liberal and polarizing names in the field. Read the rest of this entry »
Back at it
Been back a week now. Teaching my first online class - it finished this week - has been challenging technically, because the publisher I’m using had some server issues. At any rate, we had a very nice trip, and got to catch up with a lot of family and friends. The entire Knapp clan was in town - all seven brothers and sisters with their familes.
More related to this blog, I was thankful to have several conversations with a number of close friends and family about the questions and issues I am searching through. It was very, very helpful to talk through a variety of issues and get peoples’ feedback. I’m looking forward to continued dialogue.
John Cage
I’m still out of town, so blogging has been delayed a lot. I came accross this: John Cage’s 639 year composition. It started in 2001 and is now on the 6th note. We talk about Cage in our Appreciation class. He was a really fascinating character - as much an aesthetic philosopher as a composer. He was very much into Zen philosophy, and was a gentle soul. He simply wanted people to rethink their concept of “beauty”. Read the rest of this entry »
Paul and the New Perspective
Just finished Reinventing Paul by John Gager, after it was recommended to me a while back. I was already familiar with the “New Perspective” from N.T. Wright’s work (you can read a partial summary here), and as Wright explains, there are divergent approaches to this “new perspective”. Read the rest of this entry »
Clarifying the Debate Some
In a recent presentation, I tried (among other things) to clarify the mis-use of the word theory by creationsists within the context of the evolution debate. I ammended that entry to include this link, wherein Stephen J. Gould provides a far better (and pretty concise) explanation than I. Gould was a really fascinating character. Read the rest of this entry »
