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Re: Siri’s Not Even the Best iPhone Assistant Anymore

mrklingon — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:26:11 -0000

? Is this only on iPhone 7? I can't see this on my iphone 6.

Re: Make This Mini Star Wars BB-8 Ball Droid with a Hacked Sphero

mrklingon — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:40:15 -0000

Looks like the *real* BB-8 is a sphero at heart -
http://www.denverpost.com/n...

Re: What’s the greenest way to read a book?

mrklingon — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:43:24 -0000

Don't forget - many libraries have ebook AND pbooks to share. It isn't either/or.

Re: Vacation Books on My Kindle

mrklingon — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:36:18 -0000

I'd have said Goodreads (and perhaps LibraryThing) provide the social networking for readers....

Re: Christian Classics (Guest post by Brian LePort)

mrklingon — Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:57:05 -0000

We used to have a big "Christian" bookstore in the same mall as a terrific Barnes and Noble. Over time I realized there was almost nothing I wanted to buy at the Christian bookstore - it was big, but filled with kitschy gifts and decor items. Yes, there was a big selection of Bibles... but when I tried looking for a Christianity Today "book of the year" they 1) hadn't heard of it, and 2) asked "is it a Christian book?" I found that the B&N was a better source for what I wanted, either or the brick-and-mortar or online store.

Re: Is God a man? (a brief response to CBMW’s accusation of heresy)

mrklingon — Mon, 19 May 2014 15:02:08 -0000

Not sure if anyone else posted this - but it made me smile:

http://www.norvillerogers.c...

Re: Daylight Video by Ed Kilgore | Political Animal | The Washington Monthly

mrklingon — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:39:54 -0000

What about Commander Chris Hadfield's version of Space Oddity? https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Diane Duane, Rebloggable-d by request: A little about Rihannsu / Romulan language development

mrklingon — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:20:18 -0000

fwiw: http://mrklingo.freeshell.o... creates the message and has a lookup for Romulan words (From a variety of sources)

Re: The Christian Password

mrklingon — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:49:03 -0000

I do this all the time. Full text of long verses and/or verse portions. It reinforces the memory of things. The nice thing is that by picking from multiple translations and/or lanuages, you have a huge search space to choose from.

Re: Realistic Moments

mrklingon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:02:57 -0000

Ha! I just got back from a trip to the Louvre, and there were quite a few David vs. Goliath pictures - none as awesome as this one. BTW, if you're near Carthage Mo., the Precious Moments chapel is a ... um, quite something to see.... http://www.preciousmoments....

Re: Sad News: The New York TImes' Front Page Podcast Is No More - Business - The Atlantic Wire

mrklingon — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:54:23 -0000

FWIW, you can subscribe to the Audible NYTimes digest. If you're a member (at *Any* level) this is a freebie. It is much longer (45-60 minutes). There are some other new summary podcasts, too - not the NYTimes, I know, but still....

Re: Sweden's space port

mrklingon — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:35:20 -0000

"I don't understand why you would want to put a spaceport that far north." - going into space does not mean "going into orbit." At this point in time space tourism isn't orbital; the equatorial kick isn't needed.

Re: Personal Finance Bible Verse of the Day: Diversification

mrklingon — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:16:09 -0000

Hmm - I think it is about GIVING, not diversifying your holdings - from John Wesley's Notes on the Bible:

Verse 2. Give - A part of thy estate or provisions. He alludes to the ancient custom, whereby the master of the feast distributed several parts to each guest, and withal sent portions to the poor. To eight - To as many as thou art able. For - Great calamities may come whereby thou mayest be brought to poverty, and so disabled from doing good.

Re: 5 Things I Can Do Without

mrklingon — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:17:36 -0000

YES - the public library is your friend (thanks, Benjamin Franklin!)

Here's something I use all the time to get the most out of the libraries.. A friend of mine wrote a Greasemonkey (http://www.greasespot.net/) script for Firefox, "Bookmania" (http://www.longhighway.com/.... With this script installed, when you go to Barnes and Nobles (bn.com) or Amazon, and search for books (or movies or music) you'll get extra links to search for the book in the Hennepin, Ramsey, Minneapolis and St. Paul systems - AND in MNLink, which takes in the whole state of Minnesota. (Anyone with a library card in the Twin Cities can check out of any of the Hennepin, Ramsey, Minneapolis and St. Paul systems). Even better, with MNLink you can request material from any Minnesota library and have it delivered to your local branch library, at no charge (it's one of those cool things your taxes support!).

I really like audio books but, in a cost saving move, I dropped my monthly Audible subscription last year. I thought I'd really miss it (Audible IS a great source for audio books). But, thanks to all the audio books in the libraries, I find instead that I am WAY behind in my listening. And for more free material, I recommend checking librivox.org, gutenberg.org and audiobooksforfree.com to find more.

Oh - and the Hennepin, Mpls and St. Paul libraries also have downloadable audio books too!