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I want Historical Post Stats

WordPress.com added a new feature last November which shows the number of hits to each post over time in a nice bar graph. I really want this for my own blog, but I couldn’t find a plugin for it. If you know of one, let me know! If it doesn’t exist, create it, and I’ll…Continue Reading…

Does technology limit or expand new experiences?

Technology allows us to do more in less time. It lets us choose what, when, and how we want to read and hear. We can select the TV shows we want to watch. We customize our newsreaders so we get only the content we’re interested in. I read a great article from the Washington Post’s…Continue Reading…

English majors should learn computer science

At church tonight, we learned about missions in China. It was a very insightful experience, and I’m glad I got to be a part of it and have some fun with my church family. Near the conclusion of our time there, we passed around photos while praying to learn about some of the issues in…Continue Reading…

Lewis in Meet the Robinsons (in 3-D)

Tonight I went to a midnight showing of Disney’s latest computer animated movie, Meet the Robinsons (G). It was a 3-D showing– with 3-D glasses, dual projectors, etc. I was very impressed, and not just because of the superb presentation. It’s also a compelling storyline, and it’s told in a very entertaining way. Academic types…Continue Reading…

U.S. empire going way of the Romans?

In response to an article in the Daily Trojan, U.S. empire going way of the Romans. What made the USA into the superpower that it is? Military spending. Where did most of the nation’s major technological advances in the past 100 years come from? Military spending. The atomic bomb, nuclear energy, the Internet, and so…Continue Reading…

The Value of Community and Multiple Sources

A friend mentioned to me today that it was important to get only the facts, a completely unbiased opinion straight from the source. That means turning to the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times in the case of media, or the Bible in the case of Christianity. This is as opposed to getting…Continue Reading…