Monday, February 19th, 2007
Michael Jeffrey is posting one free shockwave flash animation each week at the new Digistry website, www.new.digistry.org as part of a lectionary-based resource for worship.
Each Monday Michael posts a list of 4 to 6 clips, for $5 US each, that will work with the lectionary readings for the upcoming week. He’s also providing some ideas on how the clip might be used.
This Sunday being the first Sunday in Lent, Michael’s posted Believe - focusing on themes of overcoming temptation, Are You Tempted, focusing on the way Jesus overcame temptation, (Luke 4:1-13), No Matter What - an off-the-wall cartoon starring Captain Sensible, (Romans 10:5-15), Hidden from View - a reflection on God’s help in times of trouble (Psalm 91), Consuming Fire (Deuteronomy 21:1-11) and The Word (Romans 10:5-15).
Tags: Australia, Spirituality, Technology, Uniting Church, Worship, Youth Ministry
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Monday, February 19th, 2007
A stream of spam emails has just found its way into my inbox, under the guise of a press release about John Howard’s recent heart attack. A heart attack that hasn’t actually happened.
Here’s the text:
“SYDNEY, February 18, 2007 08:56pm (AEDT) - The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard have survived a heart attack. Mr Howard, 67 years old, was at Kirribilli House in Sydney, his prime residence, when he was suddenly stricken. Mr Howard was taken to the Royal North Shore Hospital where the best surgeons of Australia are struggling for his life.”
Readers are asked to click on links to get the latest information on the health of the Prime Minister, a link which appears to be for The Australian but is in fact a Canadian-registered site, no doubt hosting trojan software for harvesting email addresses for future spam. The three addresses I saw, theaunews.com, theau-news.org, austr-news.com, all were registered on February 14.
Thanks to Angus Kidman at IT Wire for the fast work on this.
BTW, to find information on who’s registered a site, use any of the large number of “who is” sites available, such as http://www.whois.net, remembering not to include the “http://www.” part.
Tags: Australia, John Howard, Politics, Technology
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
Microsoft is launching Windows Vista tomorrow. It remains to be seen how the new operating system impacts on everyday computing. I know that it’s easy to find a cheap laptop right now, as long as you’re prepared for it to come with Windows XP. My present leased Dell is due to be replaced in a year’s time so I’ll have the benefit of everyone else’s experience by the time I sign up.
Windows Vista is not the inevitable choice though, as Paul Walton points out on his new blog, Getting There. Paul’s posted a cartoon from The Joy of Tech, revealing his true loyalty in this time of uncertainty…
Click on the picture for the full cartoon.
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Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Technology
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