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Podcasts now available in the Pure Lounge!
Posted 17/03/2011 - 10:22 by Matt
For those of you with a Pure Flow radio, you can now listen to our Podcasts:
thepositiveword: http://new.thelounge.com/content/podcast/3016154-the-positive-word-throu...
Daily Readings - KJV: http://new.thelounge.com/content/podcast/3016169-daily-bible-readings-kjv
Daily Readings - WEB: http://new.thelounge.com/content/podcast/3016165-daily-bible-readings-web
KJV Daily Bible Readings Audio
Posted 23/12/2010 - 08:37 by Matt
An audio version of the King James Bible is now available on http://read.thepositiveword.com/?ver=KJV - just click on the player on the top right of the page. These are also available as a podcast at http://read.thepositiveword.com/dailykjvrss.php and on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/daily-bible-readings-king/id411625245
some updates to http://read.thepositiveword.com
Posted 29/11/2010 - 22:52 by Matt
Today I've completed some updates to http://read.thepositiveword.com, mainly some tweaks to the site layout and the integration of Google search. As always, any feedback is appreciated!
The Sand Gospel
Posted 14/11/2009 - 08:34 by Matt
Thought it time to give this another airing!
Daily Readings on Facebook
Posted 08/10/2009 - 06:19 by Matt
The Daily Readings are now available on Facebook again (http://apps.facebook.com/biblecompanion/)
http://read.thepositiveword.com has been reinstated
Posted 04/10/2009 - 07:49 by Matt
I'm pleased to say that our bible readings site at http://read.thepositiveword.com has now been reinstated. The site has been unavailable for about a week due to issues with our web hosting provider, so I have now re-written the back ground processing that provides the bible text. There are a few items that still need further work:
Are you worried about credit card fraud?
Posted 21/08/2009 - 09:02 by Matt
How safe is our data - in particular our financial data? Can anyone access our bank account or credit card and take money without us realizing until the next statement is due? Should we worry about these things?
Thank God for Jupiter!
Posted 22/07/2009 - 12:18 by Matt
Take a look at this news story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/science/space/22jupiter.html
Jupiter was hit by a big meteor last sunday "leaving a bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean near its south pole". What interested me is the last quote:
The Narrow Door
Posted 21/07/2009 - 10:24 by Matt
It's amazing how you can turn a minor frustration into something positive. This morning I was going to work at the Whitley site, where the car parks are on the outside of the campus and you have to go through a security gate to get in. It was raining, so I had my umbrella, lunch box and my laptop case. I didn't have enough arms. I arrived at the gate which is a very narrow turnstile, and helped the lady in front of me who had got her handbag stuck in the turnstile.
Pecha Kucha
I recently came across 'Pecha Kucha' (usually pronounced in three syllables like "pe-chak-cha") which is a simple way to execute engaging presentations - the rules being that you can display 20 images for 20 seconds each. That's it - the presentation done in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Some more links here:
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/what
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-09/st_pechakucha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha