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Not Fit for Dinner: Placing #ObamaInHistory“We can disagree about the connections made on the President biography pages, but we we would be mistaken to think that Obama is ahistorical and is leading America in a past-less present.”
The Televangelists: In Praise of Sherlock & its Co-Creator Steven Moffat“Here, then, is a brief tour through Moffat’s oeuvre of awesomeness.”
Sacred Space: What’s Wrong with Videogames in Church?“My objection to video games in church boils down to what makes a church.”
Grace Notes: My Bloody Valentine“Few bands can claim to have altered the musical landscape, much less charted out an entirely new landscape.”
Mixed Signals: How to Make a Proper Apology“Learning to make a proper apology is one of those indispensable life skills that we all need but few of us were trained to deliver appropriately.”
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Kinect: Future Awesome
Posted on January 20, 2011 | No CommentsProject Natal was going to be awesome. It was going to be more than awesome…it was going to leave us just one or two hardware innovations from Minority Report. Then the Kinect came out, and it was just another Wii: We wanted to lightsaber duel... -
Four Crucial Technology Landmarks in 2010
Posted on January 14, 2011 | 5 CommentsLast year, the technological landscape changed in permanent and surprising ways. -
Don’t Not Pray for Christopher Hitchens
Posted on October 14, 2010 | 4 CommentsSeptember 20th was “Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day”. The writer and well-known atheist has cancer of the esophagus, and several of his friends in the clergy enlisted their congregations to pray for him. Hitch was understandably indifferent to the idea — “unless it makes you... -
How I Met Your Mother: “Friends” With a Conscience
Posted on September 20, 2010 | 5 CommentsNeither Barney nor Joey are good guys. The show that pretends they are is the one that's flawed. -
Interfaith Apathy
Posted on September 10, 2010 | 9 CommentsDoes being completely uninterested in interfaith dialog make me a bad person? -
Why is pop culture?
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsWe here at CaPC spend a lot of time talking the whos, whats, and hows of pop culture. All of that talk is governed by the when (that is, now…certainly not yesterday), and the where (the West). But we don’t talk a lot about the... -
RetroPost: Should We Feel Great About Proposition 8?
Posted on August 6, 2010 | 7 CommentsIt seemed like a good idea at the time... -
What Reading a Digital Bible Does to Your Mind
Posted on August 4, 2010 | 8 CommentsWe dare you to read this entire article without being distracted. -
The iPad is…
Posted on June 17, 2010 | No Comments“My First Week with Apple’s Latest Wonder Gadget” by John Dyer at Collide falls in line with the last podcast, and David’s article about the iPad. -
Transformers 2: Not Great, but that’s Not the Point
Posted on July 7, 2009 | 2 CommentsTransformers 2 is everything you feared it would be, but who really cares? -
Coolest Vehicle of the Year
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsThis may be the coolest vehicle you’ll see all year: a motorcycle with a two-seat and fully-enclosed sidecar. No, I don’t think you can buy one. Oh, and some company made a car that runs on compressed air. I don’t think that’s a big deal,... -
Top 5 Recession Foods
Posted on June 11, 2009 | No CommentsMy Top 5 Recession Foods 1) Oatmeal – Not only is it my son’s favorite food, bu for about $2 a week I can feed breakfast to my whole family, and have a snack at work. Throw in $1.50 for some raisins if you have... -
Should We Feel Great About Proposition 8?
Posted on June 8, 2009 | 19 CommentsIt seemed like a good idea at the time... -
Star Trek Gets Real
Posted on May 19, 2009 | 5 CommentsYou may groan at first mention, but Star Trek's plot device resonates with us because it happened to us. -
It’s In Your Head
Posted on May 18, 2009 | No CommentsI StumbledUpon this entry by the incredibly contentious (and irritating) biologist, professor, and atheist PZ Myers, talking about the changes our brains go through in response to our use of technology. So yes, using computers all the time and chatting in the comments sections of... -
If you’re a PC…
Posted on May 11, 2009 | No CommentsIf you find Windows XP slow and boring, and Vista interesting, but maddening, Microsoft offers a nonverbal apology. Windows 7 is set for release this fall, in time for Christmas. Not only that, but you can download a free evaluation copy of the release client... -
How Gadgets Lose Their Magic
Posted on April 29, 2009 | No CommentsHow Gadgets Lose Their Magic But now my daydreams are different. As technological magic becomes routine, I wonder whether a visit to a preindustrial society might teach me more than it teaches them. The only thing more fascinating than our technology is the idea of... -
We Forgot.
Posted on April 28, 2009 | No Comments“The Great Swine Flu Epidemic of 1976.” If this were a story arc on The West Wing I would be incredulous. -
Oh. Noes.
Posted on April 27, 2009 | 3 CommentsWoW on iPhone. Someone help us. Please. -
Sci-Fi Conflict
Posted on April 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe Bible teaches us to have childlike faith, but also to move beyond the elementary teachings of the Gospel. It’s a tough line to walk, and it seems like we’re not the only ones dealing with the difficulty. This may not fall under the heading...