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Christian Progress
My last post was titled, American Progress. I posted it for your consideration when I stumbled upon Gast’s painting and could not help but remember the Apple “silhouette” series of advertisements....
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What Calculator is Best for Engineering?
Short answer: Look here. Details follow. . . Five years ago a common question that I would get about this time of year was, “What computer is best for Engineering?” The question usually came from...
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Transistorized Transformation
This is the world’s first transistor radio model. The retail price was $49.95 when introduced on October 18, 1954. Almost 100,000 were sold in the first year of production. It is the model TR-1,...
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Right to Privacy: Is It A Liability?
The fourth amendment to the US constitution (part of the Bill of Rights) states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and...
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Julia Child’s 100th Birthday & Engineering
Today would have been Julia Child’s one-hundredth birthday. (She lived from August 15, 1912 to August 13, 2004.) She is the author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the host of the PBS TV...
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Robo-calls abuse Technology
Back in September my household received more than one political robo-call per day for a time. Even though some were from organizations I support, they all blended into one huge annoyance. Not a...
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Maker Communities vs. Reformer Communities
There is a popular cultural phenomenon called the “Maker Community.” Actually, there are a whole bunch of these communities. “Makers” are people who are interested in crafting innovative and unusual...
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The Twilight of the “Big K”
The “Big K,” more properly known as the “International Prototype Kilogram” is the shiny metal cylinder under the three glass domes. How important is it that when you purchase an ounce of gold you get...
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“Out With The Old, In With The New!” (Hey, wait a sec.)
Old: Majestic 886 New: Nokia 920 I just read a breathlessly exciting advertisement that came in my e-mail in-box today. Gotta share it with you it’s so good. . . It says, “Out with...
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Are You a “Banana Person”?
A couple protesting air pollution on their wedding day. In “suburban language,” a “banana person” is a person who wants to “Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.” I bring up the matter of...
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Technology: Bringing Us Together or Pushing Us Apart?
I recently participated as a guest editor in a week-long round of blog-posts on the blog, “In All Things.” Here are links to the six blog posts in a series titled, “Is Technology Bringing Us Together...
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Holistic Engineering: What’s That?
Here at Dordt College we advocate doing holistic Christian engineering. For that matter, we advocate that all work should be done in a holistic Christian way. But what does that mean? One can always...
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Transistorized Transformation
This is the world’s first transistor radio model. The retail price was $49.95 when introduced on October 18, 1954. Almost 100,000 were sold in the first year of production. It is the model TR-1,...
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Right to Privacy: Is It A Liability?
The fourth amendment to the US constitution (part of the Bill of Rights) states: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and...
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Julia Child’s 100th Birthday & Engineering
Today would have been Julia Child’s one-hundredth birthday. (She lived from August 15, 1912 to August 13, 2004.) She is the author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking and the host of the PBS TV...
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Robo-calls abuse Technology
Back in September my household received more than one political robo-call per day for a time. Even though some were from organizations I support, they all blended into one huge annoyance. Not a...
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Maker Communities vs. Reformer Communities
There is a popular cultural phenomenon called the “Maker Community.” Actually, there are a whole bunch of these communities. “Makers” are people who are interested in crafting innovative and unusual...
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The Twilight of the “Big K”
The “Big K,” more properly known as the “International Prototype Kilogram” is the shiny metal cylinder under the three glass domes. How important is it that when you purchase an ounce of gold you get...
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“Out With The Old, In With The New!” (Hey, wait a sec.)
Old: Majestic 886 New: Nokia 920 I just read a breathlessly exciting advertisement that came in my e-mail in-box today. Gotta share it with you it’s so good. . . It says, “Out with...
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Are You a “Banana Person”?
A couple protesting air pollution on their wedding day. In “suburban language,” a “banana person” is a person who wants to “Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything.” I bring up the matter of...
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