Tag: Technology
The Nook Simple Touch
Now available for preordering, on June 10, Barnes and Noble will release the new Nook Simple Touch, the first major hardware update for their e-Ink reader. With this reader, Barnes and Noble is matching Amazon’s current Kindle 3 WiFi price of $139. Nook Simple Touch boasts 80% better page refresh rates, and gone is the…
Chromebooks are Coming
Google recently announced that Chromebooks from Acer and Samsung would start retailing on June 15 at Amazon and BestBuy. The prospect of Google’s working to improve its existing apps (e.g., Docs) in order to increase the Chromebooks’ competition with existing Netbooks may also make Chromebooks indirectly beneficial even to those who choose not to purchase…
New Zotero Styles and Updates for Biblical and Theological Studies
The Society of Biblical Literature style for Zotero has recently been updated (8:16 pm, May 11, 2011). Since I had last visited the style repository, development versions of the following styles have also been added: Currents in Biblical Research INTER. Romanian Institute for Inter-Orthodox, Inter-Confessional and Inter-Religious Studies Universidad Evangélica del Paraguay Wheaton College PhD…
Zotero at the Chronicle of Higher Education
On Tuesday, Brian Croxall compared Zotero and EndNote. At least until a stable release of Zotero standalone arrives, the review has the two platforms standing fairly on equal terms. Recent updates to Zotero’s SBL citation style have included some additional issues, but hopefully, those problems will soon be remedied also. Today, Amy Cavender mentions some interesting compatibility between…
An NEH Grant for a New SBL Website
The Society of Biblical Literature has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a new website that will “invite[] general audiences to engage with biblical scholarship.” The website is currently scheduled for a full launch in 2013. For the full SBL press release, see here.
Kindling Aristotelian Poetic Penguins
At least for the present, Amazon has available two Kindle versions of Penguin’s edition of Aristotle’s Poetics, page numbering included. The difference between the two seems mainly to be the difference between an older and a newer cover, with the version that has the newer cover retailing for $1.90.