It’s award season and as you know every year on February 29 I have made it my habit to hand out the coveted Lingy. This year is especially special since I’ve decided to double up the awards and give a Yin and Yang in each category. I’ve noticed in looking at my blogroll that [...]

Cosmos and Ponderosa, originally uploaded by afrikers.

On a walk we discovered an amazing place where the Ponderosa forest floor was carpeted with Cosmos.

Mozambique has a population of somewhere around 20 million people1. Of those, it is estimated that more than 2 million have cell phones2. 1 Instituto Nacional de Estatística (2007) 2. Wireless Federation: mCel profitable (Mozambique), July 4, 2007.

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The Cyber-Psalms

It’s amazing to watch how mobile phones have snuck under the radar and are affecting lives for the better (and sometimes for the worse) in the developing world. Good stuff on job creation and mobile banking. Read it.

Some quotes heard in our house this morning: “Now you’re four times older than me.” “At least I don’t have any gray hair.” (Whispered) “Oh yes he does.” “Daddy, you’re on the hill.” Today I thought I would give you, my dear readers, a little puzzle and see if you can solve it. The [...]

An eye-opening article on how cell phones linking the world in a way that even the Internet can’t. Especially gives evidence of how cell phones in the developing world are the equivalent of computer + Internet in the West. Read it. HT: Go Bible forum

An interesting discussion thread at Go Bible on how SIM, UBS, Go Bible and others worked together to remove copyright restrictions and produce a version mobile phone version of the Bible in Somali. Read the story here.

This week I turn forty. Peter Pan has grown up and discovered himself surrounded by pirates with receding hairlines and expanding paunches. When I listen to popular music it’s only in hopes of being hip and not because I really like the music. I now spend a lot of time shopping for comfortable shoes. And [...]

Which translation of the Bible do I like best?

Originally uploaded by Lingamish

After giving it some thought I realized that my answer to the question, “Which translation of the Bible do you like best?” is definitely the NIV Study Bible. It’s packed with useful stuff for studying. When I have a question about the text there [...]

Lisa at Every Language mentions hearing someone ask from the pulpit that cell phones be turned off. And this is in rural Papua New Guinea! Read the post.

I promise to reply to this soon. John Hobbins has just posted an excellent post on his “favorite translation.” My favorite response yet is from the late blog of Dr. Jim West. Thanks to Google cache it is available here. Peter Kirk points to the NIV/TNIV. I’ll have good things to say about that [...]