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The Modern Printing Press: From Manuscript to Dead-Tree Edition!

February 22, 2011 By jbb Leave a Comment

Just in case you have forgotten how hard it was to make a book in the modern printing press era. Now that going from finished manuscript to e-book has reduced the process by at least 1,000 steps, AND no longer requires the army of workers and physical materials why has the price to get books [...]

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Presidents Day: The First Five Presidents [video]

February 10, 2011 By jbb Leave a Comment

Educational Music Video created by Full Sail University student, Peter Binskin, for emdt/Music Theory & Applications (MTA) course. He’s gotten over a thousand hits and a “response” video. Our students do amazing work.

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The Long Strange Journey of Steve Jobs

October 18, 2010 By jbb Leave a Comment

I spent an hour of my weekend watching the Bloomberg TV documentary on Steve Jobs, part of their “Game Changers” series. For those of us early PC users, who lived through the micro-computer era, the episode was a pretty well balanced portrayal of the times and the long strange journey of Mr. Jobs. Not too [...]

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In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think

March 11, 2010 By jbb 2 Comments

I just finished read/listening to Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, and like waking with memories of a vivid dream, I want to get my thoughts down before they get pushed aside by the concerns of the day. In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think I think that [...]