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Comment on Irish Travellers at Dale Farm: Land, Housing & Eviction by re: religion and technology » Irish Travellers at Dale Farm: Activism, Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:18:27 +0000

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Comment on “The loneliness of the long-distance exoplanetary anthropologist…” by MOR

MOR — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:22:20 +0000

Hi Anna -

Thanks for your comments. It’s true that the blog design doesn’t take slow connections into account – anything from DSL up should be good. I suggest trying the mobile version – there’s a link at the bottom of every page to switch to the mobile version.

The colors are chosen for reading at night or in other dark environments, and also to save energy. Black text on a white background has been found to have even more readability issues especially in different lighting environments and for users with visual disabilities. The mobile version should help with that though if you prefer!

Comment on “The loneliness of the long-distance exoplanetary anthropologist…” by Anna

Anna — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:06:54 +0000

Hi Michael,

Quick uninvited feedback on your blog: the topics are very interesting, and your educational credentials are relevant and interesting as well. However, it is uncomfortable to read white text on a black surface, and also the blog is heavy/slow loading (sitting on a relatively slow connection), probably because all the sidebar stuff is loading on every page. I only complain because I like the topics and would like to read some of the posts :-) and would appreciate if it was more convenient to do so (in the long run). Txs. Anna

Comment on Cyberactivism, iPhone 4 and The Courage to Be by iPhone: ne’ Conflict-Free, ne’ SIM-free - The New Blog Times

iPhone: ne’ Conflict-Free, ne’ SIM-free - The New Blog Times — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:58:48 +0000

[...] della Repubblica Democratica del Congo. La scorsa estate, Apple è stata oggetto di molte campagne di protesta lanciate contro l’utilizzo di minerali provenienti dallo Stato dell’Africa centrale: in [...]

Comment on iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone by MOR

MOR — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:29:43 +0000

And Good Magazine links to the post as well: http://www.good.is/post/smashed-apple-products-an-exhibition-of-destruction/

Comment on iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone by MOR

MOR — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:27:43 +0000

Mother Jones also covers the campaign: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/11/yes-men-iphone-congo

Comment on Eliade: Critical Reading by re: religion and technology » What are “Indigenous Religions”?

re: religion and technology » What are “Indigenous Religions”? — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:40:04 +0000

[...] All references can be found in my Critical Reading of Eliade bibliography. [...]

Comment on iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone by This changes everything. Again « grippingly authentic!

This changes everything. Again « grippingly authentic! — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:56:41 +0000

[...] days after it’s appearance. Luckily, religionandtechnology.com had the foresight to take screen caps of all the pages before the site went dark. Turns out this is another gem from The Yes Men who have posted links [...]

Comment on Religion, the Internet & Cyberspace by re: religion and technology » Bibliography: Religion in Cyberspace

re: religion and technology » Bibliography: Religion in Cyberspace — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:37:08 +0000

[...] on that list, added my own and aggregated some from other lists to start a new bibliography on Religion, the Internet and Cyberspace. The new bibliography joins the others under the Bibliographies tab above and I welcome your [...]

Comment on iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone by MOR

MOR — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:23:04 +0000

See also Spectre Footnotes for additional resource aggregation related to this story: http://spectregroup.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/fwd-alert-fraudulent-conflict-free-iphone-hoax-originating-from-apple-address/

Comment on iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone by hypoluddite

hypoluddite — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:23:18 +0000

I love the Yes Men! Another stunning example of brilliance and a a real-life drama that leaves me on the edge of my seat with a surprising and disturbing degree of humor given the catastrophic situation at hand.

Comment on Cyberactivism, iPhone 4 and The Courage to Be by re: religion and technology » iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone

re: religion and technology » iPhone 4cf: Conflict Free iPhone — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:20:33 +0000

[...] Cyberactivism, iPhone 4 and The Courage to Be [...]

Comment on Life Creates the Universe by ACampnell

ACampnell — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:43:58 +0000

You have just moved me to another level of perception.

Comment on Google’s Autocomplete Algorithm by MOR

MOR — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:39:41 +0000

Not sure why, but the slideshow I’d embedded vanished, added a new one, thanks for noticing!

Comment on Google’s Autocomplete Algorithm by haylii

haylii — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:22:00 +0000

There isn’t a second diagram…? Do update though because it’s interesting!

Comment on Robot Acceptance by Thomas Crownbürger

Thomas Crownbürger — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:51:00 +0000

next thing you know they'll be asking for equal rights and draining our economy.

Comment on Open Source Religion by re: religion and technology

re: religion and technology — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:30:46 +0000

[...] by MOR on 1 Jul 2010 >> experience I’ve blogged about this before and tonight Thomas Friedman spoke about international conflict in terms of a hierarchy of [...]

Comment on Teaching Speciesism: The McDonald’s Talking Fish schools Consumers on Complicit Complacency by Forlorn79

Forlorn79 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:56:42 +0000

I agree with your analysis of the reaction of the actors, but I feel that the message of the song, although comical, may actually sway people away from eating animal products. Even though it’s a funny sounding song, and the commercial is making satire of the animal’s position, maybe it will make some people think more deeply about it. In that way, I think McDonalds may have made a mistake by making this commercial, even if it does result in some short term gains in sales while the commercial is up, the long term loss of some people going vegetarian would be a big problem for them. As a vegan, this is exactly the type of thing I want people to think about, if they were in the position of the animal. Compassion has to start somewhere. Most people won’t get that message, and maybe those types of people were never going to stop eating meat, but to those open to it, the song may make a difference, in spite of the commercial.

Comment on Fatwa Against Body Scans by Boris Martinov

Boris Martinov — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:14:00 +0000

yeah.how are these things acceptable by western standards?

Comment on Church of England calls for Technology Fast by Herbie

Herbie — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:39:23 +0000

It’s a good start for the Bishop of Oxford to call for a technology fast. My question, and this goes for any type of fast from an object, is will there be noticeably changed behavior after Lent?

Perhaps the Bishop could have said more about technology not only as objects, but as a context in which we construct meaning.