Monthly Archives for January 2010

The New Tablet – iPad

A little over a year ago, people saw on the market new portable devices dedicated to reading books and the news. The Kindle stirred up the reading media market. Soon, Sony and altogether new brands joined the market for reading devices.

Apple was still going strong with their advances in iPod technologies — the iPod rubbing backs with the iPhone. Essentially, by January of 2009, the iPod Touch was an iPhone without the phone. So the Touch and iPhone were capable of joining the e-book reading and mobile news selection of devices. There are more than 140,000 apps in Apple’s App Store to date. You can do practically anything with the devices that a laptop can achieve; maybe not as well, but you can do practically anything with these devices. Continue reading →

George Washington Carver – An Uncommon Way

Culture makers are not just artists, politicians, scientists and and the like of the present. There are many unsung heroes of culture from the past that got society to where it is today, and the memory of them slowly fades into the distant past. We should not forget them, and one great documentary has been made to remember one such great of American history: George Washington Carver.

This is one documentary I don’t want to miss! There are few men that walked the line as Carver did, and I think we should reflect his character and sheer diligence in every area of culture in our way of life.

If your are interested in this new documentary, you can check it out here.

How to Review a Movie

Most people don’t know how to digest the information they get in a news article, let alone a movie or television show. When we read the news, we often miss how the news story relates to other news stories, the whole of current events, and what the news reporter believes about the news they reported. We get guided to believe something about the news without using our thought processes to digest the information, but we should. Likewise, as a great culture study exercise, we ought to methodically deduce the meaning and significance of entertainment. Contemplate movies with the following simple rules of thought. Continue reading →

The Case for America’s Christian Heritage: Volume 2

I am in production for the last half of The Case for America’s Christian Heritage DVD lecture series. I would say that I am almost half way through the trenches. Since this is a second volume, I am able to take much of what I created for the first and use it in the second as a template. Continue reading →

A Product of Culture Building – RSS Feeds

I don’t usually write about technology. I think that readers/writers should be responsible enough to pick the gadgets, apps, and what-not that suites them. Even so, I know that in the large vat of the ether of the World Wide Web we readers and writers often overlook some of the best technologies at our disposal, thus, leaving most of us behind the times technologically. I don’t want you to be left behind. We culture-minded folk need to stay sharp and up-to-date. This is why I want to highly recommend that you take the time to learn what RSS feeds are and how they would optimize all your web surfing. Continue reading →

Condemning Culture – The Culture Vacuum

Growing up in a conservative Christian home, it was easy to assume the role as a critic of society. Don’t get me wrong. My family was able to find plenty good in culture that our family could enjoy. I played video games early on, watched movies in the theaters, went out on social engagements to theme parks with friends, etc. I had a taste of most arenas in culture — even as a homeschooler. Really. Continue reading →