Internet
Facebook Friends Going AWOL 9:20pm Wednesday, Apr 16 About Face Between 2006 and 2007 the social networking site, Facebook, went from being the 60th to the 7th most popular web site on the Internet but one year on there are signs that the Facebook bubble is bursting. A face to face conversation with about 90 […]
Internet Evangelism Day
Dear friends Internet Evangelism Day is nearly here – 27 April is the date! I do want to say a big thank you for the interest you have shown in IE Day or church websites, and may I therefore send you our latest news item which covers both these things. We would be very grateful […]
Getting a Double-Spaced Printout
*Getting a Double-Spaced Printout* It is not uncommon to need a double-spaced printout of a document while you are developing it. However, it can be bothersome to save the document as double-spaced, particularly if the need for double-spacing is only temporary (meaning your final document will be single-spaced). If you need an easy way to […]
Wikipedia’s Accuracy
Wikipedia survives research test John Seigenthaler criticised Wikipedia’s reliability The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows. The British journal Nature examined a range of scientific entries on both works of reference and found few differences in accuracy. Wikipedia is produced by volunteers, who add […]
Word – Drawing a Curve
*Drawing a Curve in Word* If you want to insert a curved line in your Word document, you can do so by following these steps: 1. Make sure the Drawing toolbar is displayed. 2. Click on AutoShapes. Word displays a menu of different shape categories. 3. Click on the Lines option. Word displays a palette […]
Parent Trap
Aaron Diamant A new web warning for families. More and more parents are getting burned when their kids spill family secrets online. Sixteen year old Shannon knows the drill: Anything she posts on social networking sites can come back to haunt her when she applies for college or a job. Now, there’s a new twist […]
The Hazards of Citizen Journalism in China
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 By SIMON ELEGANT Zhou Shuguang’s brief but spectacular career as China’s first roving citizen reporter on the Internet ended abruptly last December after he was punched in the throat by an angry policeman in the northeastern city of Shenyang. Zhou’s offense: investigating a bizarre pyramid scheme involving ants and aphrodisiacs. The […]
Why you should beware of Facebook
January 20, 2008 The global rise of Facebook is a matter for concern rather than excitement, writes Tom Hodgkinson. I DESPISE FACEBOOK. THIS enormously successful American business describes itself as “a social utility that connects you with the people around you”. But hang on. Why on God’s earth would I need a computer to connect […]
The Internet and the rise of porn
Maree Crabbe and David Corlett January 3, 2008 ON THE Thursday before Christmas, a judge sentenced a Melbourne man convicted of raping a woman to 11 years’ jail. The judge, Damian Murphy, said the perpetrator, Andrew Bowen, 20, had used the internet to access hardcore pornography and to learn how to avoid leaving evidence at […]
Offensive Material Online
Early in our online ministry we regularly sent out articles to people on a ‘Clergy/Leaders Mail List’. You can find many of them on this website… Here’s an interesting anecdote from back then: ***** FROM THE E-MAIL BAG From Australia For several years, we have enjoyed receiving materials from the “Clergy/Leaders Mail List.” Several times […]
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