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TheJesusComic
TheJesusComic has been added to the App Store! This was an idea originally thought up by Jason Ramasami which I have been helping turn into an iPhone app. More info here.
If you have an iPhone and download it, let us know via Twitter what you think! (There's also a free lite version called Nativity.)
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Sharing Christian books
A few months ago there was a Christian book I particularly wanted to read and it struck me that someone in my church surely must own it, I just didn't know who. I then thought that it would be useful to have a website where members of a church can list books that they own and are willing to lend, such that one can search the list, contact the owner and save some money!
This has now become reality - Sharedbookshelves.com. Sign up and get others in your church interested!
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Facebook Connect comments widget
All blog post comments here at Nimisis.com are now being done through Facebook. It was actually very easy to set up - only a few lines of code. More info on how to do this on your own blog is available from the Facebook developers section.
Looking forward to your comments!
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Report Facebook bugs
Facebook is buggy. And it's annoying. So, if you're also noticing bugs, feel free to join the Facebook bugs group.
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Half price books
The discount books section of PriceCutReview.com is now online! They're not just clearance titles either...
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Sports related Facebook apps
A new little Facebook application I've created is a widget that lists current and upcoming events on our sister site Sportomaniac. With the African Nations Cup going on, Six Nations Rugby, SuperBowl and staple of Premiership football, there's loads going on!
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CS Lewis' Mere Christianity
Fans of CS Lewis' writing, such as the Narnia books, might be interested to hear footage of the man himself talking on BBC radio back in the 40's.
A related link is Librivox.org, which provides free audiobooks from the public domain.
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Kindle UK release date
Update Oct09: Kindle is now available not just in UK but internationally! Check it out.
Update Jan09: Still no word... I think if you're desperate you might as well get an iPhone off eBay. There's some software called Stanza that you can download onto it and that's probably just as good!
When Amazon launched the Kindle eBook reader in US it was done with little fanfare. The product itself got a lot of criticism yet it managed to sell incredibly well. No wonder really. Users get a free subscription to newspapers like the New York Times which arrives on the device every day, and you're given access to the first chapter of each of the 80,000 ebooks in the store at no cost. For more info, there are some good videos on the product page.
So when's this going to come to UK? It's about time... Maybe it's going to be a quiet launch here too? Or is it just a snub...
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Two degrees
You know Facebook is getting popular when your dad joins up...
I've made a web app that uses the Facebook API to find friends that aren't on your list but should be. It's called "Two Degrees" because of the Six Degrees of Separation idea.
Two degrees uses Ajax and has been tested on Firefox2 and IE7. If your browser has an anti-phishing filter then it will take slightly longer before you see the page update.
Give it a go! If you have any comments or come across a bug, get in touch.
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What happens to Harry Potter?
Contains spoilers! This post is for those who aren't going to read the final installment of the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows, but nevertheless want to know what happens. At this point in time I don't know much about what happens either but I'm sure kind folk who are in the know will contribute in the comments section below.
Facts so far:
- Hardcover - 608 pages
- The last word in the book will not be "scar."
- Two main characters die
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The Children of Hurin
It's finally out in the shops (UK and US)!
"Started somewhere around 1916 - 1918 by J.R.R. Tolkien, then revised several times, it has taken his son Christopher Tolkien 30 years to finally complete it and form the tale of Turin Turambar and the other offspring of Hurin of Hador for publication as an independent work. It is the first, full-length, cohesive Tolkien novel to be published since The Silmarillion of 1977."
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Deathly Hallows
The final book in the Harry Potter series has a bit of a weird title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm sure there's an anagram in there somewhere, though I'm not sure what. Anyway, it's right at the top of the preorder charts on Amazon already, even though its release date is not until July 21st. It's strange then that J K Rowling's works are up there among the books most unfinished by readers...
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12 Books That Changed The World
Notable works from history have been featured in a very watchable series on TV recently. Surprising Ashley Cole's autobiography isn't one of the twelve. This TV series is based on Melvyn Bragg's book which can be found here.
Featuring:
- Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species, 1859
- Marie Stopes, Married Love, 1918
- William Wilberforce, Speech to the House of Commons, 1789
- Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792
- Magna Carta, 1215
- The King James Bible, 1611
- Michael Faraday, Experimental Research in Electricity, 1855
- The First Rule Book of the Football Association, 1863
- Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine, 1769
- William Shakespeare, First Folio, 1623
- Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776
- Issac Newton, Principia Mathematica, 1687
***Discount books***
Hmmm... I think I'm going to give this post the tag of "hack" as I'm recommending a book about 12 books. Isn't that efficient?
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Read more books
If one of your New Years resolutions was to do more reading, Daily Lit might be a site you should visit. They have a bunch of books to choose from and the innovative thing about this is that you get to read them in bitesize sections via emails, scheduled to arrive in your inbox, say, at 9am every weekday if you want. What a great idea!
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LibraryThing
LibraryThing is a social book recommendation site which, once you've catalogued (some of) the books you own, connects you with people who read the same things. This is more or less to books what Last.fm is to music.
On the subject of books, it's Banned Books Week this week. Check them out here.
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Mango book club
A few weeks ago, Mango book club sent me a parcel with a book that was apparently the Editor's choice for me. It certainly wasn't my choice. As far as I was aware, I never signed up to this book club (for girls) and did not owe them £1.99 for their trouble. The bill then went up to £14.99 and I was on the verge of being referred to a debt collection agency. I found this out when I got back from my recent travels and did a quick google search showing that there are lots of stories regarding Mango that don't throw it in the most favourable light. You can phone them up on a premium rate phone line but that's all automated and I wasn't about to do that. Finally I found an email address and actually they've been good in this case - they deleted me from their database.
If you've had similar probs, here's their email address: welcome@new-member.co.uk. If you've had a shocker, contact BBC Watchdog.
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