The Geek Church

Today, I’m going to talk about Eutychus, a man who fell asleep in church…and died!

Go ahead and read Numbers 17-18, Acts 20, and then the entry.

As much as we would like to think that evil people do evil things for the sake of being evil, that simply isn’t true. Most evil things are done in the name of shining righteousness.

Read Numbers 15-16, Acts 19, and the entry.

Sin brings disgrace. Three simple words. If we truly believed them, I think we would live better.

Read up on Numbers 9-10, Proverbs 18, and entry.

When you think of film critics, one of the names that should come to your mind is Roger Ebert.  Whether or not you’ve ever agreed with his movie reviews, it is undeniable that his voice has greatly influenced public opinion of film and the motion picture industry for decades.  However, Mr. Ebert has lost regular use of his ability to speak verbally due to his struggle with papillary thyroid cancer in recent years.  Due to his affliction, part of his jaw had to be removed.  He has used computer voice synthesizers since then but none of them could match his voice.

Fortunately for the well-known film critic, a Scottish company named CereProc has come forward with a way to restore the use of his voice.  This company designs voice synthesizers that utilizes a variety of national and international accents.  CereProc has previously used their technology to duplicate the speech patterns of one former U.S. President’s unique voice.  This former president was George W. Bush himself.  Now CereProc has been able to do the same with Roger Ebert’s voice by using audio samples from some of his DVD commentaries.

CereProc considers this latest synthesizer simulating Ebert’s voice to be their boldest development thus far.  After receiving the device, Mr. Ebert was given the opportunity to try it out on Oprah’s talk show on Tuesday while in the company of his wife.  During the new synthesizer demonstration, Ebert took some time to make his own predictions on the Oscars.

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If you’re keeping up on current world events , then you already know that another earthquake tragedy happened since the one in Haiti.  On Saturday, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the people of Chile and so far, three hundred lives were lost.  In light of this terrible event, Google has developed a way to provide hope and closure for survivors of the earthquake, their families and the families of those still missing or lost.

This means of hope is a new online service that functions similar to a search engine.  However, there is a difference with this new product since it also allows users to file and submit information as well as looking it up online.  The service is called Person Finder.  It allows people to do an online search for information about specific individuals by using their names and the option to submit information about persons of interest also exists.

Since Sunday morning, 22, 900 records on certain individuals have already been submitted.  However, the people at Google make it very clear that this new service will not be closely monitored and the information submitted will not be verified.  Essentially, the data for information searches or submissions is available in English and Spanish and primarily those who look up or give information are responsible for it.

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Yesterday, a new crisis of global proportions began to sweep over the earth, resulting in confusion and frustration for a number of people.  Experts on the problem are currently scrabbling to find a solution and bring relief and satisfaction to those who have been afflicted.  The actual problem itself may surprise you.  However, it truly is global and the search for a cure remains unsuccessful at this time.

Of course, you’re probably have some obvious questions right now.  What is the crisis?  Who has been afflicted by it? Why hasn’t an answer for this crisis been found yet?  Currently, there’s only enough information to answer your first two questions unfortunately.

Folks, this crisis does have a name.  It’s called Error 8001050F.  That’s what PlayStation Network is calling it.  That’s right, folks, I said “PlayStation”.  So, of course, the afflicted people are gamers, the loyal customers of PlayStation who rely on their latest console, the PS3 for regular entertainment and communication with online friends.

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Sure, all of us have cursed and swore every now and then, but what if it was punishable by death.

Go ahead and read Leviticus 24-25, Proverbs 17, and the entry.

Whenever God wants to change something, he usually does it in such a way that seriously upsets our applecart. Take Peter, when God asks him to “take and eat”. He doesn’t.

Go ahead and read Leviticus 16-17 and Acts 10, then the entry to find out why.

The Bible doesn’t really say how Saul, who later became Paul, resigned from being Christian Persecutor to Christian, persecuted, but I would like to think that it would be through this letter.

Be sure to read Leviticus 14-15 and Acts 9 first.

I’ve reported on the ad war between Verizon and AT&T, and they’ve got two new ones that are pretty cool.

Here’s the big news from MWC: Verizon and Skype have formed a partnership.

There is a cheap tablet to be released to the Chinese market, the iWonder Android tablet.

Here’s the Fatman’s Wi-Tube and FatDock.

A new browser is coming to BlackBerry, will it be better?

The Bookeen Orizon is yet another e-book reader to hit the market.

In addition to the phones, Huawei is releasing a ball-shaped 3G broadband dongle.

Here is Hanwa’s USB dongle for DTS sound with a vacuum tube.

Here is an iPhone app known as Plants vs. Ninjas.

NEC has a new chip that will reduce glare in the sunlight.

Check out this Doodle Track Car, allowing the user to draw his or her own track.

Oxyfit keeps a good supply of energy invigorating oxygen in the backpack.

Here is the Flyfire Swarming Display that I might not be allowed to report about.