The iPod Flea is the topic of a video clip parodising Apple's iPod advertising style. Scott Kelby (an Adobe Photoshop expert), Felix Nelson, Matt Kloskowski, and Dave Cross made the clip, David Pogue presented it in 2005 at a Mac Design Conference he was keynoting.
The object was presented as the next step of miniaturising, after iPod, iPod mini (it was before the iPod nano release) and iPod shuffle. The iPod Flea was an Ipod about the size of a Tictac, and if you wanted to buy a package of iPod Fleas they came in a redecorated Tictac box. The iPod Flea could only hold one song, and if you wanted it to hold more than one you would have to purchase a flea collar which held many iPod Fleas. Another concern discussed was battery life, if you wanted more power you would have to include an oversized power supply which defeats the purpose of the iPod Flea. This oversized battery was called the iPod Tic.
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The object was presented as the next step of miniaturising, after iPod, iPod mini (it was before the iPod nano release) and iPod shuffle. The iPod Flea was an Ipod about the size of a Tictac, and if you wanted to buy a package of iPod Fleas they came in a redecorated Tictac box. The iPod Flea could only hold one song, and if you wanted it to hold more than one you would have to purchase a flea collar which held many iPod Fleas. Another concern discussed was battery life, if you wanted more power you would have to include an oversized power supply which defeats the purpose of the iPod Flea. This oversized battery was called the iPod Tic.
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Minority Time began as a joke about a decade ago among certain areas that contain an average minority mass in major cities. Minority Time is the cliché that non-Anglo Saxon Americans are forever running late as a result of their culture and heritage. When many minority people or families are told to be in a specific place and a specific time, they are typically late. Lateness can be as short as five minutes, to several HOURS from the time arranged for a meeting, appointment, conference, etc. The Latino-Americans and Black Americans have been targeted as being the main subjects that make this issue all to real to friends, families, collages, jobs, etc. that must deal with incessantly late people :)
The Strange Man is the first novel in The Coming Evil trilogy, written by American author Greg Mitchell and published by Xulon Press in June 2007.
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American
*ISBN 9781602665903; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page paperback
*ISBN 9781602665910; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page hardcover
Publisher's summary
Dras Weldon is an unemployed college dropout who spends his nights partying and his days recuperating. No one is more embarrassed by Dras' chosen lifestyle than his older brother Jeff, a pastor in their little town of Greensboro. Dras claims that he, too, is a Christian, but his life suggests otherwise. Dras is forced to change, however, when an evil force comes to town and threatens to claim the one thing he loves more than anything - his best friend, Rosalyn Myers. A demon known only as "The Strange Man" has sinister plans for Greensboro and wants Rosalyn for his own. As the demon and his wicked minions descend upon Greensboro, Dras struggles to lay claim to the faith he has pretended to follow. But, after the life he's led, will he be able to convince Rosalyn of the truth before she is devoured by the coming evil?
Editions
American
*ISBN 9781602665903; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page paperback
*ISBN 9781602665910; June 2007, Xulon Press, 260-page hardcover
Publisher's summary
Dras Weldon is an unemployed college dropout who spends his nights partying and his days recuperating. No one is more embarrassed by Dras' chosen lifestyle than his older brother Jeff, a pastor in their little town of Greensboro. Dras claims that he, too, is a Christian, but his life suggests otherwise. Dras is forced to change, however, when an evil force comes to town and threatens to claim the one thing he loves more than anything - his best friend, Rosalyn Myers. A demon known only as "The Strange Man" has sinister plans for Greensboro and wants Rosalyn for his own. As the demon and his wicked minions descend upon Greensboro, Dras struggles to lay claim to the faith he has pretended to follow. But, after the life he's led, will he be able to convince Rosalyn of the truth before she is devoured by the coming evil?
Faith and Freedom: How the missionary principle facilitates political freedom, is a book by American author Tom Terry examining the role of the Christian missionary movement in helping create ideas of political freedom.
The book, published in 2006, traces the advent of freedom of speech, press, and conscience using the development of Christianity to demonstrate the religious influences that the author believes lead to these freedoms. Its author, an evangelical missionary who works as a broadcaster in the former communist country of Mongolia, uses his political and religious experiences in Mongolia as a launching point for some of the book's chapters.
Chapters
1. First Things
Introduces the concepts of freedom of speech, press, and conscience and the struggle over modern interpretations of these freedoms. Introduces the thesis that Christian missionaries are actively involved in advancing these freedoms are a natural part of the missionary's efforts.
2. Faith, the Father of Freedom
Explores events and laws in American colonial and revolutionary history that were closely tied to early American Christianity, and how early expressions of free speech and religion were developed out of struggles against religious persecution.
3. Fathering Freedom Far Away
Explores how missionary movements and specific missionary efforts in Brazil, Kenya, South Korea, and Mongolia helped shaped each nation's laws on rights for religious citizens. Brief examination on the development of religious freedom in Iraq following the 2003 invasion.
4. Freedom Honors its Father
The missionary principle's impact on economy, specifically capitalism, and the benefit capitalism has returned to Evangelical missionary movements.
5. Faith Falters
Analysis of biblical evidences for political freedom, and their application through history, including the move away from traditional Christianity in free societies. A particular focus on the Bible's covenants, and how they have influenced politics in Europe and the United States.
6. Freedom Forgets
The influence of postmodernism in western society, and its impact on missionary movements and religious freedom.
7. The Fistfight Between Faith and Freedom
Examines the divisions of Old Testament law (Ceremonial, Judicial, Moral), and their influence on modern politics, including interpretations of political problems associated with developing western-style democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq following the War on Terror.
8. On the Field
A collection of comments and quotations from missionaries representing 24 countries on the impact of their work on local politics, and why they avoid or engage in political activity in their host countries.
9. Final Word
Analysis of the research and ideas presented in the book with suggestions for the Evangelical community on engaging their values in local and national politics.
The book, published in 2006, traces the advent of freedom of speech, press, and conscience using the development of Christianity to demonstrate the religious influences that the author believes lead to these freedoms. Its author, an evangelical missionary who works as a broadcaster in the former communist country of Mongolia, uses his political and religious experiences in Mongolia as a launching point for some of the book's chapters.
Chapters
1. First Things
Introduces the concepts of freedom of speech, press, and conscience and the struggle over modern interpretations of these freedoms. Introduces the thesis that Christian missionaries are actively involved in advancing these freedoms are a natural part of the missionary's efforts.
2. Faith, the Father of Freedom
Explores events and laws in American colonial and revolutionary history that were closely tied to early American Christianity, and how early expressions of free speech and religion were developed out of struggles against religious persecution.
3. Fathering Freedom Far Away
Explores how missionary movements and specific missionary efforts in Brazil, Kenya, South Korea, and Mongolia helped shaped each nation's laws on rights for religious citizens. Brief examination on the development of religious freedom in Iraq following the 2003 invasion.
4. Freedom Honors its Father
The missionary principle's impact on economy, specifically capitalism, and the benefit capitalism has returned to Evangelical missionary movements.
5. Faith Falters
Analysis of biblical evidences for political freedom, and their application through history, including the move away from traditional Christianity in free societies. A particular focus on the Bible's covenants, and how they have influenced politics in Europe and the United States.
6. Freedom Forgets
The influence of postmodernism in western society, and its impact on missionary movements and religious freedom.
7. The Fistfight Between Faith and Freedom
Examines the divisions of Old Testament law (Ceremonial, Judicial, Moral), and their influence on modern politics, including interpretations of political problems associated with developing western-style democracies in Afghanistan and Iraq following the War on Terror.
8. On the Field
A collection of comments and quotations from missionaries representing 24 countries on the impact of their work on local politics, and why they avoid or engage in political activity in their host countries.
9. Final Word
Analysis of the research and ideas presented in the book with suggestions for the Evangelical community on engaging their values in local and national politics.