Songbird Not Yet 0.2 for Mac OS X

Songbird not-yet-0.2 was released today for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.

One cool thing about Songbird is that you can go to any web site that has links to audio files and play them from within Songbird. You have a browser and media player integrated. You can then subscribe to a web page or add the files to your local library.

There are many little bugs here and there, but I think this project will be interesting to watch. It can already play Ogg, MP4/M4A, and MP3. It cannot yet play native FLAC files.

Launch of BBNBI

A few days ago, the Bible Broadcasting Network announced BBNBI, the BBN Bible Institute.

I’m currently going through “The Names Of God” by John Mitchell.
The way it works is you first listen to a lesson (of which there are a few per class) which is in the MP3 format at 128 kbps. What I do is download it and save it into iTunes. Once you’ve listened to the lesson you take a test. There are 15 questions on each test. Once it’s been completed, you go on to the next lesson.

This is a great application for those who want to learn more about the Bible and El-Shaddai, but cannot afford to go to a school or simply cannot for some reason. It works around your personal schedule and best of all, it’s free. But of course donations to cover operating costs are much appreciated.

I definitely recommend it!