Comments on: Microsoft Muezzin http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415 The stomping grounds of Tim Carmody, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson. It's a long-running conversation about media, journalism, technology, cities, culture, design, books, music, movies, the future and the past. Tue, 14 May 2013 15:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Counting, and things other than counting « Snarkmarket http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6538 Counting, and things other than counting « Snarkmarket Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:05:38 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6538 [...] it all to my lit­tle vir­tual athan, which I’ve still got run­ning. That’s another way of sub­di­vid­ing time, but it seems to [...] […] it all to my lit­tle vir­tual athan, which I’ve still got run­ning. That’s another way of sub­di­vid­ing time, but it seems to […]

]]> By: I Link di Religione 2.0 – 27.09.2009 Ora di Religione 2.0 - Insegnare Religione con il Web 2.0 - : Religione 2.0 – Religion 2.0 http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6295 I Link di Religione 2.0 – 27.09.2009 Ora di Religione 2.0 - Insegnare Religione con il Web 2.0 - : Religione 2.0 – Religion 2.0 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:02:44 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6295 [...] Stupa 3) Applicazione per creare Stereogrammi 4) Ora di Religione: la Congregazione puntualizza 5) Microsoft Muezzin (in inglese) 6) 250 siti da cui scaricare fotografie gratis 7) Modelli di Carta del Ramadan 8) Come [...] […] Stupa 3) Applicazione per creare Stereogrammi 4) Ora di Religione: la Congregazione puntualizza 5) Microsoft Muezzin (in inglese) 6) 250 siti da cui scaricare fotografie gratis 7) Modelli di Carta del Ramadan 8) Come […]

]]> By: Britta http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6215 Britta Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:03:31 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6215 One of my teachers set up his iPhone to play a bell sound every hour as part of his mindfulness practice. It sometimes puzzles people who have recently met him until he explains. But me, I like my local fog horn and train whistle as reminders that life exists outside of my head and this room. One of my teachers set up his iPhone to play a bell sound every hour as part of his mindfulness practice. It sometimes puzzles people who have recently met him until he explains. But me, I like my local fog horn and train whistle as reminders that life exists outside of my head and this room.

]]> By: Bethany http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6196 Bethany Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:41:36 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6196 I've argued before in my academic work that our consumer culture could benefit from a jewish/christian tradition of Sabbath for some of the same reasons: to structure our lives around LIFE instead of just work. I am a believer, but I think that religious traditions have something to teach us about how to shape our lives around our priorities. I’ve argued before in my academic work that our consumer culture could benefit from a jewish/christian tradition of Sabbath for some of the same reasons: to structure our lives around LIFE instead of just work. I am a believer, but I think that religious traditions have something to teach us about how to shape our lives around our priorities.

]]> By: Peter http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6191 Peter Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:09:35 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6191 Just as a blog design comment, the color of links is still very hard to detect against the general color scheme. This may be a protanope issue... Just as a blog design comment, the color of links is still very hard to detect against the general color scheme. This may be a protanope issue…

]]> By: Peter http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6190 Peter Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:27 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6190 The mosque on Atlantic Avenue near Flatbush plays the call to prayer on loudspeakers, but probably not at off hours. I don't live close enough to hear the mosque regularly, but we do have nearby church bells that let me know each hour, especially noon. They're usually 5 minutes fast, which sometimes helps me arrive on time. In my old place in Lower Haight, if I was home from work during the week, the children's recesses from the school across our back fence would regularly mark the day. I found the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/nyregion/13drummer.html" rel="nofollow">NYTimes piece about the Brooklyn Ramadan Drummer</a> pretty hilarious. If this guy shows up in my neighborhood he is definitely going to hear a lot of colorful American idioms. The debates about <a href="http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/a/moonsighting.htm" rel="nofollow">hilal sighting</a> are pretty interesting too. I like that Saudi Arabia has apparently decided to ignore this tradition and just start their Ramadan according to the Western calendar, but they still insist that they sighted the crescent moon, even when that would be impossible. I am ignorant; if you are someplace like the airport when it is time to pray, are you supposed to have a mat with you to spread out, or is that unnecessary? The mosque on Atlantic Avenue near Flatbush plays the call to prayer on loudspeakers, but probably not at off hours. I don’t live close enough to hear the mosque regularly, but we do have nearby church bells that let me know each hour, especially noon. They’re usually 5 minutes fast, which sometimes helps me arrive on time. In my old place in Lower Haight, if I was home from work during the week, the children’s recesses from the school across our back fence would regularly mark the day.

I found the NYTimes piece about the Brooklyn Ramadan Drummer pretty hilarious. If this guy shows up in my neighborhood he is definitely going to hear a lot of colorful American idioms.

The debates about hilal sighting are pretty interesting too. I like that Saudi Arabia has apparently decided to ignore this tradition and just start their Ramadan according to the Western calendar, but they still insist that they sighted the crescent moon, even when that would be impossible.

I am ignorant; if you are someplace like the airport when it is time to pray, are you supposed to have a mat with you to spread out, or is that unnecessary?

]]> By: Saheli http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6187 Saheli Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:45:58 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6187 <i>One of my favorite intersections—and one of the most underreported—is the one between technology and religion.</i> Oh, the rabbit holes we could pull you into--you have no idea. . . <i>And an app like this lets you not just read about it, but sort of explore it.</i> I think this is a profound insight that goes beyond the subjects at hand. Taking the signage ostensibly meant for the natives, and making sure it is inviting to the tourists, does something magical for your discipline/hobby/religion/country/political process. One of my favorite intersections—and one of the most underreported—is the one between technology and religion.

Oh, the rabbit holes we could pull you into–you have no idea…

And an app like this lets you not just read about it, but sort of explore it.

I think this is a profound insight that goes beyond the subjects at hand. Taking the signage ostensibly meant for the natives, and making sure it is inviting to the tourists, does something magical for your discipline/hobby/religion/country/political process.

]]> By: Zack http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6186 Zack Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:23:15 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6186 2 years ago I spent a month in Morocco. All of the places I stayed were directly across the street (or alley) from a mosque (probably fairly common there). The athan was annoying for, like, two days, and after that it had a sort of comfort to it. Even if it was decidedly less musical than your sample. It actually kind of sounded like a man imitating a race car shifting gears. I am not a religious person, but I grew up directly across the street from a church, so you always knew what time it was and had a reference point for where you were in the day. If I heard the 6 pm chimes and I wasn't inside eating dinner I knew I was either in trouble or something was wrong. Now, the pre-dawn athan wasn't always a pleasant experience, but at least you knew you hadn't overslept ... or missed dinner. 2 years ago I spent a month in Morocco. All of the places I stayed were directly across the street (or alley) from a mosque (probably fairly common there). The athan was annoying for, like, two days, and after that it had a sort of comfort to it. Even if it was decidedly less musical than your sample. It actually kind of sounded like a man imitating a race car shifting gears.
I am not a religious person, but I grew up directly across the street from a church, so you always knew what time it was and had a reference point for where you were in the day. If I heard the 6 pm chimes and I wasn’t inside eating dinner I knew I was either in trouble or something was wrong.
Now, the pre-dawn athan wasn’t always a pleasant experience, but at least you knew you hadn’t overslept … or missed dinner.

]]> By: Jamie Gumbrecht http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6184 Jamie Gumbrecht Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:54:49 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6184 Last I knew, they broadcast three per day in Hamtramck. They cut the speakers for the early morning and late night calls. I was once on an overnight flight on Royal Jordanian airline that signaled on movie and TV screens when it was time to pray. It must have been helpful, considering all the time zones we were flying through. It also amazed me to land in Jordan and see most of the airport stop when the time came to pray. I shouldn't have been surprised, but it was like nothing I'd seen so far in my life. Last I knew, they broadcast three per day in Hamtramck. They cut the speakers for the early morning and late night calls.

I was once on an overnight flight on Royal Jordanian airline that signaled on movie and TV screens when it was time to pray. It must have been helpful, considering all the time zones we were flying through. It also amazed me to land in Jordan and see most of the airport stop when the time came to pray. I shouldn’t have been surprised, but it was like nothing I’d seen so far in my life.

]]> By: Robin Sloan http://snarkmarket.com/2009/3415/comment-page-1#comment-6183 Robin Sloan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:39:39 +0000 http://snarkmarket.com/?p=3415#comment-6183 Even the pre-dawn one? Even the pre-dawn one?

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