I just discovered on Wikipedia that a Bible Box is known to be a “small container originally meant to store and/or use a Bible.” Coooool! It’s actually referring to an antique box, usually wooden, for protecting your Bible, which was usually a very expensive book.
Back in “the day” printed Bibles were expensive and owners looked after them by keeping them in wooden boxes which were often ornate in design. (more…)
A gentleman spoke at church this morning from a mission organisation which works in some countries where the good news of Jesus Christ is banned.
He told a story of a backpacker who left a Christian tract (small outreach brochure) in a hostel in one of these closed countries. he was no doubt wanting to leave something which could impact the faith journey of another, and be a an impact for Christ in the life of another. (more…)
The BibleBox is a portable wifi access point. It has its own battery and you can plug in a specially setup USB stick into it.
Once you turn it on, look for the wifi network called “BibleBox files” and join it. After joining the wifi network, open your web browser (IE, Safari, Firefox…) and go to BibleBox.org. (more…)
In the same way we added a Password to the BibleBox to secure the device itself (not the free content we want to share) I want to go through and enable FTP access so its easy for me or anyone using a BibleBox to upload new files for sharing.
Everything seems to be running really well. I’ve developed the webGUI to a style that is more pleasing to me – Ill post some shots of it soon. But the next thing to do before I get too carried away is to secure the BibleBox by giving it a password. If anyone knew that the IP address was 192.168.1.1 they could just telnet into it. (more…)