The People Formerly Known as the Congregation
Posted on March 29, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
It’s funny the conversations I’ve had with several different people in the past 24 hours, as well as some stuff I’ve read online. To set the stage, we left our church home over a year ago, for reasons that are too involved to explain here, in this post. I have a good friend, [...]
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Read More..>>Vista on Virtual PC 2007
Posted on March 28, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
I downloaded Virtual PC 2007, a free MS download and I’m installing Vista Business on it right now! We’ll see how it does, I only allocated about 400mb to the virtual machine, which is too low, I know but it’s already in the middle of installing. Once the install finishes, I’ll up the memory [...]
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Read More..>>Death Threats in the Blogosphere……What?!?
Posted on March 27, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments
This is one of those things that makes you wonder what is going on and how in the world did it come to this? Kathy Sierra is a well known tech blogger and her blog is one of my favorites. Her writing is thought provoking and relevant and generally challenges your thinking. She is a [...]
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Read More..>>I believe in what they are doing
Posted on March 21, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
This blog has brought me opportunities I never imagined, yet these opportunities seem to fit into the big picture of where God is leading me. I have developed relationships that seem to expand the reach God has given me, as well. One of the types of relationships that has occurred is with some [...]
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Read More..>>The Essence of Blogging
Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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Read More..>>Windows HomeServer preparations
Posted on March 18, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
As I have mentioned recently, I’m getting ready to install the beta version of Windows HomeServer. However, there are many steps I need to go through to prepare for this. First, let’s review the hardware. 1ghz AMD processor, 512mb memory, 6gb hard drive, 160gb hard drive. Windows 2000 Pro. I used to build every computer [...]
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Read More..>>Fall Church IT Roundtable plans have begun
Posted on March 15, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
The spring church IT roundtable will be here before you know it, in about a month. That’s all good, however, it’s not too early to start looking ahead to this fall. Clif has offered to host the Church IT Roundtable this fall at Church of the Resurrection, in the Kansas City area. [...]
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Read More..>>Wichita trip
Posted on March 12, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
This past weekend, my family and I were in Wichita for a gymnastics meet. Since we were going to be in town, I contacted Kirk Longhofer, director of communications and technology, of First United Methodist Church. I first met Kirk last fall at a conference in Kansas City, so it was great to [...]
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Read More..>>Your church on MySpace
Posted on March 9, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments
What is web 2.0? You may have heard the term mentioned but were never quite clear on it’s meaning. According to wikipedia:
a perceived second generation of web-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.
This is as defined by O’Reilly Media in 2004. Tim O’Reilly went [...]
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Read More..>>Hanging out with church geeks
Posted on March 7, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The past couple of days I had the privilege of hanging out with the IT guys at Church of the Resurrection. I do contract work for Resurrection and most of my work is done remotely, from home, late at night. I make the 2 1/2 hour drive to go onsite about once every [...]
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