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Posted on August 24, 2008

Are You Hooked On Facebook?

(click here if you can’t see the video)
Are you hooked on Facebook?

Posted on August 20, 2008

Make Your Mac Sing A Silly Song

Here’s a fun little trick to impress your friends. If you are on a Mac copy the below text, paste it in your “Terminal” window and hit enter.
If you don’t know where to find Terminal, search for it in spotlight (in the top right-hand corner of your screen).
say -v Cellos oh I love Brad Ruggles [...]

Posted on July 7, 2008

What Would You Pay for Good Music?

Last week a revolutionary new music download service was launched that, in my opinion, will redefine how independent artists get their music to new listeners. This new service is called NoiseTrade and was started by none other than singer/songwriter Derek Webb who in 2006 gave away over 80,000 downloads of his ‘Mockingbird’ album for free [...]

Posted on July 1, 2008

Get Your Grav On

I just added a feature to my blog that I should have added a LONG time ago. This new feature is called Gravatars, which stand for “Globally Recognized Avatars.” Pull that one out at your next dinner party if you want to impress the socks off someone (or let them know how big of a [...]

Posted on June 30, 2008

Indulge My Curiosity

I always like to learn new things about my readers, but first something you may not know about me. Did you know, I’ve been on the Internet long enough to remember connecting onto Compuserve through a 28.8k modem? Downloading 35k .wav clips, listening to MIDI files and downloading “high res” jpeg images at 800×600! Ahh, [...]

Posted on June 24, 2008

Rent DVDs Without Returning Them

It seems everyone from Kroger to McDonalds is getting in on DVD rentals these days so it didn’t surprise me to see a rack of DVDs to rent at Staples when I was picking up some office supplies. What did surprise me was the sign above the DVDs, “NO RETURN DVD RENTAL!”
That caught my attention.
I [...]

Posted on May 20, 2008

Is Google Making Us Dumb?

Business Week recently ranked Google as the 2nd most innovative company in the US, and for good reason. They have made finding information about absolutely anything as simple as typing in a few keywords.
For example, that piece about Google being in the Business Week Top Innovative Companies list – did did I specifically bookmark that [...]

Posted on May 14, 2008

My _ Sucks Because _

Church leaders blame their lack of growth on many things. If only we had more lights, a better sound system, more videos, a better band. Visiting churches like Granger or North Point leaves most Pastors repeating the tenth commandment to themselves (thou shall not covet…thou shall not covet…).
Worship leaders aren’t immune from the “if only…” [...]