I push all the buttons around here.

I finally got something to work!  With very limited Linux knowledge, it has been hard just to get to this point.  But I’ve actually learned a lot of basic stuff I really should have known anyway.
I mean, I know networking, at least a good base of networking, but I don’t think I ever grasped what [...]

Since none of you asked, I thought I’d tell you how that all turned out. Dell’s turnaround time on the laptop was really fast. They picked it up Monday and it returned on Thursday. I was frustrated, however, by the fact that they didn’t replace the hard drive (the only part that [...]

I can’t help myself. I like challenges—and I’ve picked a pretty big one this time. I really want our church to have a server. I want a centralized share point. I want to network the printers. We need a place to back up information. I need to control various [...]

For the past month, I’ve used my iPod to control our music before and after our services. I’m sure someone has thought of this before me–but what a great tool! We create play lists with songs that match the overall theme for the day. It’s a lot easier than burning CD’s and [...]

There are three music artists that I love to follow.  Jars of Clay, Chris Tomlin, and David Crowder.
I’m so excited!  I found out yesterday I’m going to have the opportunity to see David Crowder with Third Day in a few weeks!
This isn’t really tech news, but I liked it none the less!

Sometimes, you have to pay a stupid tax. Today was my day.
We have a big plasma screen in our main foyer that loops through announcements. It hasn’t been working lately. It’s wired strangely. A standard VGA cable runs from the wall where the screen is all the way back to Pastor [...]

I was thinking today (dangerous, I know). The AJAX comment thing is neat, but very pointless to someone who never visits the site. I have RSS feeds for the site and comments. If you are using RSS, there isn’t any need to visit the site unless you actually want to comment yourself. [...]

I know very little about AJAX. The only thing I really know is that it’s stinking cool.
Andy Rader has written a great AJAX plugin for Wordpress users. Below, if you want to read the comments associated with the post, you can click Expand and poof, they appear. Can you guess what Collapse [...]

In the past, I have used MediaShout 2.5 and was very satisfied with its performance. Recently, NMCC upgraded to MediaShout 3. We were not using MediaShout prior (I used 2.5 in another ministry). It has been 3 months now, and this morning was the first time I didn’t feel like throwing the [...]

Wow, I really struck a nerve with my comment on not wanting an online CMS. I guess I’ll need to give it more thought. Our internet connection isn’t the greatest. Plus we only have one broadband option (wireless) so we are limited in bandwidth. It seems nerve racking to always trust that internet connection. I [...]