Blog Archive for October 2005
So Take A Photograph If You're Wanting This To Last
Another new link to my blogroll is for Kevin's Daly Depictions. Kevin's one of my many roomates and he does lots of cool stuff with his camera. So of course I hooked him up with his very own photo blog via the open-source PixelPost. It's funky, and Kevin has many cool photos.
A God-Shaped Hole In All Of Us
Alright, I finally did it. I added Infuze Mag to my favorites list on the side.
Infuze brings God to today's culture, mainly. For example, Robin Parrish recently conducted an interview with amazing filmmaker Cameron Crowe. Although they didn't talk about Crowe's faith explicitly (and there's no mention of him being a Christian), they talk about art, beauty, and all the other things important to filmmakers. Crowe mentions a couple times that Robin picked up on things tha most others didn't, and I bet Cameron came away from that interview impressed.
That's how it should be. We can talk on the same level as non-Christians and not have to just bash them for their non-Christian elements. We should appreciate the art for what it is, not what it isn't. And Infuze is one of the few places that understands that. (Of course, they're a bit obsessed with video games and comic books, but oh well.)
Don't Dub A Tape, You Can Go To The Store
Hey folks, now burning music is legal! No, it's still not legit to use LimeWire, it's only legal to burn CDs at Sam Goody.
Yeah, the mall music chain is trying to create a space where they can still sell CDs at prices 30% higher than Best Buy. So their store at The Mall now has a bunch of computer terminals in the middle of the store. They're marked with "CD Burning" everywhere. But what does that mean from a legit standpoint?
Basically, with these computers you can make your own compilation with a case, a sleeve, and everything. The discs start at $3.99 plus 99c for each song. So, if you're gonna fill up a 78 minute disc with 20 tracks, it's gonna cost you almost $24. Yeah, that's expensive.
The amazing thing is that they have most major label releases from most every label. There's definitely a ton more music available there than in the store. (They might even have Pro*Pain, or at least their system says they do.) The other thing that the system does is play clips of every song, which is nice for sampling music. It'd be even cooler if they played full tracks, though, then I'd hang out there for lunch everyday.
In the end, it's nothing I'll actually use, but it's something new that the music industry is trying. I think it'll have to much be cheaper before people start using it (oh wait, that's what we say about everything in the music industry these days).
"My name is John Reuben and you have my word on it."
Doin' The RSS
I've been enjoying using RSS to keep up with the news and all my friends. For the uninitiated, this is a way to gather all the things you want to keep track of into one place. For the past six months I've been using Sage, a very simple reader for FireFox. It's really easy to use and discovers feeds well.
However, there's a new reader on the horizon. Google just released their beta of Google Reader, which is nice because it's not a plug-in on my desktop, but it's a page I can access from anywhere on the web. It uses your Google/Gmail account and you can import all the feeds you'd like. So far, the program (which is of course in Beta stage, like everything else at Google) is pretty good, and I'm sure it'll get even better as time goes on.
So, if you like RSS, try out the Google Reader. You might like it.
There's An Angel By Your Hospital Bed
Michael is doing well. Some close friends of the family have put up a webpage to keep us updated of his progress, so if you're so inclined, check it out.
I spent last night at the hospital with Jeanette and David, his siblings. It was great o be with them and a powerful experience to be praying for my brother in Christ. With our prayers, Michael is doing such a great job, and it has been great to see him respond to us in very limited ways over the last day or two.
Michael, as I said last night, I'm very proud of you. You have worked so hard the last couple days.
Show Your Power, O Lord, Our God
Please pray for my roomate of last year, Michael, and his parents. MIchael and his friend David are in the ICU after being broadsided by a bus on Tuesday afternoon. We spent all of this evening praying at the hospital, and both need your prayers. If Michael does not respond to us within the next day, it could mean his dying or some irreversable brain damage. Please pray that God would heal them both completely.
Where My Freaks At?
Well, most of you know that I moved into a new house with 13 other guys about a month ago. It's a lot of fun. And to show you just a small snapshot of our life together, I'm gonna throw up a couple photos. Here goes:
We have the women's house over on Wednesday nights for our planning meetings so we decided to take a large group photo. We decided the only place we could do it was on the front stairwell. Some of us guys got lost in the back, but you can see my head almost peeking out of the center of the photo.
After we took the photo we had evening prayer. It must have not been during a cool worship song, because nobody looks that animated. We were probably praying intensely for our work on campus this year, for a permanent house for us to live in, or that our house will fill up with renters. (Wow, my hair's almost getting to the point of being a mullet.)