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First Day of School

Posted on August 25, 2008 at 11:29 PM

Today was my oldest son's first day of first grade. He's getting so big, and it's just really amazing to me. My wife blogged about the day here.

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"Church" Tweets

Posted on August 20, 2008 at 09:44 PM

So I recently discovered Twitter, and am actually into it now. I found some news tweets and some rubyists too. I've even reached out and received help on something I was working on.

So I did a Google on top tweets to see if there are other interesting things to check out. This is a blog that was at the top of the list: http://www.catalystspace.com/catablog/full/top_tweeters_church_leaders/

Are you freaking kidding me?

The third person on the list is the chief strategic officer of some "church."

Quick question - how much do tickets for the good seats cost for the Sunday morning services at these mega churches?

MEH!!!

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Now Twittering

Posted on August 15, 2008 at 10:32 PM

So I still don't really get the point. Does the world really care what I have to say in 140 words or fewer on a regular basis? I don't know, but it's kind of fun to troll around and see what people are up to. There are lots of random thoughts that just float off into the ether, so why not put them somewhere?

We'll see.

Me, Twittering

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MobileMe Fumble

Posted on July 29, 2008 at 10:43 PM

I am an Apple fanboy, and I readily admit it. I drank the juice.

We have a Mac Mini (single core - old skool) that our kids use and a shiny iMac for us. I use a MacBook Pro at work (G5 prior to that, and a purple iMac before that). Before the Mini became our kids' they had a really old G3 iMac that finally died after about 10 years of dutiful service.

We have 2 iPhones now, which are pretty cool. We also have a few other iPods (shuffle, nano, and video).

We have been long-time .Mac subscribers, and actually use everything offered by the service. This is the rub.

You may know already that the launch of the iPhone coincided with the relaunch of .Mac into MobileMe. Apple bit off a very large bite coordinating all of the things that had to come together. They dropped the ball, too. I would also say that AT&T did some fumbling, too, but I think Apple did the most fumbling.

What's my beef?

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Concert Fun

Posted on July 21, 2008 at 08:03 AM

We had a really good time seeing an old friend play at a local outdoor arena last Friday night.

I am cross-posting with my family blog for this entry. Go check it out!

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