From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Power Thoughts: 3 Steps to Renew Your Mind

04/30/2008

in Christian Studies & Reflections

From a presentation by Joyce Meyer.
2 Corinthian 10:5
NIV Bible: …take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Message Bible: We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by [...]

Tagged as: devotionals, Joyce Meyer

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Political Toast

04/23/2008

in Misc & Etc

I am toast.  I am burnt out on local politics.  Our village board operates on a fear principle and just passed a resolution to pay over  $180,000  in impact fees to get a senior citizen apartment building erected because if they did not do so, the builder would pull out of the project.  The village [...]

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3 Year Old Boy is Banned from School Because of His Haircut

04/05/2008

in Misc & Etc

A three-year-old boy has been banned from his Tyneside nursery school class for his trendy “tramlines” haircut…
I understand that “rules are rules”, and I after working in a school office for a few months, I also understand that parents don’t always read policies carefully or they decide on their own that a rule is [...]

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I Want My Xobni!

04/04/2008

in Personal Computing

Xobni looks like a promising Microsoft Outlook plug-in. I would love to be able to see threaded conversations in Outlook, which Xobni (Inbox spelled backwards) provides. Yeah, Outlook says it supports threaded conversations, but they just look ugly.
More Xobni features:
1) Lightning fast email search
2) Threaded conversations
3) Useful social networking features
4) Quick attachment discovery
5) [...]

Tagged as: outlook

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USB Pregnancy Test

04/02/2008

in Misc & Etc

I’m not sure if this USB Pregnancy Stick from ThinkGeek is for real, but it sure is amusing!

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Apple Releases 2 New “Get A Mac” Ads

04/02/2008

in Misc & Etc, Personal Computing

I saw the two new Mac vs. PC ads on TV last night, and ran across a mention of it on Digg. Some of those who blogged the Digg post were upset with the ads, but I find them to be amusing.
There are 5 Windows computers in my house. One of them runs [...]

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