linux kernel monkey log
Great article by Greg Kroah-Hartman on the current state of Linux.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Download of the Day: GeekTool - Lifehacker
Download of the Day: GeekTool - Lifehacker: "Mac OS X only: GeekTool is a nifty utility that incorporates text files, the output of shell commands and images onto your Mac's desktop.
GeekTool ranks up there with Quicksilver in my 'Oh my, why doesn't this exist for Windows' list. Especially indispensable for command line lovers, GeekTool is fantastic for keeping tabs on your system or tracking your life in .txt right on your desktop.
GeekTool ranks up there with Quicksilver in my 'Oh my, why doesn't this exist for Windows' list. Especially indispensable for command line lovers, GeekTool is fantastic for keeping tabs on your system or tracking your life in .txt right on your desktop.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Mac Geekery - Optimizing AirPort Connectivity
Mac Geekery - Optimizing AirPort Connectivity
A great website tutorial for tweaking your wireless network to increase and possibly double your signal strength!
A great website tutorial for tweaking your wireless network to increase and possibly double your signal strength!
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Let's Say Thanks
Here is a wonderful website that lets anyone send a thank you card to the troops stationed overseas. It is free and they get a real paper card (not just an email or electronic wannabe).
Monday, July 24, 2006
King Test
JESUS
My King was born King; the Bible says He's the seven-way King.
He's the King of the Jews- that is a racial King.
He's the King of Israel - that's a national king.
He's the King of righteousness,
He's the King of the ages,
He's the King of heaven,
He's the King of glory,
He's the King of kings and
He is the Lord of lords.
Now, that's my King.
"Well, I wonder if you know Him do you know Him?
Don't try to mislead me - do you know my King?
David said, "The heavens declare the glory of God
and the firmament shows His handiwork."
My King is the only one, whom there is no means of measure can define His limitless love.
No far-seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supplies.
No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.
He's enduringly strong, He's entirely sincere, He's eternally steadfast, He's immortally graceful, imperially powerful, He's impartially merciful.
That's my King. He's God's Son, He's the sinner's Saviour. He's the centrepiece of civilisation, He stands alone in Himself. He's awesome, unique, unparalleled -
He's unprecedented.
He's the miracle of the age. He's the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him. He is the only one able to supply all of our needs simultaneously. He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathises and He saves.
He foreguards and He guides.
He heals the sick.
He cleanses the lepers.
He forgives sinners.
He discharges debtors.
He delivers the captives. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged.
He rewards the diligent, and He beautifies the meek. Do you know Him?
Well, my King is the King of knowledge.
He's the wellspring of wisdom, He's the doorway of deliverance.
He's the pathway of peace, He's the roadway of righteousness, He's the highway of holiness, He's the gateway of glory.
He's the Master of the mighty, He's the Captain of the conquerors, He's the Head of the heroes and He's the Leader of the legislators!
He's the Overseer of the overcomers, He's the Governor of the governors.
He's the Prince of princes, He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords.
That's my King.
His office is manifold and His promise is sure. His light is matchless,
His goodness is limitless.
His mercy is everlasting and His love never changes.
His Word is enough, His grace is sufficient.
His reign is righteous, His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
Well, I wish I could describe Him to you, but He's indescribable!
He's incomprehensible, invincible, irresistible.
I'm trying to tell you the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him,
let alone a man explain Him!
You can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off of your hands.
You can't outlive Him and you can't live without Him!
Well, Pharisees couldn't stand Him but they found out they couldn't stop Him.
Pilot couldn't find any fault in Him.
The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree and Herod couldn't kill Him.
Death couldn't handle Him and the grave couldn't hold Him.
That's my King!
He always has been and He always will be.
I'm talking about, He had no predecessor and He'll have no successor.
There was nobody before Him and there will be no one after Him.
You can't impeach Him and He's not going to resign.
That's my King!
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.
Well, all the power belongs to my King.
We around here talk about black-power, and white-power, and green-power, but it's God's power! Thine is the power and the glory!
We are trying to get prestige and honour and glory for ourselves but the glory is all His.
Yes, Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever and ever
and ever (how long is that?) and ever
and ever and ever and ever.
And when you get through with all of the forevers, then - "Amen!"
-As inspired by Pastor Dr. Shadrach Meshach Lockridge.
My King was born King; the Bible says He's the seven-way King.
He's the King of the Jews- that is a racial King.
He's the King of Israel - that's a national king.
He's the King of righteousness,
He's the King of the ages,
He's the King of heaven,
He's the King of glory,
He's the King of kings and
He is the Lord of lords.
Now, that's my King.
"Well, I wonder if you know Him do you know Him?
Don't try to mislead me - do you know my King?
David said, "The heavens declare the glory of God
and the firmament shows His handiwork."
My King is the only one, whom there is no means of measure can define His limitless love.
No far-seeing telescope can bring into visibility the coastline of His shoreless supplies.
No barriers can hinder Him from pouring out His blessing.
He's enduringly strong, He's entirely sincere, He's eternally steadfast, He's immortally graceful, imperially powerful, He's impartially merciful.
That's my King. He's God's Son, He's the sinner's Saviour. He's the centrepiece of civilisation, He stands alone in Himself. He's awesome, unique, unparalleled -
He's unprecedented.
He's the miracle of the age. He's the superlative of everything good that you choose to call Him. He is the only one able to supply all of our needs simultaneously. He supplies strength for the weak. He's available for the tempted and the tried. He sympathises and He saves.
He foreguards and He guides.
He heals the sick.
He cleanses the lepers.
He forgives sinners.
He discharges debtors.
He delivers the captives. He defends the feeble. He blesses the young. He serves the unfortunate. He regards the aged.
He rewards the diligent, and He beautifies the meek. Do you know Him?
Well, my King is the King of knowledge.
He's the wellspring of wisdom, He's the doorway of deliverance.
He's the pathway of peace, He's the roadway of righteousness, He's the highway of holiness, He's the gateway of glory.
He's the Master of the mighty, He's the Captain of the conquerors, He's the Head of the heroes and He's the Leader of the legislators!
He's the Overseer of the overcomers, He's the Governor of the governors.
He's the Prince of princes, He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords.
That's my King.
His office is manifold and His promise is sure. His light is matchless,
His goodness is limitless.
His mercy is everlasting and His love never changes.
His Word is enough, His grace is sufficient.
His reign is righteous, His yoke is easy and His burden is light.
Well, I wish I could describe Him to you, but He's indescribable!
He's incomprehensible, invincible, irresistible.
I'm trying to tell you the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him,
let alone a man explain Him!
You can't get Him out of your mind. You can't get Him off of your hands.
You can't outlive Him and you can't live without Him!
Well, Pharisees couldn't stand Him but they found out they couldn't stop Him.
Pilot couldn't find any fault in Him.
The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree and Herod couldn't kill Him.
Death couldn't handle Him and the grave couldn't hold Him.
That's my King!
He always has been and He always will be.
I'm talking about, He had no predecessor and He'll have no successor.
There was nobody before Him and there will be no one after Him.
You can't impeach Him and He's not going to resign.
That's my King!
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory.
Well, all the power belongs to my King.
We around here talk about black-power, and white-power, and green-power, but it's God's power! Thine is the power and the glory!
We are trying to get prestige and honour and glory for ourselves but the glory is all His.
Yes, Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever and ever and ever
and ever (how long is that?) and ever
and ever and ever and ever.
And when you get through with all of the forevers, then - "Amen!"
-As inspired by Pastor Dr. Shadrach Meshach Lockridge.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
10 Things You'll Learn by Visiting Other Churches
Great post by Michael at Oak Leaf Church at his blog:
Over the past four weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to check out some other church plants. A couple of times, I was able to take some people from our launch team as well, which was really cool. I wanted to post an overview of some of my thoughts in no particular order and not necessarily reflective on one particular church.
1.Ridgestone wins the award for best setup in a movie theater. Mill Creek did a great job at creating a children’s environment in a movie theater, and their children's pastor was awesome. Lake Point was very friendly in a school environment...friendly and helpful. Center Point Church in Lexington was doing a great job of spreading the word about the church.
2.Start on time. Get in the habit of starting on time no matter what and your people will get in the habit of being on time. Have something great right off the bat, so if people are late, they miss it. I’ve heard from a couple of different places that people make their decisions to come back or not to come back VERY early.
3.Put friendly people at the doors and on your stage. We went to a couple of churches that really didn’t come across friendly right from the beginning - it took a while for them to welcome us. Your people that are just welcoming and friendly and friendly looking…they need to be greeters. Where's the rule that the pastor always has to do the welcome? You can’t put a price tag on creating a welcoming environment. It takes a lot of work, but there's a big payoff.
4.Lighting helps creates environment. A couple of the movie theater churches I attended were just too dark. This was great for video and worship, but not so good for the message. It’s hard to write things down in the dark. Shoot some par lighting at the ceiling, I don’t know…I’m not a lighting guy. But too much darkness (or too much daylight) can really affect the atmosphere.
5.Coffee and fruit and muffins and bagels at several churches were really nice touches. They were done with excellence nearly every time, and it looked like some sharp volunteers were all over this. This went a long way towards creating a welcoming environment and increase the “hang-out factor” before the service. Rigdgestone had a great coffee area. Mill Creek had Krispy Kreme donuts.
6.Look for some little ways to create wow experiences. Maybe it’s a sticker on a baby’s diaper that says “I’ve just been changed.” Maybe you make pens available (that’s not all that exciting, but if you ask people to take notes or write things down, give them a pen). Make your bulletin and signage match your series. We’re going to take a staff meeting and just talk about the little things we can do to create wow experiences. (Share yours.)
7.I’ve got lots of thoughts to post later about words on the screen. But if you have a special song that the band plays, always put the lyrics on the screen. It’s hard to understand words to songs you don’t know. And you should never have more than four lines of text on one screen.
8.Signs are important. Figure out how many signs you need to direct people to parking, childcare and bathrooms, and then double that number. Put signs outside and in hallways and in front of rooms. Signs aren’t that expensive and they make things a ton easier on guests. If you’re meeting in a rented facility that already has signs up (school signs, movie posters, etc.) you need bigger and better signs that really stand out.
9.Make sure you have enough stage lights. Setting lights only at wide angles creates distracting shadows. Again I say unto you, lighting is important.
10.Relevance and truth are not mutually exclusive. I know modern, post modern, emergent, contemporary, etc. churches often get a bad rap about this, but these two words are not polar opposites. Most of these churches were relevant as well as being true to God’s word. Lots of scripture references. Lots of sharing God’s truth not just man’s opinion. When this is done in a relevant, excellent way, it really hits home. It’s possible to throw truth out there and make no difference because people don’t understand it.
11. Bonus: I’ve got a pretty short attention span. Unless you’re Andy Stanley, you probably shouldn’t teach more than 45 minutes. (And if you ARE Andy Stanley, thanks for reading my blog.) That’s just a long time to teach and people tune out and forget everything you say. I'm not saying you need to teach for 20 minutes, but you cannot talk for an hour and expect to keep people's attention.
Over the past four weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to check out some other church plants. A couple of times, I was able to take some people from our launch team as well, which was really cool. I wanted to post an overview of some of my thoughts in no particular order and not necessarily reflective on one particular church.
1.Ridgestone wins the award for best setup in a movie theater. Mill Creek did a great job at creating a children’s environment in a movie theater, and their children's pastor was awesome. Lake Point was very friendly in a school environment...friendly and helpful. Center Point Church in Lexington was doing a great job of spreading the word about the church.
2.Start on time. Get in the habit of starting on time no matter what and your people will get in the habit of being on time. Have something great right off the bat, so if people are late, they miss it. I’ve heard from a couple of different places that people make their decisions to come back or not to come back VERY early.
3.Put friendly people at the doors and on your stage. We went to a couple of churches that really didn’t come across friendly right from the beginning - it took a while for them to welcome us. Your people that are just welcoming and friendly and friendly looking…they need to be greeters. Where's the rule that the pastor always has to do the welcome? You can’t put a price tag on creating a welcoming environment. It takes a lot of work, but there's a big payoff.
4.Lighting helps creates environment. A couple of the movie theater churches I attended were just too dark. This was great for video and worship, but not so good for the message. It’s hard to write things down in the dark. Shoot some par lighting at the ceiling, I don’t know…I’m not a lighting guy. But too much darkness (or too much daylight) can really affect the atmosphere.
5.Coffee and fruit and muffins and bagels at several churches were really nice touches. They were done with excellence nearly every time, and it looked like some sharp volunteers were all over this. This went a long way towards creating a welcoming environment and increase the “hang-out factor” before the service. Rigdgestone had a great coffee area. Mill Creek had Krispy Kreme donuts.
6.Look for some little ways to create wow experiences. Maybe it’s a sticker on a baby’s diaper that says “I’ve just been changed.” Maybe you make pens available (that’s not all that exciting, but if you ask people to take notes or write things down, give them a pen). Make your bulletin and signage match your series. We’re going to take a staff meeting and just talk about the little things we can do to create wow experiences. (Share yours.)
7.I’ve got lots of thoughts to post later about words on the screen. But if you have a special song that the band plays, always put the lyrics on the screen. It’s hard to understand words to songs you don’t know. And you should never have more than four lines of text on one screen.
8.Signs are important. Figure out how many signs you need to direct people to parking, childcare and bathrooms, and then double that number. Put signs outside and in hallways and in front of rooms. Signs aren’t that expensive and they make things a ton easier on guests. If you’re meeting in a rented facility that already has signs up (school signs, movie posters, etc.) you need bigger and better signs that really stand out.
9.Make sure you have enough stage lights. Setting lights only at wide angles creates distracting shadows. Again I say unto you, lighting is important.
10.Relevance and truth are not mutually exclusive. I know modern, post modern, emergent, contemporary, etc. churches often get a bad rap about this, but these two words are not polar opposites. Most of these churches were relevant as well as being true to God’s word. Lots of scripture references. Lots of sharing God’s truth not just man’s opinion. When this is done in a relevant, excellent way, it really hits home. It’s possible to throw truth out there and make no difference because people don’t understand it.
11. Bonus: I’ve got a pretty short attention span. Unless you’re Andy Stanley, you probably shouldn’t teach more than 45 minutes. (And if you ARE Andy Stanley, thanks for reading my blog.) That’s just a long time to teach and people tune out and forget everything you say. I'm not saying you need to teach for 20 minutes, but you cannot talk for an hour and expect to keep people's attention.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Psalm 18:2
"The LORD is my rock,
and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
my God, my strength,
in whom I will trust;"
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