The 4 year old router Central purchased is starting to get a bit flaky. Â The hardware of the router is actually pretty good, but the firmware has always been terrible (and never updated). Â As the demands of our network have gotten more and more, the bugginess of the firmware has popped up more and more….
Category: Geek
The hidden gem of OpenLP
At Central, we use the open source program OpenLP.org for our lyrics projection. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that some of the commercial apps have – but it’s simple, fast, and free. These are three great traits for a church running on a shoestring IT budget. OpenLP recently releases their 2.0 beta…
The fall of a cultural icon
Monday night I went to a Borders for the last time. Well, the store signage said “Borders,” but it wasn’t like I remembered it at all. The cafe was closed, the friendly Borders staff was gone, and there were signs indicating the mark-downs available for any given shelf. In fact, there were no employees of…
Vacations and Behavioral Change
I love going on vacations for many reasons, but my favorite might be the chance to track the changing behavior-patterns of vacationers over time. Â Yes, I’m a geek (and probably a nerd) – I can’t help it. The first “vacation” I ever took with my wife was our honeymoon to Williamsburg, VA. Â As we prepared…
The “meh” experience of sermon-writing on my iPad
Today I took the plunge and wrote my sermon on my iPad. It’s a “doable” experience, but not one I’d want to repeat over and over again just yet. Let me share my two biggest reasons why I don’t think it’s quite “there” yet. There aren’t any windows. I know, on the iPad that’s a…
Leaving the MacBook at home for fun and prophet
We drove out to pick up our daughter from my wife’s folks after worship on Sunday. As my day off is Monday we stayed over-night and hit HersheyPark on Monday. This isn’t unusual, it’s a ritual we do year after year. What was unusual, however, is that this time I left my MacBook at home….
