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Twilight: I guess you either love ‘em or you hate...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:50:06 -0500

Twilight: I guess you either love ‘em or you hate ‘em.

(from goodreads.com)

Yeah, THAT’S how good I am at Angry Birds—27/21...

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:17:05 -0500

Yeah, THAT’S how good I am at Angry Birds—27/21 stars. Booyah.

(Angry Birds on G+ has a bug on Chrome Dimension 4 and 7 levels where it saves the stars and scores in some places but not others.)

“Download map area” added to Labs in Google Maps for Android

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:00:06 -0500

“Download map area” added to Labs in Google Maps for Android:

Very, very nice feature addition!

Honduras, Here I Come

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:34:53 -0500

Well, tomorrow I’m headed for Honduras. The myriad circumstances that have culminated in this trip are kinda staggering. My connection with Honduras came from two different directions—my church, who is for the second consecutive year is taking a mission team to La Ceiba, and my coffee, which led me to La Union, Lempira, Honduras.

We’ll be flying out tomorrow, June 12, and will fly in to San Pedro Sula. A 3-hour (I’m told, edge-of-your-seat, grab-the-barf-bag) bus ride will take us to our home for a week in La Ceiba. We’ll be building a shower facility, a couple homes, and a children’s center (a total of three teams will be down over the course of the next three weeks). The team will fly out sometime on Saturday, June 18.

Sometime Sunday or Monday, then, I’ll begin a cross-country trek to La Union. The major bus stops are San Pedro Sula, Santa Barbara, and then La Union.

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I’ll be spending a couple days with Union Microfinanza, the organization I (as Origins Coffee Roasters) purchase coffee from, where I’ll be able to meet some farmers, see some coffee shrubs, and observe this microloan enterprise in action.

I’m naturally excited and nervous, but mostly excited to see what God will do with my time down there. Please pray that I’ll be an effective servant, that God will protect and uphold my family in my absence, and that I’ll learn much.

Do away with property tax uncertainties

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:16:06 -0500

Do away with property tax uncertainties :

Wouldn’t this be nice. Unfortunately, we’re talking about Illinois, so I’m not holding my breath.

Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader

Mon, 23 May 2011 10:28:19 -0500

Amazon to Allow ePub eBooks on the Kindle e-Reader :

I’m glad they’re moving in the direction of more open standards. I think I chose the right e-reader!

ooVoo’s response to my request to delete my account. Wow.

Wed, 11 May 2011 16:52:17 -0500

ooVoo’s response to my request to delete my account.

Wow.

I should NOT have to be telling companies this in 2011. I...

Wed, 11 May 2011 16:46:00 -0500

I should NOT have to be telling companies this in 2011. I suggest avoiding ooVoo.

Their spectacular response was, in a nutshell, “We don’t delete accounts, but you can remove your name and maybe, just maybe, we won’t email you.”

In light of their response, I no longer suggest you avoid ooVoo. I suggest you run from them. Fast.

LendleBlog: Are publishers now opting out of ebook lending?

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:46:07 -0500

LendleBlog: Are publishers now opting out of ebook lending?:

lendle:

One of the reasons we’ve been so keen on tracking statistics surrounding the number of lendable books in our catalogue is that it means we’re harvesting information about an industry in its formative stages. Almost no one else has this information — and if they do, they’re not sharing it.

One of…

KC donates “Cranes for Kids”

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:34:48 -0500

KC donates “Cranes for Kids”:

Very cool—sounds like a fun project all around!

Dear Podcasters:

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:40:42 -0500

Please, please, listen to your podcast and adjust the volume level of your (mostly useless and probably too long) lead-in/lead-out music to match the volume level of your voice(s).

Thanks,
Eric

Kindle’s Real Page Numbers

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:30:51 -0500

Kindle’s Real Page Numbers:

I’m glad that Kindle took the time to wait and roll this out when they could do it right. I’m eager to see real page numbers on more and more books.

Server Attention Span

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:11:54 -0600

Server Attention Span:

XKCD is spot on again.

Dear anyone with a mobile site: DON’T DO THIS!!!

OK, I don’t usually do these things, but there’s a...

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:32:12 -0600

OK, I don’t usually do these things, but there’s a free book in it for me, so I’ll break my own rules. This is a promo video for A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller.

It’s cool living in the future! Found via...

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:20:28 -0600

It’s cool living in the future!

Found via http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/2011/02/display-and-interaction-work-at.html

So. Cool.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:08:10 -0600

So. Cool.

Windows Drivers for Kinect

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:21:52 -0600

Windows Drivers for Kinect:

OK, this is not helping me resist buying a Kinect.

http://xkcd.com/859/

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:24:02 -0600

http://xkcd.com/859/

Goodbye, Last.fm

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:09:41 -0600

Goodbye, Last.fm:

If there’s one thing I hate (and trust me, there isn’t), it’s companies that entice users with a free (well, ad-supported, which isn’t exactly free) or freemium product and then switches it up. Either have the foresight and honesty to charge a fair price from day one or keep your word.

Fare thee well, last.fm.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleMobileBlog/~3/gHEJgLH3a7s/introducing-android-market-website.html

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:05:05 -0600

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGoogleMobileBlog/~3/gHEJgLH3a7s/introducing-android-market-website.html:

This is a good move. It’s a lot nicer to look for apps on a desktop.