The idea behind this post has been swirling around my head for the past week or two. Really, for anyone who’s followed this blog, or my posts on Facebook before shuttering my account a year ago, this line of thought has been lurking in the corners of my brain for several years. An article published […]
ArsTechnica had an interesting article about the ever-expanding trend of renting vs. owning when it comes to all things digital. First it was renting “cloud” storage rather than providing for your own data backup solution. More recently, the big players like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google brought the option to rent computer processing power, and then […]
A much needed corrective for the Joel Osteens of the world, and their misguided followers. (And, if I’m honest, for me as well.) “He that believes in Me…out of him shall flow….” (John 7:38) Jesus did not say — “he that believes in Me shall realize the blessing of the fullness of God,” but — […]
One camera that I keep by the front door – and one that I failed to mention in my camera lineage a few months ago – is the Olympus E-PM1, also known as the Pen Mini. It originally came out in 2011, but I picked up a used copy for around $100 back in 2014. […]
It’s Friday as I post this, so as you think about the weekend, here’s a song to start it off with the right frame of mind…
Several years ago when I was still living in the land of Windows, I joined a Microsoft program called TechNet. At the time it was a program for IT professionals (and other geeks) to try out installations of different Microsoft operating systems and applications. Members could download full versions of various operating systems (Windows 7 […]
It doesn’t take reading many headlines to get the sense that darkness, confusion, and hopelessness seem to be on the rise in our culture. The signs are pretty much everywhere – ever-rising vitriol and outrage online, rising rates of gender dysphoria, drug addiction, increased incidences of suicide, and, most recently, the awful shootings in El […]
Some “Cliff’s notes” from a book I’m currently reading: We need to speak in ways that free our listeners from a secular social imaginary, where the words “authority” and “obedience” suggest a way of living that is either outmoded or oppressive. What we need to communicate is that in following Jesus, disciples leave their bondage […]
It had been 8 years or so, but I went out with my old Olympus E-300 just to spend time with an old photographic friend. Originally released in 2004 (I got a refurbished one in 2006), it’s a pretty basic DSLR – no live view, no in-camera art filters, no in-body image stabilization. But was […]
I’ve been following some RSS news feeds that I used to follow several years ago, just to get a bird’s-eye view of stories making headlines, and some of the comments those headlines generate. And lately I’ve noticed what seems like an up-tick in hostility towards religious faith in general, and traditional Christian beliefs in particular. […]