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Book Review: Hood (The King Raven Trilogy, Book 1) by Stephen R. Lawhead

Posted in Books on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have been a fan of Stephen Lawheads books ever since reading The Dragon King Trilogy as a kid, and his novels keep getting better and better with time. When you read a Lawhead book you can expect an imaginative tale steeped deep in history, his personal study of the history surrounding the time in [...]

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Family data backup plan

Posted in Technology on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I realized a couple of months ago just how much of my family’s life was now digital. Family pictures, family videos. They were all stored on our computer’s hard drives. If something happened to those and we ended up losing that data, my wife would absolutely kill me. So, inspired by Scott Hanselman, I started [...]

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So, I bought a Mac…

Posted in Technology on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

After years of considering it, I finally purchased a Mac last weekend. I got the 2.4 GHz white MacBook. I’m really enjoying it. Within minutes I was connected to my network at home browsing the internet and content from my Windows server. I’ve always been a fan on Linux. OS X is essentially a Linux [...]

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How I doubled the number of books I read…

Posted in Books on March 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I love reading books. But, with a family and a job and responsibilities at the church, I found myself having less and less time to read every day. And my backlog of “To Read” books just keeps growing larger and larger. So, I found a solution.. audio books. A couple of years ago I got [...]

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The Calvinism and Armininism debate

Posted in Religion, tagged theology on March 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Well, against my better judgement I have jumped into another theological debate. Jason, one of my friends from college, and I have a discussion going over on his blog about Calvinism vs. Armininism. If you’re interested, check it out here.

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HTPC

Posted in Technology on March 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I spent the weekend setting up our HTPC. For those unfamiliar, Home Theater PCs are computers that live attached to your entertainment center in your living room, as opposed to on the desk in the office. Here were my requirements for this project: Use existing resources with minimal purchases. Be able to enjoy at our [...]

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