Archive for December, 2006
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Outsourcing Web Hosting - Maybe Mosso?
We currently do the majority of our hosting in house. Our Internet connecation and server are pretty reliable. We get into trouble when it comes to power, it seems that we are still on an old rural power grid and we suffer from extended power outages quite often. We have enough battery [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry
Friday, December 29th, 2006
The Heavenly Bridegroom Retreat
Our 2006 Winter retreat this year was amazing, the topic was about having a personal relationship with Christ as our Heavenly Bridegroom. Our retreats are one of the best opportunities for spiritual growth and are often a great starting point for our young adults to take their spiritual life to the next level. [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Christianity, Orthodoxy, Retreats by Andrew Mitry
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Katharion 30 Day Trial
After the last IT Discussion IT Discussion call, we decided to move forward on a hosted anti-spam service for our email. Today, we started a 30 day trial with Katharion. I know that Chris257 (sorry Chris, not sure of your full name) mentioned they were using them on the call and Travis [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
On the Incarnation
I’ve had a fun past couple of days, first our church operates on the Coptic calendar which is now synchronized with the “old” Julian calendar, so we won’t be celebrating the Feast of the Nativity “Christmas” until January 7th. That being said we did have a big fun family get together on the 25th [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Christianity, Orthodoxy by Andrew Mitry
Monday, December 18th, 2006
Notes on Episode 2 - Church IT Discussions
Last Friday, Jason Powell hosted Episode 2 of Church IT Discussions (you can download or listen to the discussion online) on TalkShoe. Here are a few notes on what we discussed (please feel free to add or correct).
First, you may need the lastest Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for the Talkshoe Live Client, although their [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Wild Apricot
Just came across Wild Apricot, a Canadian company that does website and online administration tools for non-profits (saw them on TechCrunch). Looks like it could be a useful set of tools for a church just starting their online presence and database. Rates are reasonable starting from $12/month to $200/month.
Here is an overview taken [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry
Friday, December 15th, 2006
Switch to SunRocket
After a successful few months with PhoneGnome, I looked at how much we were paying per month for Verizon (around $30) and the VocalNet service ($14.99) and said that it just wasn’t worth it for the amount we use our home phone. Sherry and I both have cell phones and we have plenty of [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in VoIP/Telecom by Andrew Mitry
Monday, December 11th, 2006
Infrant Network Attached Storage
I’ve gotten several requests lately for recommendations on network storage. We have been using Infrant products at church for over a year, so far we are really happy with the reliability and performance.
We have the ReadyNAS 1000s at church and the ReadyNAS 600 at an off site location. We us them for media storage [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Web/Tech by Andrew Mitry
Monday, December 11th, 2006
100k on the Truck
My truck turned 100,000 miles today, it is a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado and the first vehicle I bought new. The truck has run reliably for its first 100k and has been a great tool in the service, moving around equipment and pulling around trailers full of donations. With 4WD and a manual transmission, [...]
Comments Off - Posted in General by Andrew Mitry
Monday, December 11th, 2006
College Meetings and Online Small Groups with SightSpeed
We have been toying with a new video calling service from SightSpeed. We are using it in two different ways, first we are using it to allow Father Anthony to host meetings on college campuses from his home. Second, I have started an online small group with a few guys who are spread [...]
