Archive for March, 2007
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Presentations for Holy Week
St George and St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church released several new versions of their Coptic Presentation Application today. All presentations are in English, Coptic and Arabic and can be run from any Windows machine with Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint viewer. I’ve placed the files on S3 for faster downloading.
The Palm Sunday Psalmody - New
Prayer [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Coptic Presentations by Andrew Mitry
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Koala - A Wiki How-To Tool
CNET reports on a new wiki how-to tool under development at IBM that will allow people to automate repetitive tasks that are done inside the browser. Koala is a Firefox plug-in that runs in the left-side browser pane, once the user starts recording it creates a script containing tasks that are performed online. [...]
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Dell to put Linux on Desktops and Notebooks
Dell announced yesterday that they will expand Linux factory installed options to include their notebook and desktop lines (they already provide Linux options on their server line). Hopefully this will motivate the other major hardware vendors to do the same. I think Linux on the desktop will definitely be something we look at [...]
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Students give up social networks for Lent
Fasting during Lent is more than just giving up food or something we like, it is about crucifying the flesh so the spirit can thrive. A friend of mine sent me a link to a CNN article, Students give up social networks for Lent. I think it is great that students are giving up [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Christianity by Andrew Mitry
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Our Merciful High Priest
Today’s quiet time:
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let [...]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Using SpinVox with Asterisk
Per Matt Singley’s recommendation, I decided to give SpinVox a try. I don’t use voicemail on my cell phone so I decided to run it on my office line. Setting it up with our Asterisk PBX was pretty straightforward.
When you sign up with SpinVox they give you a DID (Direct Inward Dial) [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in VoIP/Telecom by Andrew Mitry
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
Holy Week PowerPoint Backgrounds
A friend of mine (who wishes to remain nameless), designed these PowerPoint backgrounds for Holy Week:
Download all the backgrounds - holyweekpptbackgrounds.zip
2 Comments » - Posted in AudioVisual, Coptic Presentations by Andrew Mitry
Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
The Treasures of Holy Week
Thank you for your prayers, the retreat last weekend was amazing. I couldn’t imagine a better preparation for the upcoming Holy Week.
All of the talks are are online at OrthodoxSermons.org, I highly recommend listening to them before Holy Week. The booklet and PowerPoint files are up on Scribd.
For those of you who were [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Retreats by Andrew Mitry
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Passion Retreat this Weekend
We have our annual Passion Retreat this weekend, I am really excited about our theme. We will be providing a guide to Holy Week, where we live the events of Christ’s last week with Him. Please pray for the retreat, that the Holy Spirit gives words to those who speak and opens the [...]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Holy Week Presentation from St. Mark - Jersey City
St. Mark Coptic Church in Jersey City, NJ has their Holy Week (Pascha) presentation available online in PDF format. Note that this presentation is based off the following book: The Holy Pascha: Order of Holy Week Services in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Holy Week - Pascha Book Presentation v1
