Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
10,000 Spam Comments since June
Since I started blogging last June, Akismet has caught over 10,000 spam comments. Of course that’s less than what TechCrunch gets in a day. Akismet makes it possible for me to allow anonymous comments. I have gotten very few false positives and only one or two spam comments slip through a week. [...]
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
48HrBooks.com
I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention – invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.
- Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977
The above quote definitely applies to me – not to say that I am an inventor but rather someone who is always hunting down new [...]
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Store Closings
Looks like retail computer and electronics stores (except Apple) aren’t faring too well these days with RadioShack closing 700 stores and CompUSA closing 126 stores. I just saw the 30% off everything sign at my local CompUSA.
Store closings can be a great opportunity on two notes. First, many of the employees that are [...]
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
salesforce.com might be offering discounts for nonprofits
The Non-Profit Tech Blog mentions a rumor that salesforce.com will offer discounted licensing for nonprofits with more than 10 CRM users – ballpark figure is 75% off the normal licensing fees. Â The post also mentions that their have been successful conversions from Raiser’s Edge to salesforce.com. Â I know that salesforce.com is a well regarded player [...]
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
VoIP PBX Appliances
For those of you who are interested in an open source VoIP PBX but don’t have the time or desire to build your own Asterisk box, Fonality is releasing the Trixbox Appliance. Trixbox is the new name for Asterisk@Home, the platform we currently run at church. Asterisk@Home 2.7 is working well for us, [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in VoIP/Telecom by Andrew Mitry
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Confess? Why Should I?
“Confess? Why Should I?” is a four part small group series on the sacrament of confession. The series features video clips by Father Bishoy Andrawes and a discussion guide.
Part 1 – Got Directions?
Part 2 – Repentance and Confession
Part 3 – What’s Standing in Your Way?
Part 4 – So . . . What’s Next?
Discussion [...]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Suggested Small Group Curriculums
Here are a few suggested curriculums, please feel free to add suggestions and reviews in the comments.
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
St. Mark’s Small Group Leadership Manual
We decided to go ahead post our small group resources on Scribd, to start here is the leadership manual:
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
6 Quick Steps to Host a File on Amazon S3
Last year, Amazon rolled out it Simple Storage Service (S3), which allows you to store and retrieve data on the same infrastructure that Amazon uses to run their own sites. Almost instantaneously you can get access to “highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure” with minimal cost outlay. While initially designed for [...]
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Scribd – YouTube for Documents
Earlier this week, TechCrunch and Lifehacker highlighted Scribd – “a free online library where anyone can upload.” Scribd has potential to be a great help for churches to easily make their homegrown resources readily available on the Internet, just like YouTube has done for video. Scribd lets you upload, tag, comment and embed [...]
