Archive for December, 2005
« Previous EntriesEasy Come, Easy Go
Friday, December 30th, 2005A little while ago, I lamented the notion of “high threshold membership” as possibly just an appeal to brand loyalty. What is the alternative? If the threshold for membership is set really low, it could be perceived as being as easy to leave as it was to come. My thought is that if you make [...]
I changed while you weren’t looking…
Thursday, December 29th, 2005Not that you’d notice though. Most of the changes are below the surface. I upgraded to WordPress 2.0 today. It was mostly painless but I felt kind of uneasy deleting almost all of my website. Weird feeling deleting everything I’ve worked to bring together. The changes aren’t really visible on this side of the curtain, [...]
When all else fails…
Wednesday, December 28th, 2005First, they aren’t a “church” they’re a “Christian center”. Second, their pastors are the husband and wife team of Walter and Cindy Hallam. Isn’t it great that God gave them both the gifts and calling to the pastoral ministry? Even though women are not allowed in that role? Third, if you attend you get entered [...]
New Moussie
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005A week ago I dropped my Powerbook!! It broke the hinge and my mouse fell and broke also. I ordered a new mouse yesterday and it arrived today. It is a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse 4000. This is a small, 4-button mouse. Left and right click with a scroll wheel. The scroll wheel clicks, [...]
Browser O’ My Dreams!
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005Shiira Project is a web browser for OS X that I just came across and figured I’d give it a whirl. It has the things I like from Safari, FireFox and (yes) IE for Mac. Customizable buttons (FireFox), fast rendering and good RSS handling (Safari), a web page chache and a drawer that handles all [...]
Courts Defining Science
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005We all know that the judge in Pennsylvania shot down mentioning Intelligent Design in the classroom. I have a few thoughts on the whole issue. Here is a PDF of the ruling. First, the battle is being fought in the wrong place. We needn’t be trying to introduce ID in the classroom (even by mentioning [...]
An Old Joke Revived, Sadly
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005In a very large sense, this is no laughing matter. It turns out that there are unsafe levels of mercury in tuna. Again. This was a problem in the 70s and sadly it is back. Mercury is a very bad thing to be poisened by. Okay, now for the old joke. Did you hear that [...]
St. Anne’s Public House
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005Joost Nixon is the brother of a friend of mine from California and an internet acquaintance of mine from a few years ago. I met him when he had moved to Idaho to work for Credenda/Agenda. Since then, Joost has moved to Spokane and is pastor of Christ Church there. One of the ministries of [...]
Commercialism or Brand Loyalty?
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005First, some definitions. Consumerism: a term used to describe the effects of equating personal happiness with purchasing. “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.” Brand Loyalty: The net effect of successful marketing. Buying a specific brand because of the brand regardless of quality or price.Am I guilty of this in regards to Apple? [...]
Pastor Wonderful
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005This (MP3) is funny because, well, it’s funny but also it makes me wonder why it hasn’t been done you when we have these and these?
« Previous Entries