Just a reminder, this is the week that was the time change time.
Some things may change when you aren’t expecting.
Monthly Archive for March, 2007
I will admit, I am keeping my old laptop running (in spite of a damaged hard drive connector) until I am ready to buy a new one with Vista and ReadyDrive (yes, I can be a glutton for pain). I want to make sure I am ready and prepared for Vista when it gets deployed here someone in 2009, and I am comfortable with running Virtual PC for those times when XP is necessary.
This will not be my main system at the church, though. I still have plenty that requires XP and will doubtfully be moved up to Vista compatibility anytime soon without considerable cost.
A few days ago I found out that one of our staff members is really pushing for Vista. This is a special situation since he is one of the more computer literate users in the building. His system is specialized and was built under a program we do where the IT department will contribute the amount of money we normally spend on a system and your department pays for the rest. He is one of the few people who have admin access to their own system, and we rarely have to do anything on it.
He has been running Vista at home for a while and loves it, now he wants it at work. The IT opinion so far has come down to these 2 points:
- A Vista site license is not planned in the budget right now, and we have no intention of upgrading anyone anytime soon. Therefore, it would be his out-of-pocket expense.
- We are not currently equipped to support Vista. I have run the Beta for a while, but I am not proficient enough to troubleshoot it in the timely manner dictated by having other users. Therefore, we have told him that we will support it even less than we support the Macs.
Is anyone else considering Vista in any way? Are you allowing rogue systems like this? Any expectations on when you will upgrade?
Friend Day is this Sunday at Christ’s Church so I fixed up an image for the front of the web site. After discussing ways to encourage people to invite their friends I created the following for a mass emailing (I don’t believe it was ever sent out though):
Have you invited your friends to Friend Day at Christ’ Church?
Why not?
Here, let us help you out a bit. We have taken some of the most important information about this weekend and combined it into one page on our website at [Insert Friend Day Page Here].1. Take a moment and call your friends or send them an email.
2. Let them know how important they are to you and that you want them to join you this Sunday at church.
3. Arrange a place to meet so that you can be sure to sit together.
4. Invite them out to lunch afterward.
5. Assure them that Arron promises he won’t let them fall asleep during the message.
6. Let them know that the directions and service times are available at [Insert Friend Day Page Here]
7. Bring a breath mint. Just in case.We look forward to meeting your friends this weekend.
God Bless.
Then came the fun part. Our theme right now is “Heroes.” Since I am a fan of the series (the only regular TV show I actually watch, and I watch it online), I couldn’t pass up the chance to do an “Enemies Day” spoof for April 1.
“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” Matthew 5:44
What says that better than this image.
The single Helix was redesigned to match our church logo.
I am sure there is a lot of this in every country except where the Internet is almost mandatory for dealing with the government.
Many Americans see little point to Web: survey
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| Park(s) Associates, a Dallas-based technology market research firm, said 29 percent of U.S. households, or 31 million homes, do not have Internet access and do not intend to subscribe to an Internet service over the next 12 months. |
Offline Americans see Internet of Little Value
44% – Not interested in anything on the Internet
22% – Say they cannot afford a computer or internet access.
17% – Say they don’t understand or know how to use the Internet.
14% – Do all their e-commerce and surfing from work.
03% – Said the internet does not reach their homes.
My notes:
US broadband use reached 52% in 2006, up from 42% in 2005.
29% – No Internet
52% – Broadband
19% – Dial-up?
What is it with cats and web sites. Years upon years ago when I read “HTML 4.0 For Dummies” there were lots of references to web pages about cats. It seems to be almost a cliche, well, I guess it is.
The article this came from is here: The Evolution of Blogging, Cat Version.
I don’t think I could go for Twitter. Even I have too much of a life to Twitter or follow other people’s Twitters. And to be honest, I probably just don’t care enough.
I posted a while back about Google’s study on hard drives, but I forgot to post a few weeks ago that Steve Gibson did a Security Now netcast with Leo Laporte discussing his understanding of the results of that study.
Link to the episode at Twit.TV: Security Now Episode 81.
Link to the Security Now page at grc.com where you can get the transcript as well.
Summary: Hard drives are unreliable. SMART technology is dumb. Google uses a lot of drives.
I have been watching this building go up for the last year or so as I go to and from the church building. It is for a local Hindu society. Looking at the outside of it as they have framed and filled out the decorations has been interesting. After reading the description I am interested in seeing the inside once it is build.
It seems very odd to me to have idols set up inside a building. Of course they would probably think that the 4 giant crosses that mark the center of our main building are weird (90 foot ones on the front and back and then 60 – 70 foot ones in the front of the foyer and auditorium), and of course the baptistery.
I keep having a fear that someone will vandalize the building, although I doubt it will happen. Jacksonville is a very multi-ethnic town, even in the predominantly white area where we are located. This makes the house of worship architecture on Greenland Rd. even more interesting. From the golden dome of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at one end to our modern warehouse / office complex / hospital / fortress at the other end.
I actually took a moment to smile today since I knew there were no Windows patches coming. Very nice.
Then I saw that Apple had a different story. I wonder if Microsoft figured they would just let Apple catch up for a bit.
I had no idea that the Daylight Saving Time change would catch so many off guard. I am working at the church tonight and have to keep reminding people they will be losing an hour.
So, I hope everyone leaves a bit earlier so I can go to bed a bit earlier.
We are preparing to build a completely new wireless network in our new building and we are looking for good access points.
We would like to go for 802.11n capable access points.
Any suggestions in good, low-cost, n-ready (not necessarily necessary) access points?
Cross posted with the Open Source Ministry Networking Support Forum.
Update: “N” Isn’t really important. We may use it in some areas in the future, but for right now not so much.
Update: POE is necessary though.
Yet Another Update: I reference this in another post, Multiple SSID Security Option on wifi.