I’ve been working on this not-so-small idea about how to apply technology to most aspects of church, and do it on church budgets with church people (i.e. mostly non-technical people), and I was thinking; wouldn’t it be cool if this actually worked out, and I used these ideas (and hopefully someday their implementation within our [...]
BigCat’s Blog of DOOM
My name is Ben Catlin, and this is where I rock out on topics like my life, technology and faith.
Browsing Posts published in November, 2005
We arrived safely from southern California yesterday, BigSexy, aka Brett came to pick us up. It was good to talk to him since I see him all of once every month or so since he became a resident at the hospital. I will breifly recount a few of the highlights of our California trip. Tuesday [...]
Lauren and I are leaving for California tonight. Should be nice to have some quiet time in the plane to read, sleep, pray, and do a little dreaming about some tech things I’ve been cooking up in my head. In preperation for going out there I was checking out Vineyards to go to, specifically looking [...]
Current Mood: refreshedWell, as the Lord has a sense of humor, I got called into the boss’s office at about 4. He starts with the asking me why I’ve been looking less enthusiastic lately, and segues into mumbling something about my raise, and concern for how I feel about our company. So, there was a [...]
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69615,00.html?tw=rss.TOP You should read this if you get the chance. This $100 laptop thing is going to happen, and the Secretary general of the UN is excited about it. The prototype was unveild this week. The LCD screen was developed in the Media Lab at MIT which is how they get it so cheap (that [...]
Current Mood: contemplativeWalking in the morning is great. I get a chance to pray. I see lots of cool sunrises coming up over the city (which is most visible when I walk on the bridge over the railroad tracks). Sometimes beauty is so ingrained in nature it takes a strong will to not see it [...]
Other people seem to think Open source software in other countries, especially developing ones, is a good thing. And here I thought I was being novel (Read this line dripping with sarcasm). http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39236745,00.htm In other news I could speak in tongues while praying this morning. I got prayer for that, and I’m pretty confident that [...]
If you don’t already know this, Sony is putting copy protection on some of their new CD’s that actually cripples windows ability to rip CD’s to MP3. It gets inside the core of windows, changes some stuff, and masks itself like a virus. The state of California is already bringing a lawsuit against them for [...]
The UN is gearing up to discuss some of the issues related to the topics I’ve been thinking about lately with the “digital divide” between developed and undeveloped nations. Here is a BBC article that hits on some of the topics I’ve been pondering lately about broadband in developing countries, and cell phones and other [...]
‘Nuff said. If you know me, you know what this means. That is all. P.S. This game is awesome!
Current Mood: annoyedAnd, a few openings appeared in my inbox today from Guidant that I might actually be qualified for. So, I’m thinking despite my recent large raise, it might be time to split. Or, it might be that I get restless with everything I do, and the cycles are slowly degrading so that soon [...]
Check out this article on software and economics. The conclusion the guy arrives at is that it would be good for the government to fund open source software development because it would decrease the price of all software, and increase the adoption rate of computers and software across the globe. And the increase of the [...]
Have you ever had one of those times where someone says something to you and it starts your head to flying around like some kind of rollercoaster on crack. Well, in an effort to still my head I will not write about anything that is making it go crazy today and focus on something entirely [...]
