How to properly taste beer http://www.cureforwhatalesyou.com/2007/01/23/how-to-taste-beer/ In case you haven’t heard, windows Vista mostly sucks, and microsoft is using to further their goals of world donmination. Plans for the next version of windows seem to be less covert about their aspirations….which is funny because I never thought they were very sneaky about it anyway. http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/79728/index.html [...]
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 January, 2007
http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/01/29/1740259.shtml I was saying more people should get involved in initiatives like this a year ago. I mean is it me or does giving open source software to poor people / poorer school districts just seem like a duh way to help close the digital divide. Free + runs on old hardware + completely standardized [...]
We are in the midst of having the tile replaced on the walls in the bathroom (mostly just in the shower) to fix some leaking into the basement we are having. And along with that we are replacing the fixtures in the shower. I’m paying someone to re-tile, cuz I’m just to lazy, and not [...]
If any member of the braincell was slightly happier tonight, it is because I watched beerfest for the first time. If ever there was a movie written just for the viewing of the braincell, this movie was it. The only disappointing part of the movie for me was that it was not viewed, in entirety [...]
In my last blog I mentioned that when I saw how easy it was to interact with the iPhone I thought “This is what I was promised 5 years ago!” I love the picture the author paints in this article on Wired http://www.wired.com/news/technology/gizmos/0,72477-0.html?tw=rss.technology But I read that and thought “Didn’t Rob and I have a [...]
One of the best times in the year for a tech nerd is the second or third week of the year. Usually at this time we have CES (Consumer Electronics Show) and MacWorld going on, and lots and lots of new toys get debuted that will be available in the near or far future. Over [...]
From my Bible reading today: 14The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. 15My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. 16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 17The troubles of my [...]
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/ I’m about to be a complete mac fanboy. I need to save up a bunch of money so I can join the pretentious lot of people with too many white consumer electronics in their possession. Cuz this thing is flipping sweet. Now, I need something similar only completely open source….hmmm.
Current Mood: contentLauren and I have lately been getting stronger and stronger leadings that what we need to spend more time doing is praying for people. And, we feel a lot of spiritual attack whenever we talk about it, so I’m pretty sure that is the direction we need to head in. To that end, [...]
