Just hours after I downloaded the iPhone 2.0 update from Apple’s site (and a day earlier than it was going to be released!), the iPhone Dev Team had already announced a jailbreak! Gizmodo was one of the first to release the news, although the truth is that just about every incremental release of the 2.0 [...]

From a link over at iClarified this a.m., I was able to download the much-anticipated iPhone 2.0 firmware – one day early. I have no idea how this is possible, only that I got the download before Apple took the link down. By updating to the new iTunes 7.7, I was able to option-click on [...]

That’s about the odds of my moped showing back up at this point. Ghost was stolen from our carport sometime between last Thursday night and Friday morning. I’ve now been the recipient of much moped pity. I didn’t know there was such a thing until Linda Vallance explained it to me on the phone this [...]

I’ll admit that I’m a “twaddict” – someone that loves to keep with my friends and acquaintances through lifestreaming services like Twitter, Pownce, Friendfeed, Spokeo, Plurk, etc. All of these services are impressive, and there is a heavyweight cage match happening in cyber space over which will earn the hearts of bloggers and microbloggers. Twitter [...]

One of my recent iPhone photos was featured as the main shot in the Fourth of July edition of Qi Magazine.

There are some other shots like it here.

I can’t believe this… We were packing the vehicle for Little Rock to see my folks on the Fourth, and I finally noticed that Ghost, my scooter, was missing from the carport. Now this might not have been unusual, given the friends that I have, but after a quick call to the most ornery ones, [...]

Carolyn took these pictures at the Chase’s pool recently:
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I’ve got to point your attention to an excellent article that Mandy wrote for ignorantprotestant.com the other day. I was privileged to help her in a couple of areas, but it was really her brain-sweat that produced a wonderfully informative and provocative piece.
She interviewed a few unchurched families in our area. They were gracious enough [...]

Carolyn was swamped getting ready to go take pictures, and it was lunchtime. Adelyn and I are the only other ones in the house, with Sam being at children’s camp with First Baptist. I popped some leftovers into the microwave for myself, and Adelyn said she wanted a PBJ. No problems there, I thought.
Until I [...]

Revolution in World Missions
by K. P. Yohannan
 

Revolution is a dangerous book to pick up. It will change both your concept of missions and what may be the most effective way of doing missions. Author K.P. Yohannan is the founder of Gospel for Asia, a ministry seeking to equip, train, and provide funding for native pastors [...]

BusySync is a powerful application for the Mac that allows syncing your iCal calendars with Google calendars and back. You can change an event on iCal and voila! – it’s instantly changed on Google. However, the best part about BusySync is that what you change on Google calendar is also changed on all your Macs [...]

When my family made the celebratory trek to Stephenville, TX last month for my brother-in-law Jeff’s graduation (yes, there are two of us in the family, but I was here first), we stayed in the Texas Inn there. It was relatively inexpensive and clean – fine for our purposes. I was rather surprised to find [...]

Pastor Joe Thorn of Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, IL has an interesting blog entry about effective evangelism that cites six personal observations about evangelism that are worth reading and responding to here. He says, 
“..this isn’t technical research pulled together by Ed Stetzer and the people at Lifeway. These are conclusions I have come to after living in this community for [...]

It all started with Adelyn’s second swim meet of the year. It was in Camden, so the fam loaded up with friends and Amanda (who is doing a fantastic job as our swim team coach) on Friday afternoon. The meet started at 6:00 and lasted until about 8:45 or so. It was a late night [...]

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by A. J. Jacobs

I wanted to followup on my earlier entry about this book and let you know my general conclusions.
I was not disappointed with Jacobs’ writing style and wit. I continued to chuckle and at times, roar with [...]