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My apologies in advance for all the technical jargon. My blog is self-hosted, meaning I own the domain and buy the space from Brinkster. Then I installed WordPress and make the magic happen. Well today, I was trying to add my blog to my YouTube account so I could post videos automatically to rvaYM. I [...]

Somebody else linked to this yesterday, and I was amused and interested. How could downloading my own personal web browser of choice be like getting into college? This Firefox thing is a piece of cake compared to what I had to do to get into college, much less graduate: Why downloading Firefox is like getting [...]

I just got a message on Facebook from my first youth pastor. I knew he had been working on a new project for a while, but didn’t know what it was. He’s been working behind the scenes on EverythingMustChange.org. I haven’t had a chance to read Brian McLaren’s new book, which the site is based [...]

Over the past few months, my iPod has been acting strangely. I deduced that the hard drive was on its last leg, and gave it a little tech CPR a few times. My patience finally ran out, and I realized it was time to move on. I posted the broken iPod on eBay, fully disclosing [...]

A fellow youth minister asked this morning how best to communicate to students and parents. It’s expensive to snail mail, a lot of our students don’t have or check e-mail, some parents don’t want their students on Myspace/Facebook. So how about cell phones? Nearly every student has one, so how can we use them efficiently [...]

Someone hacked into my eBay account tonight. Thanks to some quick work on the web, Keanu at eBay Live Help and a slow hacker, I’m back on my own with no unwanted guests. Check out eBay’s Security Center for help on staying safe. If an e-mail from eBay looks phishy, it might be. And if [...]