looking out the window

First Tuesday in the books!!!

It came and went and it was a great time. Only three guys were able to make it but it as UBER helpful!!! The brain power God has blessed Park Chapel with is beginning to show itself in the IT world! What's cool is, these guys are just a handful of people around here. I don't know if every church has the caliber of IT people that we have or not, but I'm learning our landscape is vast AND if tonight is a sign of what's to come then count me in!!! I'd listen team up with these guys any day of the week. Thanks a lot gentlemen.

IF you are an IT pro/ general geek, and would like to be a part of our IT team, shoot me an email and I'll hook you up with the next meeting.

david lee

Man, I had a great conversation about the potential of blogging today with our children's guru David Smith.... Man I that guy!!!

i like this

I was looking through some old pictures this morning and found this one I took a couple years ago... it says a lot and I kinda like it.

Sonicwall and my time with Dell

So if you haven't figured it out yet, we like Apple Computers around here. However, every now an then I have to talk with PC vendors to get a few things accomplished. Luckily however, in this case it is not directly related to buying a Microsoft product. No... this time it has to do with some Sonicwall gear. See, today our newish cable internet connection dropped. After about 10 min. of nothing I decided to try and switch using our current fail over device... me. So I set about the task of switching to the DSL line... after an hour of fumbling around, working with a crappy DSL connection, rerunning wires, etc... the cable line came back up and has been running flawless ever since. So basically, this failover method, pushed me to call Dell and begin pricing out automated failover so we don't rely on manual all the time.... cuz manual sucks!!! Below are some pictures of my adventures in our distribution frame (can't wait until Bob and I tackle that!!!!).... So my time with Dell today was spent going through what it would take to drop a Sonicwall Pro 2040 in here to take care of failover AND a whole host of things. Thanks to Brett over at Christian Life Center for the recommendation.... all signs point to a great product with great support!!!

1. Our DSL Connection...                   

2. The wonderful router we use :-(   

3. Our kick butt UPS... ha!

love it...

So I really love the place I work!!! Let me give you the top ten reasons why....

10. I get to use Apple Computers all day long
9. The possibilities!!!!
8. The fast pace (though draining, I think I like it!)
7. The forgiveness
6. Being able to discover and learn
5. The freedom
4. My team {mike, dean, stacey}
3. The people @ Park Chapel and the volunteers I get to work with
2. Equipping this staff and solving problems the stumble upon
1. I get to work with my wife!!!

Dell

Anyone have a Dell not for profit Rep? It would be great to get contact info n such!

really?

Is it true??? According to 9to5mac, based on Apple's stock price, Apple is worth $161 Billion. IBM is worth around $154.45 Billion. Hmmmmmmm...... That's a first.

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mobile xbox 360

So I've had this theory ever since I discovered the joys of xbox. If I were to have a caravan moving down the road to say.... I don't know.... a conference AND we had tv's in each car (preferably flip down lcd or headrest lcd)... could we set up one vehicle with a wireless router and play against each other from van to van all the while moving down the high way....????

This smart dude named Clif Guy might have actually done it... well not with xbox's but with wifi nevertheless....

http://appianway.blogspot.com/2007/10/rolling-hotspot.html

my hopes are still alive!!!!

Looks like we are not alone

http://tonydye.typepad.com/main/2007/10/documentdatasto.html

P.S. I love the fact that all of these guys/ girls blog about the stuff they are doing. It is uber helpful!

Tech Tuesday

It is official... after much thought, consideration, and listening to wise jedi knights from across the country... Tech Tuesdays @ Park Chapel will launch @ 7p.m. on Oct. 30th. If you are an IT professional or just a geek in general, it would be great if you'd like to come. We are going to be talking about storage and backup solutions. So if you like pizza, white boards, cookies, other people, and/ or computers... shoot me an email... it would be great if you could come.