 Yesterday I was present at a talk by famous author and pastor Francis Chan. His book Crazy Love changed the trajectory of my Christian life and ministry, so I was truly looking forward to hearing him speak. Here are some brief notes from the talk.
Right off the bat:
If you’ve come to hear from Francis Chan, and not God, you’re here for the wrong reasons. He is what we pursue.
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 Although I’ll go on record as saying that I think the Ubuntu Unity concept is a good one, it’s not excellently executed. In fact, even in this latest Ubuntu release (version 11.10) it is still sluggish, slow to respond, and buggy. If there’s one thing that really gets old to me, it’s a computer that can’t really keep up when I have to get work done. I’m not talking about super strenuous stuff (I don’t edit HD video for living) but simple web browsing and file management. It’s not cool when If feel like I’m fighting my computer to launch an application or switch tasks. Unfortunately, this what I often ended up doing in Unity when ever things got a bit more complex than one or two browser windows open. Continue reading A Minimal XFCE Desktop
The much hyped, very mysterious, ultra inexpensive Kindle Fire has arrived. I’ve had mine for a little over 48 hours.
I’ve been waiting awhile for something like this. A dead-simple-yet-capable, ultra portable, affordable computer that gives me full access to the web, multimedia, and various documents. In many ways, the modern tablet is the new netbook, but unlike the netbook, it debuted at a fairly high price point. Lower priced tablets have been thus far extremely lackluster in both capability and access to established media outlets. The Fire addresses these challenges head-on with decent physical specs, a full-fledged (if slightly limited) app store, and tight integration with all content that Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and others have to offer. Continue reading The Kindle Fire: A Simple Media Tablet
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