vj software or video editing?

J. wants to know about VJ programs vs. video editing for his youth pastor. Hi J. your youth pastor wants ambient video wallpaper that does not distract from his message, or from whatever else is going on, but rather adds a vital and prophetic layer to it. He also wants to layer his words or…

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Dylan Greene on RSS

Dylan Greene’s 10 reasons on why RSS is not ready for prime time are interesting but I still believe that RSS is the way the browsing experience is moving. Away from surfing and towards sucking in the headlines. Besides that, it just feels good to have your RSS Feeder suck in info from all your…

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When VJs become VJs

Thanks BigLoose for the link to this article. I am blogging this so that i dont lose it. I want to read it later. The article is Life as an Artificial Lifeform: When VJs become VJs and VideoPerformanceArtists become VideoLiveActs

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freedom and grid

I am still thinking about the idea of Grid, and the fact that creativity flourishes in constraint. The word of the day from ourdailyblog.com is “IF YOU wish to make progress in virtue, live in the fear of the Lord, do not look for too much freedom, discipline your senses, and shun inane silliness.” Thomas…

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the secret of my other sites

hey – sorry about the password protection issue yesterday. my blog editing software send the photo to one of my password protected blogs and was trying to link to it. all fixed now. so why do i have other sites that are protected? well, as you may know, i have been working on a writing…

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G-Force 2.5.3

G-Force 2.5.3 released yesterday. a fantastic visualizer that i have used since 2000. Download it and have some fun. i used to teach my conferences by dropping images and texts into this free program.

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Google challenges in 2004

Wired News: There’s a Gaggle Chasing Google Always fun to keep track of Google, which may be one of the leading God figures of the internet.

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Jobs’ keynote to be webcast

MacMinute: Jobs’ Macworld Expo keynote to be webcast “Apple will webcast Steve Jobs’ Macworld Expo San Francisco keynote on Tuesday beginning at 9:00 a.m. PT” I should really be in San Francisco today!!!!

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RSS Feed for ESV bible

Glenn Slaven from Australia offers to set up a RSS Feed for ESV bible for those bloggers with Typepad who want a Bible verse of the day. I am testing it out at ourdailyblog.com and the first one popped up this morning. (See comments to find out how to get it on your typepad blog)

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Getting Started With RSS

Stevie has some good advice on RSS feeders, for those of you who have yet to get hooked up. (“surfing the net” is sooooo last century)

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OurDailyBlog.com opens today

Happy New Year! It is snowy and cold here in Prague and we stayed up late last night to light fireworks in our back yard. I just opened up a new blog called OurDailyBlog.com where i hope to host a daily devotional site. In 2004 we will be reading through Imitation of Christ, by Thomas…

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Mac 2004 predictions

Mac 2004 predictions are pretty lame. When does the G5 iMac debut? G5 powerbook? Somebody tell me something interesting is coming up, or was 2003 and extraodinarily innovative year for Apple? News of an impending $100 iPod is good, however, and I can finally get one for myself . . I mean . . .…

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Asian Blog Awards

Flying Chair Check out an “extensive list of blogs you see, over 500, in the voting pages” for best Asian blog. Or just go here and see who won.

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Stretch – [Advent :: grid blog 2]

There is about 20 people in my house right now – families from all over. As part of our experience together, we are joining the global advent grid blog. I left the computer on and a few people blogged, including myself. Here they are: Stretch. You stretched out your arm and carved reality from nothing…

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Hanging with Gandalf

Return of the King premiere in Berlin. As you know, we drove up there and watched all the actors, listened to Peter Jackson give his speech, but there was something more. Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) walked out and had a chat with us. Yes, I took that photo! He stood in front of me and…

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Orlando Bloom

According to Bloomed.net (Orlando Bloom’s fan site), Orlando and his mates have been trying to kick some demon butt. Quote “So the actor and his fellow cast members – ORLANDO BLOOM and SEAN BEAN – visited a village church while filming in Mexico to pray for any curse to be lifted.” [BACKBLOG: OOOpppppssss – false…

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to All of God’s Beautiful Spammers.

James left a comment on my blog that is a request for money for his church building. I get spammed all the time, especially from Nigerians (nothing against Nigerians). He is probably too busy to come back and read this, with all those thousands of Christians to contact, but if he came back, this is…

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Moby at LA Apple Store

Moby appears today in the LA Apple Store. That would be a treat. His Play album gave me a huge amount of material for digital storytelling from the Bible. All those cool loops, and chilled out music. Normally music takes the spotlight and its hard to teach or talk above it but many of the…

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Man With a Movie Camera

I need to decide where to take my wife tonight on our “date” and I am presented with two great options, each one a treat and well worth attending. 1. Alternative culture festival with film and music and art – all in the Czech language. 2. A viewing of the early Russian avant-garde film “Man…

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