Posted on January 26, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
In a previous post I talked about the possibility of delaying the digital transition. It is still my firm belief that this is a bad idea. It will only cost money and cause more confusion (see article below). However, on Monday the senate voted to postpone the transition until June 12. The vote could go [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
With the innauguration of President, Barack Obama comes the new site http://www.whitehouse.gov/. The site lays out President Obama’s agenda, houses his weekly video addresses and blog, provides a point of contact for the White House, and more. If used as promised, this web site will provide more openness than any president in our nation’s history. [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
Being an Engineer who has worked in cubicle world, some Dilbert strips are extremely funny. Here are a few Dilbert videos I like. Seriously, this should offend no one.
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
The Bible is the best selling book of all time. Pretty much every Christian has a copy, if not two or three. Those of us who are tech savvy, however, can always use another one; one which is portable. Along those same lines, what respectable geek doesn’t carry his or her smartphone everywhere? Enter Bible [...]
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Posted on January 9, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
It was widely reported Thursday that President-Elect Obama is urging congress to again delay the digital transition that is supposed to take place on February 17. That’s right, again delay because the transition was initially supposed to take place in December 2006 and congress delayed it to 2009. For those of you that don’t know [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2009 by thatgeekychristian
According to a recent cnet article (click here) Apple is closing in on finally releasing DRM (digital rights management) free songs on iTunes from most of the major record labels. On the surface this sounds like a great plan, however, if the sources are correct, they are also giving up on their stringent $0.99 per [...]
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