Entries from July 2005

ICE your next of kin

Comments   Comments Off on ICE your next of kin   Date Arrow  July 28, 2005 at 10:49am   User  by joel

No, not the Tony Soprano way. The Washington Post reports on an interesting and promising way to let emergency workers know who in your cell phone contact list they should call if something happens to you — simply add ICE (In Case of Emergency) to the person’s name in the list. Not foolproof, or reliable, […]

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God and pain

Comments   1   Date Arrow  July 12, 2005 at 9:18pm   User  by joel

Just read Dr. Bob’s post on faith and emotional pain. That description doesn’t even do it justice, but I can’t think properly right now in part because I’m still digesting his well-written insight and in part because I’m late leaving and really need to be getting home. But go read it for yourself, and don’t […]

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Wandering rivers

Comments   2   Date Arrow  July 11, 2005 at 5:57pm   User  by joel

[Background] Two weeks ago, my family and I made a visit to our local Family Christian Store. I was there primarily to pick up the Casting Crowns CD [Snapshot review: tracks 2-4 are absolutely fabulous, the rest ranges from ‘good-thoughts’ to ‘eh’; overall musically solid but unremarkable, the strength is in the lyrics; really, tracks […]

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The Aardvark’s out of the bag

Comments   3   Date Arrow  July 11, 2005 at 12:16pm   User  by joel

Spolsky gives the pitch. Basically remote-screen-access customer support, super-easy, through any firewall, over any connection. Sounds pretty slick. I know I have family I might use this with, and I can think of several scenarios at work where this might come in handy.

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