Powerset
Jeff May 13th, 2008
A new search engine on the scene. You can do semantic searches, meaning you no longer need to think of keywords to search on. You just enter in your question. Like the good ole ‘Ask Jeeves’ days; except this may actually work.
Benefits of a relationship with God
Jeff April 17th, 2008
Whilst doing some spring cleaning, I came across my notes from a talk that Monty Hipp did for a church function I attended a few months ago. It is about the benefits of being in a relationship with God. He made some interesting points such as people sometimes not seeing the benefits of a relationship with God and that quite often people have a hard time sharing about God unless the person they are witnessing to has a big problem. Some of the quotes that I wrote down from his talk are as follows:
“People have a tendency to present Christ the way they received him.”
“When people look at you and the way you live your life, are they hungry for God or are they turned off?”
He also had a great list of many verses that point out some of the benefits of a relationship with God. (The verses may not be word for word but are my summarization of it as he was really flying through some of the verses.)
Blessing - Prov 8:34-35 - Relationship with God brings favor…
Destiny - Jer 1:4-6, Jer 29:11
Greater Wisdom - Prov 2-6:8
Assurance - Romans 6:8
Compassion - Mathew 9:36
Impact - 2 Cor 9:8 - Making a difference in lives forever
Peace of Mind - Isaiah 26:33
A guaranteed place in heaven - 2 Cor 5:1
One of the last things he said that really struck a cord with me was this: “Until you live out these benefits, you have cheap conversation.”
Wikipedia
Jeff March 10th, 2008
Wikipedia is in the news again because of Mr Wales public breakup with is girlfriend. This has spawned many new articles about Wikipedia that I think are quite interesting and worth sharing.
Yet Another Reason We Should Be Teaching, Not Blocking, Wikipedia
At Redmond, Wikipedia becomes Micropedia
And my personal favorite, Agencies Share Information By Taking a Page From Wikipedia. It is great to see the government at least trying to be more efficient by using technology that enabes people to do so.
With the wiki, federal agencies compiled a database of 13,496 earmarks in 10 weeks. In the old days, it would have taken six months to get the information to the OMB.
Morph
Jeff March 10th, 2008
I know what I want for my birthday.
- Newly-enabled flexible and transparent materials blend more seamlessly with the way we live
- Devices become self-cleaning and self-preserving
- Transparent electronics offering an entirely new aesthetic dimension
- Built-in solar absorption might charge a device, whilst batteries become smaller, longer lasting and faster to charge
- Integrated sensors might allow us to learn more about the environment around us, empowering us to make better choices
Many Voices for Darfur Project
Jeff March 4th, 2008
“For 48 hours, starting at midnight Eastern standard time on March 6, 2008, many student voices will be collected in the name of those suffering in Darfur. Be sure that your voice is among them.”
21 Days of Wiki Adoption
Jeff March 4th, 2008
I definitely should have posted this when he started his series but its better late than never! The latest video on Incentives and Recognition is very good. I especially like where he talks about building wiki use into people’s job descriptions and using wikis to capture people’s tacit knowledge so that it doesn’t walk out the door when they (inevitably) do.
For some reason I cant get the embedded video to work so here is the link to the series.
Finally some real sports!
Jeff January 31st, 2008
NZRU partners with USA Rugby. It does not look like this will include increased television coverage but that may come if more kids get involved at any earlier age, increasing interest in the sport. Funny that NZ stepped up and not Australia or England. Just another reason to love that country.
Best Paragraph on Life in Dar Es Salaam
Jeff January 25th, 2008
Quintin wrote probably the best paragraph summarizing a typical day in Dar Es Salaam that I have read.
