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So great, I got a super fast new computer at work (P4HT@3Ghz and a gig of ram) and it’s completely choked down to 10Mbps due to a router. So the CPU has really very little to do. I did try http://folding.stanford.edu, but would like to hear if there’s a similar distributed computer app that works well from a usb drive (like grid.org did). My LAN is rendered unable to access the internet, so I would have to pull files down to my usb drive and walk it over to one of the few internet capable computers in the building. Please comment if you have any ideas.

Brownback wins. Hands down. Just in the way the world of Web 2.0 is included (especially his blog). I totally intend to acquire how Brownback’s blog has all the icons so that you can digg it, technorati it, etc. etc. I was blown away by that. (Here’s Huckabee’s in case you are wondering)

Maybe I should compare all the sites. I think I saw in PC Mag that they had compared the top tier candidates for both parties, but that was around January. Nope, I think my eyes would explode. Yeah, it’s a scattered post today. I’m over halfway through on my current pictures for ducks. I like how flickr has been running so far, but I really need to take some more photos before I run out. Hopefully, within the next two weeks I’ll be able to snap some with the Kodak. My kingdom for a new digital camera!

I just want to touch political this week in saying that if we let the marketplace decide what is and isn’t important, the world would go around a little smoother.  We need corn and water to eat and drink, not power our vehicles.  We need current policies enforced, not new ones written up (re: immigration).  We need overwhelming force to crush the opposition, not the continuation of skirmish warfare to keep the world in balance and to bring Americans out of various sandboxes alive.  Both sides are really making me sick at this point and fearful as to what the future holds. How this relates to a wookie winning, I’m not sure, but sometimes that’s how the post starts.::shrugs::

I was just listening to This Week In Tech #101 and it turns out that two hours later over 100 security flaws were found in the Safari browser for Windows.  Woops!  As to whether the blame is on Apple or on Microsoft remains to be seen, however, I’m still behind browser competition, or any competition for that matter.  Anyone for tennis? 

I have about 4 more ducks waiting to be received by friends Franz and Brian, and that leads me to 1 duck away from a duck a week for the first year of this blog.  Donations are wayyyyy up this month.  I’ve also talked to Brian about a widget for the wordpress contest that appeals to my geekitude.  I can think things up, but I can’t get much farther than the drawing board.  Brian has the black belt in coding. 

And on the self improvement front, I got Dave Allen’s “Getting Things Done” and actually got up and ran this morning.  It’s time to streamline my life physically and mentally.  Spiritually, I got God, and God is good.

…God reminds you how much you do have!  Yesterday, 06.14, my car was unlocked from someone reaching through the window crack and a number of books religious in nature (including my Authorized Bible), a library book (Where’s My Jetpack as recommended by Merlin), and a bill with the check enclosed to be mailed were taken.  After overcoming the initial feeling of being violated, I realized a number of things including, but not limited to:

How glad I am they didn’t break the glass (as I wouldn’t be able to afford fixing it)

How I hope they actually read all those books and have a heart change

How I pray for their salvation

How easy it is to cancel a checking account despite the inconvenience

How thankful I am for the mercy of God and how I was once in darkness without Him  So all in all, I’m hopeful and in the market for a KJV bible. On other fronts, Safari for Windows!  What a good idea!  A subtle browser war inside the territory of PCs should happen, as it tends to just make products from the combatants better.  My computer pedigree goes like this: Apple IIc+, Commodore Amiga 500, PC Pentium 200 MMX, PC AMD 400, PC AMD Athlon XP (2Ghz).  I’m still waiting on stability before plunging into 64 bit technology.  I figure next year will be the time to buy as J Consumer takes advantage of the power over Christmas. So here’s Thursday+1.  Hope you all have a great Father’s Day.  Do your Father’s heart good, go visit Him on Sunday and tell Him how much you love Him.

Wow!  It’s been 6 people in the last week either moving to a different contract or leaving the company entirely.  It really makes you assess your own current situation.  I am in the blessed position of being paid a decent wage, while not having to go traveling to the field to produce.  I stay in the project office and amass all the reports that get passed on to the customer.  Money’s still tight, but I get the notion that it’s better than having too much money to deal with.  And then I consider what could be out there.  I’m intensely loyal to my company, but have been burned by that before in previous situations.  I do want to get deeper into technology, but I feel so out of it when I read job requirements.  It’s better to be not satisfied in this regard. And THEN, I consider what I’m doing for the Lord.  Am I going out to all the nations to tell them about Jesus?  We had some missionaries fromThailand at church last night, and they really brought to focus that the more people hear the word, the better.  Are you working for the Lord?  I’d love to hear your story in the comments if you are.

I’m a huge distributed computing fan, so when grid.org closed down their project on 04.27.07, I was saddened.  I find some satisfaction in knowing that I played a part in developing something that can help brothers and sisters.  I did try the http://folding.stanford.edu/ from Stanford and I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.  I’ve missed it for a month and some now, and it’s just bubbling back to the surface as I notice how the computers I use are strangely silent in the idle moments.
It’s been vacation bible school this week and I’m completely exhausted.  Many children have accepted the Lord as their Savior (I think around 20), and that makes all the work worthwhile.  I don’t know if the website is updated, but check out mesabaptist.org for how things are going. Oh!  I saw with analytics that the site showed up under a search!  Thanks to that person who actually clicked on by with no cajoling on my part.

Dr. Pepper now comes in 16oz. cans with labels saying “made with cane sugar”.  It is a fabulous time to be alive.  I hope the title brought visions of Tennessee Ernie Ford into crystal clarity.  Gaither Gospel Series has a great 40 song compilation of gospel songs that I just love; especially “I Can Tell You the Time”. And duck #45 came in on 05.18; my biggest patron crashed her motorcycle and found it in the hospital gift shop.  She’s recuperating very well, and I’ve sped her healing by sharing banana oatmeal muffins made by my beautiful wife. 

And I’ve been linked by my friend Carol at yankeeaholic.com!  She’s ummm, well, a Yankee fan, and another patron to the poultry preserve (nos. 38 and 44 respectively, to show up in Jan/Feb of 2008 if kept on schedule).  Give her a visit and see what she’s up to.

This one is a post on Saturday rather than Monday as I once again have the day off!  Ducks have now been moved to the sidebar with a flickr badge for ease of viewing.

GLU!