Archive for August, 2007

Linux on Old Hardware

Monday, August 13th, 2007

Let me introduce you to Gideon[1] — he’s a PII-400Mhz desktop machine that has been maxed out at 384MB of RAM.  He has an 8MB graphics card, a CD-RW, and three hard disks of varying sizes. I’d tell you what company I bought him from, but very few peripherals are original — just the motherboard, [...]

Sort of a Loss On What to Blog About

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

I seem to be in a blog rut.  I have plenty of things going on, yet nothing to really blog about.  At the moment , I’m in the mood to blog but I don’t know what to say.  So here are some quick items:I’ve been reading quite a bit but haven’t posted any reviews.  I [...]

Young, Restless, Yet Not Christian Reformed

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

There was a good article in our last denominational magazine called “Where Did Our Young Adults Go?” In it, they talked about the fact that the Christian Reformed denomination don’t have many young adults, which is defined as people in their 20’s and 30’s. The article also has some thoughts from people who [...]

The Sunrocket Fiasco

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Back in December, Gina and I were figuring out ways to lower our phone costs.  We liked having a land line, mostly because we have several friends who don’t have the same cell provider as we do so, when we talked to them on the phone, we would end up using our minutes as well.  [...]

Too Much Of The Wrong Kind Of Stuff!

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Paul Graham’s latest column, entitled “Stuff” really hit me today.  When we moved into our house three years ago, we almost doubled our square footage. And now . . .our stuff is beginning to crowd us out.  It’s amazing how much stuff three people can have.Do we need it all?  No.  So why do [...]