@Ed_Dale in pre-season my Flock has dropped for the 3rd time, evil PC ? Should there be a Firefox alternative before August? Just in case? # @CaroMcC If your site is anything like your forum prowess - it will be fantastic. Still remember your 30DC III insigts… You go girl! # I have a new contract (job) starting Monday (07/14/08). I didn’t even have to interview! I’m either real good, or they’re real desperate ;) #
Today, was a holiday in the U.S. - Independence Day. But even among the celebrating with a big dinner and talking about what a great privilege it is to be a citizen of this country I was still able to get some things done.
I finished reading "Feminists Say the Darndest Things" by Mike Adams. A little raunchy because of the topics important to radical feminists, but dripping with sarcasm. Too bawdy to recommend, but the kids kept wanting to know what I was laughing at.I added all the church images I could find to the church web site.
I started Hannah on her first book report for pay.
I took the three oldest to the park. Then I went on with the older boys to the high school and the track.
I ate too much dinner, including corn on the cob, macaroni salad and dessert, and had a good nap!
I got the lyrics for Laura's penultimate quarter teaching Cradle Roll typed up.
I kept working on my Set of Sail web site layout.
Over dinner we peppered the kids with American history questions - they did pretty good.
Yesterday I updated this site and some of the associated components. This includes the component that integrates with Twitter. It seems that it isn’t working as I expected. In addition to the tasks I wanted recorded from that system, I wanted to also record some of the other things I completed yesterday.
I put Laura's VBS signs back out. I didn't have the key to the church so I just used the bent posts we already had. At least the signs are back up and we can replace the posts as needed.
I mailed out my last two mentored Peacemaker cases, since the e-mail versions are having a hard time getting through.
I went to the server location and inventoried supplies for my business partner.
I updated the church web site to include rotating pictures - finally. This required that I load the demo template using WAMP and then see how they did things in the demo. Pastor has been waiting a long time for this.
If the Twitter report doesn’t come back, I’ll have to amend this with entries from there manually. Automation is so cool when it actually works.
My server has been hacked - some doofus from Texas is sending spam from MY SERVER! :( #
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(Update - I wasn’t hacked. I talked to my server management at Rose Hosting and they explained that there would be outbound spam in my mail que if that were the case. Spammers don’t mind bringing a mail server to its knees, because there are so many out there unattended. But someone had logged in. So I changed all the passwords on the system and we were back in business a day or two later. I didn’t want this misconception left out there without a follow-up. 7-4-08)
Wow! I just experienced my first earthquake EVER! St. Louis MO doesn’t get many of those babies!! #
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I read an article this morning about how there are macro (100,000 year, 41,000 year, and 23,000 year) temperature cycles based on our planets orbital irregularities. And that there are also micro (1,500 year) cycles based on variations in the sun’s - a.k.a. the ‘ultimate’ cause of all global warming - cycles of activity.
There was also a little bit about the famous “hockey stick” of a long period of tame temperatures and then a big spike at the end proposed by a Dr. Mann. And how his poor statistical analysis makes even random numbers introduced into his calculations come up with this kind of alarming curve.
I’ve been preparing the outline of my book. I have given myself the deadline of 3/31 to complete it. As I have been looking at topics I want to include and that I want to exclude, I keep coming back to these small daily disciplines, or habits, or rituals. They seem to be the key in my thinking.
I was thinking the other day that I would like to be in such a place that no one could ever come to me and ask, “So, Jonah, what’s the word?” (Sorry, an allusion to VeggieTales Jonah…) In other words, I would like to always be ready to tell something I’ve been learning from God’s word lately. To do this I must regularly be in the word of God.
I haven’t posted at all through December. But I don’t want the current to slip by without making some mention of where I’m going. My last post mentioned some musings I was having about direction. I’m settling down to something more concrete. For one thing I’ve decided on just one book to work on for starters. Focus… focus. The working title is Set of Sail.
I’m working on consolidating some other goals. I currently have a list of 12 for 2008. I’m trying to decide if I can live with such a deluge or whether I should try for 10, 7, 5, or maybe just 3. You’ll know in just a few days - because I will post back here before the end of the year (this is why I added the Will Do category to this post).
I’ve been putting some time into thinking about setting some goals for next year. I’ve been concentrating pretty hard on my “day job” as we head into testing and prepare for an impending release - ready or not. As an aside, software development schedules are so ridiculous - with all these smart people, you would think that common sense would enter in somewhere.
Anyway, enough about them; let’s talk about me.
These next 3-4 weeks will be pretty stressful for me. I’m in the process of having some software tested and released. Why is this stressful? It’s not complete to my satisfaction!
Here is a thought about projects. I’ve used it in the software arena, but it may be helpful to you in other areas of your life.
There are only three things you can change to get a project completed. You can change the due date and give yourself more time to reach completion (the most sane option in my opinion).You can get help! Have people join in. For complicated projects, there will be a ramp up cost. Don’t forget that.You can sacrifice quality and just “deliver something.“It has been the story of my life that I am rarely brave enough to use #1, I’ve never been wise enough to try #2 (although I’m eying that option very carefully), and I find myself time and again facing #3.