The Open Source Ministry BlogBecause you can observe a lot just by watching.Site may go dark temporarily- August 28, 2008 Some Unknown robot (identified by &8216;bot&8217; or &8216;bot-&8217;) got a hold of the osministry.com site and has been sucking our bandwidth dry. I wasn&8217;t prepared for the extra 5GB that has been used this month, but I am hoping we stretch it out until Monday before running out of bandwidth allocated here. I just wanted to make ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/28/site-may-go-dark-temporarily/ Pinned down by Fay- August 22, 2008 So, I&8217;m sitting at my house watching local weather with my TV card on the computer, refreshing weather.com and weatherunderground.com, listening to a radio, and watching for the tornadoes outside. Thankfully, Fay is moving away faster than my walking speed. I was afraid that she was trying to establish residency. I wonder if we should thank Mayor ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/22/pinned-down-by-fay/ Motorboating in a Washtub- August 21, 2008 As a reader of Engadget, Gizmodo, and other snarky style tech blogs I enjoyed the write-up from this article included in the August, 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions. Motorboating in a Washtub THE ancient and lowly washtub, long the symbol of feminine drudgery, recently proved its conservatism in England when efforts were made to ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/21/motorboating-in-a-washtub/ Gates Inspiration- August 19, 2008 Visiting Microsoft.com right now will give you a very inspiring image. I know that I am now inspired.http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/19/gates-inspiration/ Megachurches use software for tracking members- August 10, 2008 Megachurches count on software to help keep track of their members In other news, churches use plumbing to provide water supplies to attendees and HVAC systems for climate control. I thought this was an interesting article highlighting Fellowship One, but a good view of how technology is seriously affecting church connections. For the record, we are currently ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/10/megachurches-use-software-for-tracking-members/ WLXQuickTimeControlHost.exe Now Works for .mov thumbs- August 8, 2008 YAY!!! Finally, Microsoft has fixed the whole Quicktime Thumbnail issues with Photo Gallery. I never cared much about Quicktime. I really dislike the program, so I use Quicktime Alternative instead. Once I purchased a digital camera that produced .mov files all of that changed. The good news is that Windows Live Photo Gallery shows thumbnails of .mov ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/08/wlxquicktimecontrolhostexe-now-works-for-mov-thumbs/ Church Media Storage Servers- August 5, 2008 Those boxes of old photos we have in closets around here are great. Before our director of programming left a few years ago she dug through all sorts of archive boxes to pull together lots of old photos and items from the churches history. She had been here for 18 years, starting as the children&8217;s ...http://blog.osministry.com/2008/08/05/church-media-storage-servers/ |