My Life Tech Notes

Today makes it 25 years of wedded bliss. My lovely bride and I have shared a journey with God leading us we’ll make another 25 and more.

I love you Theresa!

Renewing Our Vows with Pastor Staub

OK so I’m working feverishly learning WordPress.  Having trouble uploading images using the “Add Media” above.  Also trying to hunt down so tutorials on how it works instead of just following my nose into the application

I want to be competent in WP  and use it for my church website as well as my County Republican site and for customers.  To be a resource for WP solutions.  Will let you know how it goes.

Well after the golf fun I settled in to get a clients computer fully installed and upgraded for their workday on Monday. Did not actually get it in place for then until 11:00 am due to all the apps needed and printers. Still hoping that all was well and little will need to be done to complete the recovery process.

A DNS Poisoning issue has been discovered and everyone running a server needs to get their DNS updated ASAP (3 weeks ago) so I spent some time last night making sure all was well with my systems. Apparently end-users may also need to run updates. This means that you should be sure to allow Windows Updates and Mac OS X Software Updates to do what they need to do.

OK, as a result of the adjustment to the mail server, during which I attempted to get MailScanner running again (its been disabled for quite a while), A number of messages in the old MailScanner queue (from Feb?) were delivered and also if you happened to leave mail on the server for a few days you received another copy of those left. What fun, eh? Meanwhile MailScanner proceeded to put excessive loads on the server slowing it to a crawl. In the end I disabled MS again and all is back to normal. Will need to clear the cache tonight so the mail will be delivered and this (the mail part) won’t happen again in the future. Annnd I need to explore why MS dominates the server when it it started up.

A few other anomalies made for some interesting exploration. dovecot, vsftp, mysql, and httpd. It was good, I need the refresher……And finally I decided to get this blog going using WordPress.

Ahhhh . . . .  Sunday after noon and watching the PGA Championship.  Pulling for Padrig Harrington over Sergio Garcia.  Both are making it interesting  with Ben Curtis putting pressure on a hole behind.  We’ve been golf fans ever since Jenny started playing back in 2002.  Fell in love with Phil Mickelson as he won a Wachovia and his kids and wife rushed him on 18.  And then he wished Moms across the world a Happy Mothers Day when he could have been talking about himself. 

Anyway, I need to get out and golf a bit before the season is over.

I have many many projects that need getting back to around the house. Here is my latest and most personally inspirational. Inspirational because it looks so good after what we have lived on for the last 15(?) years. Especially the last 2 or three years after we begin the monumental task of remodeling the kitchen.

Here you see the color difference in what was to what will be.
The edge of the new also represents our “current problem due to procrastination” , oh, and lack of funding.
We started the kitchen remodel the year Jenny was a senior. Every senior at Orcas Is. High School has a Senior Project. Jenny’s project was related to our remodel. This old picture was taken in the demo stage. It was taken from outside the building into an area that became Theresa’s sewing area. 

Here is a look from the kitchen.  

It has been a bit of time since my last post. So I need to get after it.

It is great having a bustle of activity at home these days with Jenny and Angie back from school. I think Joe really misses them and I know Theresa and I do. Though I have to admit that, at times, I can’t wait for school to start again.

I am really proud of the girls and how they are tackling life’s questions and answers. They are both involved in their respective communities (Angie with Campus Christian Fellowship (CCF) and Jenny with a Street Ministry to teens in Spokane.) Jenny is learning about cars(ouch) and Army ROTC is crafting her leadership skills. She is almost done with basic schooling (not pre-med, but pre-nursing) and will soon begin at the Intercollegiate School of Nursing. Angie is working to complete her senior year at Western and her major in Human Resources and Accounting will serve her well.

Joe is holding up well with his leg broken. We are as of today 2 months post break. Theresa has a photo at her blog. He complained about showing others his x-ray but I told him I had to have something to show for $29,000. Actually, the insurance paid for much of the cost but the total for a leg break is astounding. And though this took a rod and 2 screws I get the feeling that this was a fairly simple repair. No complications. Praise the Lord.

Well, gotta go. I update you on my reading sometime and start getting some pictures up.

Wow, what a contrast.

Just yesterday I had stumbled on the story of Lovelle Svart. Lovelle had a terrible cancer and, in Oregon where it is legal, chose to end her life with help from the doctor assisted suicide system. I wondered how we as “Christians in the Culture” can speak to our brothers and encourage them to choose Life though they are dying.

Now, I just read of Blandina and her martyrdom at The Point. I was reminded of the tough road of dignity that Bill M., and Carolyn Y. chose. I chose to join them, to Live.

What a contrast between the two lives. I am not insensitive to Lovelle and I’m not in her shoes, but I would choose to live for Christ even if that means dying like Blandina did. I doubt I have her faith. Yet. God willing, I’m at least headed in that direction. I struggle with disciplined commitment, tenaciously hanging on to comfort and old habits. I hope that the Lord continues to “work with in me to will and to act according to His good purpose”.

In my men’s group we just started studying the book of James. Doers of the word and not hearers only. Would that I was.

I will.

Work in me Lord.

Wow, its been busy round here. Lots of things which I have thought to blog about, but alas it came to nothing.

So I’m updating about my adventures……

Reading: “The Rebirth of Orthodoxy” by Oden is panning out now. I enjoyed the distraction in reading the Athanasian Creed which I had not heard before. Actually now that I have read it and continue to ponder it and its form, I am reminded of some scenes from a couple shows that parody it.

Podcasting: I’ve been working on pod casts from the church since July 8. I have every sermon since on video on the church website orcaschurch.org. It has been a good intellectual learning curve on how to get a podcast going. Hooked into iTunes and all. I stripped out the audio and created audio casts after some had trouble (windows users) with the movie format (quicktime). I decided to go to MP3 format to have wider compatibility.

Well family is calling me to breakfast. Will add more later.

I’ve decided to pick up reading and develop a personal library. I set a goal to become familiar with the books I pick out, but not force myself to finish them.  This may not be a good thing but I know me and if I said I’m not gonna read another till one is done then I’d only read two or three a year.

Well now I’ve done it.