Seeking, seizing the Kingdom

Being without internet just plain sucks. I’m in TX for the week, and in a facility where internet hasn’t been provided (tsk tsk) for my event. I have a connection where I’m staying that I only get to use late in the evening for a couple hours before getting enough sleep to get up and do it again. So I’ve done it. I got my phone tethered to give my laptop a ~56k connection in a pinch. I give you the results of the couple hours spent getting this working.  Enjoy with my compliments. (more…)

Something great happened today. The notebook computer my boss sent me came via FedEx. It’s a Sharp Widenote M4000, and it’s working very nicely. I spent the day getting her set up. My old notebook is a tank (6 lbs. compared to a sleek 3.7 lbs.) and was giving me problems when using the wifi. I tend to travel a lot, so the hassle factor was quickly increasing. I pointed him to this machine which was on an Ebay auction, and he was able to snag it for just over 6 bills. It’s used, but outwardly, I couldn’t tell. Inwardly, I naturally installed Ubuntu.

For me, this draws an interesting parallel to how God sees and works on us. He’s less concerned about the hardware (our body), after all, he was the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and he did a really good job (just ask my wife or any nurse or doctor), but he’s more concerned about reloading our software which has become corrupted through sin. I think there are a lot of euphemisms I could draw from this concept. Just need some time to ponder and expand a bit.

Today I delivered and set up my mom’s new computer. First real upgrade to the hardware in 7 (count them, seven) years, amazing. Anyway, after moving the power, telephone and data infrastructure, I started the beast up. After some fiddling with the X server settings, I was able to get the HDTV lit up. The beauty, the sheer largeness of the Ubuntu desktop on a very large screen. Mom wanted to stream christian videos to the TV. A very nice setup. Now we just need to get over the “my-goodness-everything-is-different” phase. Wish us good times!