Entries from January 2008 ↓

Speaking of Widgets, How Is This Possible?

I feel like a dinosaur because I remember when you had to buy a really expensive specialized game system to play Super Mario. Now I can embed it as a widget. Craziness!

A Widget for Writers

What is a widget, you ask? It is a little bit of code that can be shared between many users that changes based on the information it receives via an RSS feed.

How can you have fun with widgets?
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Good Words for High Calling Bloggers

sidebar image50,000 words each week. That’s how much people are writing as participants of HighCallingBlogs.com. A new draft of a nonfiction book about faith and work–each week! How awesome is that?

Gordon and I are slowly getting a handle on the gargantuan task of managing the network of HighCallingBlogs.com.

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My Three Year Old Sings About Rum and Rock Monsters

Does that make me a bad father? The children’s ministry told me about it kindly on Sunday morning. “Your son taught us  a new song,” they said.

My son broke out into song right there…

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Get Away to Regain Focus

I’m back. After Christmas week, I took nine days off. Dec. 29 until Jan. 6. After ten years teaching, two weeks of vacation per year forces me to be absolute about it.

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