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Jacob's 1st Birthday Party

Posted Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:00am by shrop

We rolled up to Mooresville Saturday to attend my newphew's first birthday party. It was pretty cool. My brother, Jason, and his wife, Christina, did it up right with a cookout, cake and the who works at their house. Anyway, below are some photos and videos from the event.

Lisa wasn't able to make it to the party because she needed to attend a funeral for some co-workers/friends. It wasn't the same without her for sure, but she had to go to support her friends. That is important.

Dave Ramsey with an alternative to the $700B bailout

Posted Tue, 09/30/2008 - 6:19pm by shrop

Makes a lot of sense to me:

http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/fed_bailout/3_steps_to_change_the_nations_...

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International Festival 2008 at UNC Charlotte

Posted Tue, 09/30/2008 - 7:26am by shrop

We had a great time at UNC Charlotte's International Festival last Saturday (9-27-2008). The weather cooperated beautifully. Most of the rain had ceased by the start of the event at 10am. Over 50 countries were represented this year. It is so awesome to checkout all of the items for sale and on display and to interact with peoples from all over the world in one place. The food is simply amazing too! Lots of good eats at very reasonable prices.

Twittelator Pro

Posted Sun, 09/14/2008 - 9:25pm by shrop

Twittelator Pro App Icon Ever since the iPhone 2.0 firmware was released, I have been searching for a native Twitter app that will give me most, if not all, of the features included with the great web based Twitter app, Hahlo (www.hahlo.com). The main advantages of a native app is that you don't have to fire up Mobile Safari and your account information can be saved in settings.

How to Choose a Web Hosting Company

Posted Sun, 09/07/2008 - 2:17pm by shrop

I am often asked how to choose a web hosting company. It isn't easy because there are so many hosting companies out there who all have slick marketing web sites. They all seem to look the same!

Hug a Developer Today

Posted Fri, 08/29/2008 - 5:29am by shrop

Picked this up on Twitter. Thank @underoak!

Steve Jobs On Being Meaningful: What Can The Church Learn?

Posted Wed, 08/27/2008 - 6:55am by shrop

In the short video below, Steve Jobs talks about marketing a company's core values so that the company is meaningful. Keep the message simple and don't let mixed messages confuse customers about what your company is really about.

Does your church market its core values well? Do web site visitors, fist time attenders and even members/regular attenders get what your church is about? If not, you may want to rethink how you market your church's core values.

Top 90 Church Websites | churchrelevance.com

Posted Sun, 08/24/2008 - 7:21pm by shrop

Church Relevance has release its picks for the 90 top church web sites. The blog post below explains that they are based on design, usability and innovative ideas. That still sounds very subjective to me, but once you look at some of the sites in the list, there is no denying that we can all learn a good deal from these web site designs.

http://churchrelevance.com/resources/top-church-websites/

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The Drupal Song Ringtone

Posted Sat, 08/23/2008 - 9:42pm by shrop

So I was a bit bored with my iPhone ringtones. I Decided to create a ringtone from Jeff Robbins' "The Drupal Song." You can download the ringtone I created below. Once downloaded, double click the file and it will be added to your iTunes library under the ringtones category.

I completed all of the meta data I could, including a reference to the original song blog post http://www.lullabot.com/audiocast/the_drupal_song.

Enjoy!!!

BeatMaker for iPhone

Posted Tue, 08/19/2008 - 5:40am by shrop

I BeatMaker app icon am just loving BeatMaker. BeatMaker is a music application for the iPhone that is similar to other loop creations applications like Reason. It is available at in the iTunes App Store. You can read more about it here: http://www.intua.net/products.html