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One Bold Take on the Virginia Tech Shootings

// April 16th, 2007 // 5 Comments » // Community, Environment, Government, Health, Leadership, Miscellaneous, News, Personal, Theology

We don’t yet know the stories of heroism or bravery which happened today at Virginia Tech during the shootings. We may never know. In that classroom full of kids, there may not have been any brave souls who ventured to take on the lone shooter without a weapon of their own. There may *have* been. We simply don’t know.

Texans are “a well-armed people”!

// March 29th, 2007 // 3 Comments » // Government, Hunting, Miscellaneous, News, Personal

First of all, I am not a gun nut. Yes, I love hunting more than any of my other recreational activities. Still, I only have three guns, all with the function of hunting. I have been shopping for a pistol, but more because I love shooting than because I feel threatened in my home. Even so, I have a loaded shot-gun just waiting for anyone daring enough to bust down my door. That said, Texas’ new gun law rocks, as does this Washington Post Article:

How to design News & Events pages for Churches?

// March 1st, 2007 // No Comments » // Design, News, Web Ministry, Writing

We are in the middle of a new web project where I work as Web Ministry Coordinator. We are completely overhauling our site design and information architecture with the help of Chris Merritt and Nathan Smith. Of the many things we are trying to do, including creating a staff blog on the church site, rolling a News & Events page is top on our list.

YouTube – Day of the Longtail

// July 31st, 2006 // No Comments » // Business, Design, Economy, Management, News

Day of the Longtail – This video gives a bit of an overview of the struggles the media and entertainment giants are having with the community of bloggers. The “Longtail” itself as a term has been around awhile and the statistical phenom probably since the beginning of time.

Wikipedia Has this: