matt's thoughts

Church on Wheels

Just stumbled onto these guys today.  Portable Church a monopoly no longer?  Anybody heard of them?

Courage Redefined

"Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe."

          - Acts 14:19-20

mbp Day 2

So I'm two days into my transition and feeling more and more comfortable with this new OS.  I'm pretty pleased with how quickly and easily it has been to navigate around mac OSX.  Today's big accomplishment was setting up ftp access to the server.  I know...I know...all you computer geeks are laughing, but for a lowly tech wannabe that was a bit accomplishment. 

I installed Pro Presenter today finally.   For those of you who are asking if it would be worth the switch, my initial feeling is yes...definitely.  It is super simple, seems pretty easy to use, and transitions slides like butta. 

I haven't yet tested it on an external monitor, so that will be the big test.  The one thing that is notable is that it is really different from Media Shout.  It seems at first look to be a bit less dummy proof for the actual Sunday morning operation.  With Media Shout I could set up a program for the morning and didn't really have to fear anyone messing with it.  ProPresenter has some amazing capabilities to change stuff on the fly, but I have some initial fears that the wrong stuff will get changed on the fly.  But that simply goes back to training my team, and being more intentional about our production elements. 

The simplicity of the program may complicate how I put together the service, but I think ultimately this will pay off on the side of quality.  About a month ago I moved our lead lighting guy into more of a production director role...I think his role will become a bit more important now. 

the specs

I've had some questions about what machine we are running:
  Machine Model:    MacBookPro2,2 (15")
  Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:    2.33 GHz
  Number Of Processors:    1
  Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache (per processor):    4 MB
  Memory:    2 GB
Bus Speed:    667 MHz

mbp Day 1

So I'm one day into my switch to mac.  One of the things that I was really looking for in making this transition is some good feedback on how the transition has gone for those who went before me.  Unfortunately there wasn't much out there. 

I'll attempt to share some of my experiences here.

So far so good.  I've played with most of the gadgets, and started the process of moving my files. The gadgets are fun, and the file moving is slow.  I'm just using my wireless router to move my files...not the quickest method...but it lets me keep working and at least be mobile around my house. 

I'm really impressed right now with how things just work.  Jumping onto my home network was a breeze...much easier than with a pc.  I still have a lot of software installs to do...so we'll see how that goes. 

Here are some pics of me and my girls playing with photo booth.

its here

The Christmas Tree is Here!!

Spent the day with the girls picking out the Christmas tree and decorating.  One of my favorite moments of the whole year!

Thankful today

Today I am most thankful for the life that I found in Jesus and the peace and the security that I find in Him.  And a close second to that are the three girls that He has lavished on my life.  I don't deserve a single one of them, but I couldn't imagine life without them...

At Long Last...

Found out yesterday that a church in Nevada donated some funds to History to make my dreams of a Mac Book Pro finally come to fruition!  I'm so psyched!!  So next week begins my harrowing transition to a new OS and a whole new computing world!  Yippeee!  Big thanks to Erik Gumble for pursuing this option for us...

Hittin the Road

Off to Va Beach for a couple of days...to eat...and thank God.  :-)