My Latest Project; Podhurl preparing to launch into beta April 11, 2008
Posted by Robin in : Drupal, Uncategorized , 3 comments
I’d happy that I can now announce to the general community the project that I’ve been working on for the last month or so. It’s Podhurl. It’s a bit like Bryght, or the previous CivicSpace offering I worked on; a hosted, maintained, stable Drupal service. There are some very major differences however:
- When its launch into beta shortly, the option of Drupal 6 or 5 will be included.
- You’ll be able to install your own modules and themes, you won’t be locked out of the functionally that makes Drupal great.
- When the service comes out of beta, pricing will be tiered to be fair for smaller sites and Non-Profit Organizations.
You can register on the mailing list over at podhurl.com now to be informed when limited, free beta accounts will be available.
No Excuse Sunday [humor]
Posted by Robin in : MultimediaChurches , add a commentTo make it possible for everyone to attend church next Sunday, we are going to have a special “No Excuse Sunday.”
Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say, “Sunday is my only day to sleep.”
We will have steel hetmets for those who say, “the roof will cave in if I ever come to church.”
Blankets will be furnished for those who think the church is too cold and fans for those who think the church is too hot.
We will have hearing aids for those who think the preacher speaks too softly and cotton for those who think he preaches too loudly.
Scorecards will be available for those who wish to list the hypocrites present.
Some relatives will be in attendance for those who like to go visiting on Sunday.
There will be T.V. dinners for those who can’t go to church and cook dinner also.
One section will be devoted to trees and grass for those who like to see God in nature.
Finally, the sanctuary will be decorated with both Christmas poinsettias and Easter lilies for those who have never seen the church without them.
~Author Unknown
ENIGMA: Lackluster? April 9, 2008
Posted by Robin in : GMKing , 2 commentsGMNews touted the first release of ENIGMA (the open source project designed to convert Game Maker source files into C++, that is then compiled) earlier this week. I, being drawn to open source software as I am, headed straight for the download page.
I must admit that from the already compiled games in their community, as well as the quality of the distribution and documentation it looks very impressive; however, I was unable to compile even the simplest game on my Vista machine. I’m not sure if this is an problem specifically with Vista support, or in the program in general.
You can be sure I’ll be trying out the next version of ENIGMA!
If You Use SpeedPass, SpeedPay, Or PayPass - Beware Of Risks
Posted by Robin in : Uncategorized, digg , add a comment
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Quite frankly, I can’t believe that I have to explain how insecure SpeedPass, or other similar programs, really are. This should be a complete no brainer for most consumers, but the population continues to be sucked into this scheme….
Church Lighting [Article 1 of 3] April 3, 2008
Posted by Robin in : MultimediaChurches , add a comment
Hi all!
For some time I’ve been wanting to write a short series on setting up a Church lighting system. Having recently been a part of organizing and setting up a lighting system in my home Church, I thought now would be an ideal opportunity to share some tips and ideas from our experiences.
I’ll be writing this from the perspective of an existing Sanctuary that will be retrofitted, although most of this will probably apply to a building that is in the process of being constructed.
Retrofitting lighting is not cheap, and you’ll want to do a lot of initial planning and design work before you order the equipment you need, or head out to the local hardware store. Needless to say, the kind of lighting you’ll need will depend very much on what you are planning to do. In our case, we had many complaints from the congregation that out existing lighting was distracting, and even causing migraines. We also wanted to enhance out lighting for video production, and for special events to be held at the Church.
Overall, you’ll need to decide firstly what you want the lights to accomplish, before you do any ordering, or even start planning design.
Will the lighting system need to handle special events? Does existing lighting need to be removed or retrofitted? Do you have room for beams for larger lighting systems? Space for control boards? Volunteers to help run the system? Remote control lights?
You’ll want to answer all of those, and probably some of the other questions you’re already beginning to ask yourself 
Ideally, you should write these down for future reference.
In the next post, I’ll discuss some of the more technical details relating to setting up a Church lighting system.
