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A piece of bluegrbutt history…

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 21, 2008

An attempt by some beginner programmer to filter out offensive words and replace them with their G-rated counterparts has led to this article on the history of Bluegrbutt music: [Read More]

Educational technology

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 19, 2008

Chico State updates its Vista online classroom service to accept Word document uploads; software engineer husbands of student wives rejoice. [Read More]

How do you put your family-values money where your family-values mouth is?

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 13, 2008

Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz, is one of the leaders in the emergent church. I used to like his writing because it offered sort of a contemporary edge and made Christians feel like it’s okay to listen to secular music and get inspired by cool movies. Honestly, I... [Read More]

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Calendar Synchronization

By Aaron Lord

Posted on October 2, 2008

Today I came across a service called NuevaSync. It allows you to sync calendars between Google Calendar, Gmail, Plaxo (which I don’t use actively, was just automatically signed up for from AIM a couple years ago), and mobile devices that support Exchange, like the iPhone and Windows Mobile-based devices. I... [Read More]

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Is your church a stench in God’s nostrils?

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 22, 2008

Michael McKinley over at 9Marks posted about a glossy mailer he received announcing a new church in his area which intends to draw crowds not only with a secular-sounding rock band—that would be one thing, and from my background, I wouldn’t be so offended by that, but promoting it as... [Read More]

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The difference seven years makes in the life of a believer, or how your theology affects your worship

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 13, 2008

“It’s Rising Up” is one of those songs in the key of E Major, with the great open chord shapes guitar players love. It also has a great chorus, with “Holy is the Lord” repeated over and over again. Unfortunately, the rest of the song lacks depth. [Read More]

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John Piper on the Prosperity Gospel

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 5, 2008

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Why Baxter Is Cool

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 4, 2008

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New Google web browser

By Aaron Lord

Posted on September 3, 2008

The new Google Chrome browser launched today. (It’s still in beta, but so is Gmail!) I downloaded it at work and I’m hooked! Here’s the super-cool comic book that explains how it works. (Warning: nerd-factor is very, very high.)

Scenes from the Chico Outlaws game

By Aaron Lord

Posted on August 30, 2008

“Oh dear! I think our baby likes the Bee-Gees!”