For many years I’ve wanted to be in a situation where I could put some computer training together for people who are about to enter the world of Christian ministry. As with most not-for-profit organisations, the budgets don’t always stretch to the point where full-time IT staff can be engaged to help with the challenges …
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movember update
If you have thought about sponsoring me for Movember, to help raise money to fight prostate cancer and men’s depression, but haven’t acted on that thought, there’s still time to donate.
mo-vember
After much indecision, I’ve decided to participate in “mo-vember” this year: raising money for a couple of men’s health issues – depression and prostate cancer. Follow my adventures, and donate to a worthy cause over here.
how to choose your commitments
One of the big sources of conflict in my life at the moment is over how to choose what I commit to. It’s currently the time of year where things slow down for me – I’ve finished my college assignments for the year, and my other projects are starting to wind down. This is the …
the myth of multitasking
I know this is an old one, dating back to late August, but thoguht it was worth a revisit: Media multi-taskers pay mental price – Stanford university put together a test, and tested “low” and “high” multi-taskers on how well they could cope on accomplishing one task when they were provided with additional streams of …
How to buy clothes
I’ve been enjoying the musings on life over at the jelssie blog, where two of my friends take turns talking about some minor detail of life. An insightful post about buying clothes on their blog took me back to things I learned over at the the bargain queen, and from other life-on-a-budget sites like the …
the increasing tameness of childhood
Jordan sent me a link to this story about The Wilderness of Childhood, which reminded me of an article that showed a map of the extent of child-roaming from one generation to the next. It seems that the current generation of children will never know the joy of roaming the neighbourhood on their BMX bikes, …
Second time lucky
There have been a lot of encouraging stories coming out of the Man Week posts, but the one that tipped me over the edge to actually participate was from Scott Drummond. Gavin Heaton and Mark Pollard are putting together a book of these kinds of collections, ready in time for Father’s Day, called The Perfect …
conversation with a Jehovah’s witness
I opened the front door this morning, and there were two Jehovah’s witnesses at the door. William was the one doing all the talking, and his little son was amusing himself on the front steps. Paul – built like a nightclub bouncer but friendly enough – stayed a few steps back, so as not to …
The good and the bad of “ambient awareness”
A friend asked me about my response to this blog post – I Love You But I Don’t Care About Your Status Updates. In it, Mark Sayers talks about the influx of “junk information” about the lives of other people that has been inflicted upon us by sites like twitter and facebook. Have a read …
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