Christian Geekery

I have read everything from complaints about a closed system to complaints about the networks it will support.

Closed systems do not bother me much.  I am perfectly happy with my wireless router.  I feel no desire to hack it beyond geeky curiosity, though my particular model is a favorite for hackers.  I ventured into cracking my iPhone in the beginning, but discovered that I really did not care much about the results.  my iPhone already does what I need and more.  Heck, I even have a very nice RealTime Audio analyzer iPhone app that I use to help set up the sound in my church with great results!

I have very little problems with ATT 3G.  This is probably because I live in the sticks and do not have to contend with millions of others in a small area trying to use the network.  Besides I am mostly around free wireless hotspots, and rarely have problems getting access to my mail and other services that I rely on.

what really interests me about the iPad is what I have read about how it feels, its supposed intuitive interface, and its blazing speed.  I will probably buy on as soon as I can.  I may not get the 3G version, but will likely focus on storage instead.  I am very interested in the iWork version for iPad.

Really the only thing that gives me pause is thinking about the developer tools that I run locally on my laptop.  Things like Eclipse, Navicat, pgAdmin, and even TextMate.  These will not be available.  does it matter?  Am I better off just sticking with my MackBook Pro?  I can see times when having something between my phone and my laptop would be cool.  I am not like many developers that I have worked with, in that I am also very comfortable in the command line.  VI is my friend, I am a master at piping unix commands to manipulate data, and psql is not scary to me.  Yes I have grown to enjoy nice development environments, but in a pinch I am not paralyzed when they are not available.  So the big question will be for me at least… Can I find a usable ssh client?

Finally, at these prices, I really believe that the iPad will be a game changer.  Like the iPhone, I believe that it will grow far beyond the naysayers expectations.  I for one, look forward to being awed by its design and usability.

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Beautful sunset on the way to Monterey.

Tonight I received some cool news.  One of the projects that I help with, won the 2009 New Media Awards in the insurance category.  We have some great people using great technology on this team, and I am very proud to be a part of it!

I have not yet found the right background image to do the sci-fi themed geektool based desktop that I have in mind. However I did create this one to use for now, until I either find or create the right sci-fi based background for the desktop that I really want.

I have been using GeekTool for a very long time now to show system info on my desktop, but without any imagination as to making it look cool. Then the other day I saw some very artistic implementations on flicker. I borrowed this one for my self for a while, but now have some very cool ideas how to do something similar, but with a more sci-fi bent.

Today is becoming somewhat of a surreal experience. My eldest Daughter is getting married today. I am in Kansas. My daughter just showed me some of the birds that she works on a couple of hours before the wedding. I am in Kansas, and is and it is a warm beautiful day in February. Everybody seems so unconcerned about the upcoming wedding. I am really in Kansas. And get this… I still have not met the Groom! I am running out of time to decide to punch him in the face, or welcome him into the family! grr…

Ok, checking out the Chinooks was fun! I got to go inside and even sat in the pilots seat, but no inside pictures allowed. Wondering around inside the Chinook made me feel like a kid again! Perhaps that is the plan…

I just got this as a birthday gift. It is perfect for people like me that have a few SATA drives kicking around. I have had to wipe my Time Machine backup drive a couple of times because I ran out of disk space. Now I can just fill a drive, label, and archive it. And bare drives are cheap. It even takes 2.5 inch SATA drives! Sweet!!!