tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62396242081841862602024-03-12T18:51:33.699-07:00ObDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-61496673257689987182009-11-22T12:16:00.000-08:002009-11-22T13:16:46.182-08:00GIS in the Idaho Panhandle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8b6TX2cgHUC5NG4wZpU1QbAU3p4aC3M0JtbFikCAOtO7wJeywkQQEhndyEq8WmD4szJFGTd7acxxcMd2z27PlRpJw8P6PEFVAe6ajdGWNVs9cWaJ6Y7WC74ttfPJHE8SWHGSA2xvlU4R/s1600/gisday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8b6TX2cgHUC5NG4wZpU1QbAU3p4aC3M0JtbFikCAOtO7wJeywkQQEhndyEq8WmD4szJFGTd7acxxcMd2z27PlRpJw8P6PEFVAe6ajdGWNVs9cWaJ6Y7WC74ttfPJHE8SWHGSA2xvlU4R/s320/gisday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407039355026860082" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.gisday.com/"> GIS Day</a> was November 18, 2009 and the North Idaho GIS Users Group planned their annual day long conference on this day. The event contained presentations from attendees on the current projects that they have been working on in the past year. There was a wide range of representation from local, state, and federal government agencies to private sector businesses.<br /> One of the overwhelming concepts was the idea of a regional resource center. This is from the State of Idaho's <a href="http://gis.idaho.gov/IGO/Stratplan/IdahoSDIStrategicPlanv1.pdf">strategic planning</a> for the <a href="http://gis.idaho.gov/Framework/ISDI%20trifold.pdf">Idaho Spatial Data Infrastructure</a> being organized by the <a href="http://gis.idaho.gov/">Idaho Geospatial Office</a>. The Regional Resource Center Proposals are broken up by region and can be found <a href="http://gis.idaho.gov/IGO/regions/regions.htm">here</a>. The idea of a regional resource center to house spatial data and be a source for training and assistent is appealing. Most appealing to smaller juristictions that are feeling the pressure to take on and complete projest that require a vast amount of spatial data creation and analysis. This would give them a local place to seek data and training.<br /> A second concept that was in many presentation was using Web Mapping Applications to display local data. Most interesting was the amount of people that currently have <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/index.html">ArcServer</a> deployed and are either developing custom web mapping applications or are customizing the out-of-the-box Web App. For rural North Idaho there were many juristiction using this technology to simplify distribution of their spatial data out to their users.<br /> This event showed off the work of many GIS practisioners in Northern Idaho and showed a strength of GIS technology in the rural north. Thanks to those who planned it! And thanks to the Norther Rockies chapter of <a href="http://www.intermountaingis.org/">URISA</a> for sponsering the event.<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-2789080245020742392008-11-21T17:11:00.000-08:002008-11-21T17:12:00.167-08:00Landis Live @ Pend Oreille Winery<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="320" id="utv607312"><param name="flashvars" value="autoplay=false&brand=embed"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/100444"><embed flashvars="autoplay=false&brand=embed" width="400" height="320" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" id="utv607312" name="utv_n_151799" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/100444" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/" style="padding:2px 0px 4px;width:400px;background:#FFFFFF;display:block;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-size:10px;text-decoration:underline;text-align:center;" target="_blank">Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-43715103596570317162008-11-05T17:19:00.000-08:002008-11-05T17:50:08.261-08:00My One and Only Political PostThis is just one man's opinion, take it or leave it. I heard people today say that they are an Obama supporter or McCain supporter and rub into each other the result of the election. Today being the day after election day, in my mind, we are no longer Obama or McCain supporters. We are one nation, the greatest, most free, nation on earth. With one democratically chosen president elect. Whether we agree with the policies of our president elect or not, he is still our nation's elected President. Today should not be an overwhelming celebration of one candidate or the sulking of the other, but the praising of a nation where people have the right to freely choose who they would like to lead their nation. This is not a right that we should be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">arrogant</span> with, but instead protect and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cherish</span> in humility.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-24711573262717672832008-10-03T17:48:00.001-07:002008-10-04T15:41:41.699-07:00Justin Landis Live @ Pend Oreille Winery<div style="text-align: center;">Sorry its kind of Dark and the audio may not be too good but it is still cool.<br /></div><embed flashvars="autoplay=false" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/760872" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="260"></embed>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-49412896180759786282008-10-03T09:18:00.000-07:002008-10-03T09:24:40.520-07:00Defeat on the Trash Battle FrontWe I didn't have time to blog about this experience as much as I would have liked. The Trash competition has been over for some time now and I'm sorry to say that we lost. The closing weigh in put the Landis's at 83lbs of trash to our 92lbs of trash for the month. The winner recieved $190 from the yardsale where all the items sold came from dumpster diving and leftovers from a friends yardsale. Justin has posted a video of the last weigh in on <a href="http://justinlandis.blogspot.com/2008/09/we-won-trash-challenge-woo-hoo.html">Emenation</a>. Although we lost we learned and experienced alot. We are also ready for another challenge and this time we won't be so easy on them:)Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-47925601059318954742008-08-17T10:55:00.000-07:002008-09-01T09:23:22.560-07:00Day #3-6..... This is difficult<script type="text/javascript">var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "<a href="https://ssl/">https://ssl</a>." : "<a href="http://www/">http://www</a>.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</script><script type="text/javascript">var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5472242-1");pageTracker._trackPageview();</script><br /><br />I'm really surprised at how hard this it is to be aware of what we are buying and what we are throwing away. I find myself just throwing things out without even thinking about it. Which is why our <a href="http://www.justinlandis.blogspot.com/">friends</a> are most likely winning this little competition. Just to clear some things up about why my wife and I are doing this little competition. We are in no way becoming environmentalist. For me we are realizing that we are could be better stewards of what we have and how we use what we have. Many of the practices that we are slowly trying to put into place are not only good because they are less wasteful but they also are very practical and save us money. Like re-using foil and plastic baggies. For a commentary by my Friend Justin that explains why we are doing this challenge follow the Link. It was recorded on our way to do a little dumpster diving. Go <a href="http://justinlandis.blogspot.com/2008/08/30-day-challenge-1.html">here</a> to check it out.<br />I was hoping to be able to blog about this everyday but I just don't seem to have the time. I will blog as often as I can and try to process my thoughts enough for the post be interesting and maybe meaningful.<br />We have been doing some dumpster diving. <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/heyjustinlandis/30DayChallenge1/photo#s5236080416609897858">Here</a> is a link to some pictures that we took. It feels strange jumping into a dumpster. This was really the first time we have done it in broad daylight and had people actually see us in the dumpster. I don't know why but the thought of people seeing me do that made it harder. Deep down inside of me I don't want people to think poorly of me which I think indistinctly they would if seeing me scavenging through a dumpster. The more I do this the more it is showing me how I process what I see and how I react to what I see and how I can change that for the better.<br />One of the things we noticed was that in one day that dumpster we went to was filled. It was empty in the morning and full that evening. Even though it was a business it seems like it was an awful amount of stuff being thrown out.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-50579029708207194672008-08-13T23:02:00.000-07:002008-08-13T23:15:46.394-07:00Day #2Today, I was sitting at my kitchen table just eating my lunch and I got a little of my lunch on my face. So without even thinking about it I grabbed a paper napkin wiped my face and threw it in the trash. Right after I did I realized that I didn't have to use paper napkins I could grab a cloth one that would just be washed and re-used. This got me thinking about how much of conserving our waste is changing our habits and the way we think. There was nothing easier about the paper napkin it was just there. If the cloth napkin would have just been there I would have used that. How much stuff do we use and then through away just because it is in front of us. Or another theory would be that we use a lot of products just because that is what we have always used. We have always used paper napkins so I instinctively reach for the paper napkin when I need to wipe food off my face. I'm not a big environmentalist. I don't think that I'm going to save the planet. But I do feel that as a person of this world that God has created that I should be a good steward of the little piece that God has allowed me to be in.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-72886309583787109122008-08-12T21:24:00.000-07:002008-08-12T21:38:20.936-07:00Day 1 Last day to put out the trashSo today was the last time I will put the garbage out for 30 days. We began thinking of ways to not produce waste such as reusing foil and plastic bags etc. Trying to put these thing in place and remembering to do them. Remembering, hopefully I can do that. I'm not known to have the greatest memory.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-79053186440430262762008-08-10T23:07:00.000-07:002008-08-10T23:34:19.672-07:0030 Day Challenge<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEud61aiIXgeJxc_ykj-8FTKuLHPFrPnOB0Y382MtYu9r8PdmCzf_Tp-50aiEBmo3iY_SRQF32na4ihW1CA7Rxsopn43gQxyY1jFDoksJ9FtUXA9yAJnbJR1gB99iabe3XEfd2Un1EH7D0/s1600-h/trash.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEud61aiIXgeJxc_ykj-8FTKuLHPFrPnOB0Y382MtYu9r8PdmCzf_Tp-50aiEBmo3iY_SRQF32na4ihW1CA7Rxsopn43gQxyY1jFDoksJ9FtUXA9yAJnbJR1gB99iabe3XEfd2Un1EH7D0/s320/trash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233144525450134338" border="0" /></a><br />Last night we were hanging out with some very good friends of ours, <a href="http://www.justinlandis.blogspot.com/">Justin and Jen</a>, and they introduced us to a site call <a href="http://www.thestoryofstuff.com/">The Story of Stuff</a>. After a lengthy and indepth discussion about this we decided to do a 30 day challenge together in the form of a family vs. family compition to see who can produce the least waste. Basically how this will work is each week we will weigh how much trash we have produced with a hay scale. In the mean time we will be visiting the local dump location for some good old dumpster diving to recover some useful things that others have thrown into the trash. We will collect these item throughout the 30 days and at the end have a yardsale and the family that produces the least amount of waste will get the cash from the yardsale. So stayed tuned, both Justin and I will be posting our families experience during this time.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-77696865744147749592008-07-03T10:19:00.000-07:002008-07-03T10:27:08.265-07:00Yard Sale UpdateI think yard sales may be a bit over rated or maybe I need to know how to do one right. We only made about $50 which we imediatly blew on a dinner out on the town. All that work didn't seem to get compensated, except for that fact that we don't have as much junk cultering up the place and the wonderful taste of <a href="http://oishiisushisandpoint.com/">Oishii's Sushi</a>.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-74048196718648937052008-06-21T08:08:00.000-07:002008-06-21T08:18:55.088-07:00As I look out across my beautiful yard sale creation I notice that there is nobody buying anything or even looking....or even stopping to look. I decided to get all of the stuff that we don't use together and have a yard sale today. Big dreams began circulating in my head of all the things we could sell and all the money that we could make and of course what I would buy with that money. After a few hours of laborious toiling and organization we had that perfect little yard sale. Now I'm sitting here scowling, watching my nice little day dream yard sale evaporated into the North Idaho breeze. I've been sitting out here for two hours and only one person has even stopped to look. Oh... someone just pulled over....damn! Just someone visiting the neighbors. Was this toil worth the spoils.....we shall see!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-32926763295690019882008-05-09T21:15:00.001-07:002008-05-09T22:08:58.296-07:00To The One ReaderMy only reader left a comment on the last post and posed some interesting questions here were the questions he posed: I wonder, what is the purpose of Christians meeting together? To glorify God? How do we glorify God? Is it by challenging or solidifying held beliefs? Some balance of both?<br />These question I'm assuming stemmed from my last post about using media in our church gatherings. I believe that Christians meet together for fellowship to edify and encourage each other and in doing this bringing glory to God. I do want to clarify one thing this doesn't mean that this is what Sunday mornings have to be. In my church Sunday morning gatherings are not necessarily for the believer but for those who don't believe. By loving people and continuing forward in our journey with Christ I believe is how we glorify God. How this looks I think can widely vary depending on the individual. God made us each unique with unique personalities, talents and ways of expression. Thus, we each uniquely glorify God. An example could be someone who is a talented musician. I believe that they are glorifying God when they use that gift in the way that God intended them to use it. For someone else it may look very different. I'm sure that challenging and solidifying held beliefs makes God happy but for some reason I can see him also looking down at us once we have solidified and thinking to himself "It's' about time you figured that out, now lets get moving!!"<br />I don't mean to bring less importance to solidifying ones beliefs it is important and it is all of those times which make the journey the journey. <br />Now how does this even remotely relate to my previous post about using an AC/DC song during one of our Sunday Gatherings? .....I guess the question is did using that clip of that song bring glory to God? I think that it did. It's purpose aligned with the mission of our church which is introducing people to a growing relationship with God. It was one tool of many that we used that Sunday which to introduce people. I believe that the chosen song worked well. Highway to Hell is a extremely well known song. Most people know it as soon as they hear it. Some people thought that we shouldn't use it because of the reputation of AC/DC. To me that was a reason to use it. People don't identify that music with church which in turn makes them begin to think about why they are hearing it in a church, of all places. I love it!!! It begins to get there minds cranking before the Pastor has even stepped up on stage.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-3177300527282306482008-04-08T22:55:00.000-07:002008-04-12T19:51:44.462-07:00Can God use AC/DCSo this past week I created a bringback. A bringback is what we use at our church during a gathering to let everyone know that coffee break is over. The topic this particular Sunday was Is There A Hell? So naturally going with the topic the song Highway to Hell by AC/DC came to my mind. As I began to discuss with some people about my idea I got some strange but not too strange reactions. Some people thought that it wouldn't be right to use a song by a band such as this because of their reputation. Others thought that it wouldn't be glorifying to God to use such music. In my simple mind this is where we as Christ followers tend to go over board. This is how I processed it. A bringback is a tool used to let everyone know that it is time to sit down and lead them into what the talk is about. Why should our tools be limited to those that are created by Christians. Does the Holy Spirit work through only material that is tagged as "Christian." I do agree that we should sensor what we put up on screen. Profanity and such material should not be used. But by limiting ourselves in this way we put God into a confining box that he is not in. We limit the ways the people can connect and relate to God. So I've included the bringback. It is is really nothing special but it brought up interesting conversations about how people can connect with God through media. In my role as Tech Team Leader at Cedar Hills I am continually learning about this. I will post more as I continue to process the thoughts and challenges of using media in the church.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4vAMao-ZBQ8&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4vAMao-ZBQ8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-55690543538117742502008-02-19T21:34:00.000-08:002008-02-19T21:43:56.866-08:00Love to ServeI got to say that I love serving in my local church. I serve as Tech Team Leader at my local church, Cedar Hills Church, and today we had some training on the presentation software that we use. Some how it worked out that I got to take 4 hours off of work and hang out with an unexpected amount of people from the Tech Team, which is always good, and watch some online training classes that were better than expected. Then at rehearsal tonight we apply some of what we learned and accomplished some great things. I know that this is like the euphoria of serving that typically it's more like people didn't show and the computer didn't work so we missed most of everything and the classes were horrible, but I can't help but be excited. Seeing people use the talents that God has given them, and watching them be applied in a practical way is just an exciting thing to see.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-40160309254563097352008-02-19T21:33:00.001-08:002008-02-19T21:33:52.612-08:00Challenge to GrowTypically in the past my perspective when looking at the course and direction of my life has been me centered. I guess what I mean by that is that when I move or make some change life in general changes for me. I do something then I change. Recently a good friend of mine moved from Idaho to California. Yeah, not the typical move but he's also not the typical dude. And I find myself facing change that was not created by me. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing in fact I think that is good. It is challenging me in more ways than I thought. My friend is following God and I sincerely encourage him in that, he will be missed but once again as he has periodically done in the past he is challenging me to grow. Or I could say God is working through him challenging me to grow. I've had to step up in my leadership which I think is just what I needed. Anyway if your reading this then most likely you are him. Thank you for your guidance, friendship, and challenging me to see myself and others with the potential that God sees.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-9980237300665500522008-01-29T18:39:00.000-08:002008-12-08T17:12:25.235-08:00Just a little bit of snow<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">If you have been following the weather you know that here in the pacific northwest we are getting slammed with alot of snow. I actually kind of like it. My kids do also.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5uyXMmHbMff8zej3MP-NgQ7NWhjFo8cAcTa6r1PXPrqyhTd0_f7sYxn310G6kQU5ssUQTQDgkzmECJ4oD4IYzAB_X1511qIO1vqA47LP7kFu-nr3Ymq36DRH7dbc64PO8yui25JkEZ34/s1600-h/0129081658.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161094056534947154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5uyXMmHbMff8zej3MP-NgQ7NWhjFo8cAcTa6r1PXPrqyhTd0_f7sYxn310G6kQU5ssUQTQDgkzmECJ4oD4IYzAB_X1511qIO1vqA47LP7kFu-nr3Ymq36DRH7dbc64PO8yui25JkEZ34/s320/0129081658.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXUkesO4G-DiS_d0hmktHmy0pAoYQG-pciiyeheEfPek06f6J1nilJIJwYGniEGP9aEClwTWNGIkBG-a_wo68_26feL64IZ9-2IfFudrdqR0rTQnMn3M3LvGnlF4CZ4dc0X-UVhTxuYxI/s1600-h/0129081639a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161094619175662962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXUkesO4G-DiS_d0hmktHmy0pAoYQG-pciiyeheEfPek06f6J1nilJIJwYGniEGP9aEClwTWNGIkBG-a_wo68_26feL64IZ9-2IfFudrdqR0rTQnMn3M3LvGnlF4CZ4dc0X-UVhTxuYxI/s320/0129081639a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsmYuWeQR8ufN3OPm0zvsO5b6c-KCslmKBTC9reNId45RF3nENK63V2PVGNIRe2hehoCnU81_m2O-Gjr98kUA6i5ZbyJN3514XKT1ORKRboUsOFL3rPSFBNi5lmqYDbfmav1LhzJw-TYk/s1600-h/0129081639.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161094236923573602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsmYuWeQR8ufN3OPm0zvsO5b6c-KCslmKBTC9reNId45RF3nENK63V2PVGNIRe2hehoCnU81_m2O-Gjr98kUA6i5ZbyJN3514XKT1ORKRboUsOFL3rPSFBNi5lmqYDbfmav1LhzJw-TYk/s320/0129081639.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is my wife infront of our neighbors house and you can just barely see my youngest daughters head.<br /></div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-63646887621682581312008-01-27T22:00:00.001-08:002008-12-08T17:12:25.389-08:00Family SkiWe took our girls skiing yesterday. It was Yeo Won's second or third time and Kimberly's first time. They had a great time and they love their pink ski goggles!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-lgr7gIoZA5hghHBpab0hvxnNKaDrsl-gcbWQ8TCm9kjYkDOfnDon996af6COxaX8T1b8nJk07Jeya_jSQw-UAR5aD9ZC8b2sJDPKtm2MjUhL9NM6Cnaold5ENYML1I1BDddW28FKBHk/s1600-h/0126081501.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-lgr7gIoZA5hghHBpab0hvxnNKaDrsl-gcbWQ8TCm9kjYkDOfnDon996af6COxaX8T1b8nJk07Jeya_jSQw-UAR5aD9ZC8b2sJDPKtm2MjUhL9NM6Cnaold5ENYML1I1BDddW28FKBHk/s320/0126081501.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160403906830087394" /></a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-78606858186574699622008-01-13T18:27:00.000-08:002008-01-13T21:28:37.760-08:00leave the bling at the doorSo I decided it was time to redo the blog and add some pictures that are a little more recent, but are still old. The new description was inspired from a single friend of mine who recently had a date. Me being the caring sensitive friend that I am decided to help him get as nervous as possible for this encounter. So for Christmas I bought him a huge shiny plastic necklace (I know, I'm cheap) with a huge Bling Bling medallion hanging on it. this got me thinking about what the Bling Bling actually is. What I concluded was that the bling is what we want people to see when they look at us. All those great admirable qualities that put envy on the face of every person you encounter that are really a fancy projection of a low resolution self. Bling is the gleaming smile covering an agonized soul, the enthusiastic "Good!" answered to the half meant "how are you?" How do we function like this? How can we expect to have true relationship with others if we can't get past the impressing shiny plastic and to the core of who we are?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-62806832194381903172007-12-21T12:31:00.000-08:002007-12-21T12:43:05.881-08:00The Pre-Holiday lazyWhat is is about a holidays that makes us just want to go home from work and do nothing. I'm sitting in my office, one of the few actually still here, fighting an all time low of motivation to get work done. I have this overwhelming urge to just go home sit on my comfortable sofa and stuff my face with frosted sugar cookies and hot cocoa. People in this office have been dropping like grease off a good burger today, as it is the last work day before Christmas. Why is it that this happens? Is it the stress of getting everything done before the holiday? I don't think so otherwise I would want to go home and decorate or wrap presents instead of over indulging on cookies and chocolate. I'm not sure what it is but I know that it's happening to me. Just look at how much I've put in this blog today.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-17075963625658533662007-12-21T11:11:00.000-08:002007-12-21T11:14:20.517-08:00I'm cooler than I thought<a href="http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/geek" style="text-decoration: none; padding: 5px 0 0 5px; display: block; width: 84px; height: 116px; background: url('http://assets.justsayhi.com/badges/92/831/geek_badge2_green.kph9g3eanb.jpg') no-repeat top left;"><br /> <span style="display: block;float: left; height: 54px; width: 10px; background-color: #fff;"><em style="display: none;">46% Geek</em></span><br /> <span style="display: block; padding-left: 20px; padding-top: 29px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; color: #fff;">46%</span><br /></a><br /><span style="clear: left; display: none;"><small>Find a <a href="http://www.medical-assistant-training-schools.org/ultrasounddiagnosticschools.htm">Ultrasound school</a> near you</small><br /></span><br /><br /><br />I assumed I was pretty much a Geek through and through but apparently I'm cooler that I thought.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-16717553595034119962007-12-21T08:41:00.000-08:002008-12-08T17:12:25.514-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwZ_nWCHsql0cblvakgTfV5DyOS6hxuSMqlGMvwSPOsSvB4xGKke8qoJ2pzpyMvgPyvfhyphenhyphenTtClfC7_nR3X3Lwx8kjIV7K53xRzOkixdDYJ_SYIlHhYssAp7mgFktw4h6-JmLvgLYib-lv/s1600-h/TESTINGpic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwZ_nWCHsql0cblvakgTfV5DyOS6hxuSMqlGMvwSPOsSvB4xGKke8qoJ2pzpyMvgPyvfhyphenhyphenTtClfC7_nR3X3Lwx8kjIV7K53xRzOkixdDYJ_SYIlHhYssAp7mgFktw4h6-JmLvgLYib-lv/s320/TESTINGpic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146467435811440594" /></a><br /><br />Sometimes my job can be really fun. I spent a couple hours yesterday playing with some software that my work has for a trail period. So I played. I made this 3D world which is not made up at all. This is actually a model of a real place and was derived from real data. I made a couple videos that would fly the viewer through the area but was unable to get them to load into YouTube or this blog. Technology is just plain fun.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-65556047356755782712007-11-26T21:42:00.000-08:002007-11-26T22:28:06.972-08:00It's been a whileSo it has been one year since I have written anything in this blog. I stopped for a couple reasons. First, the typical reason to not do anything,"I'm just too busy". Second, no one to my knowledge, ever read anything that I wrote, so why write. Well I have found that it is some what therapeutic. It's nice voicing my frustration and if someone would like to comment that would be great. Could some one benefit from what I might say, doubtful, but I'll just keep talking because sometimes it just feels good. So here I go just keeping on talking......<br /><br />I'm the Tech Team Leader at my local church and for the past few months I've been looking at presentation software to buy. I spent time trying out demo versions and what not. So I ended up buying some software arrogantly thinking that it was the primo top of the line stuff. While gloating in my pool of arrogance I figured my problems were over. I get this stuff installed,, bata boom bata bing a problem free presentation for Sunday morning. After an extraordinary large piece of humble pie, which included a video with no sound and media transitions that were not there but were there, and alot of hair pulling, teeth grinding hours I realized this is going to be harder than I though. I failed to remember the all knowing truth that technology is great and the user of the technology is usually the problem. In this case the user with new software that hasn't spent enough time using it to really know the ins and outs of it. Backing back out to reality now I see that the software purchased is not the problem but my expectations. Hopefully I'll learn that my expectations are not always going to come to fulfillment. I do have to admit that now that I'm starting to understand the software and that my expectations are basically gone I finding it quite powerful and really cool stuff.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239624208184186260.post-24366665633331180712006-11-16T20:41:00.001-08:002006-11-16T21:47:43.657-08:00Life is like an old busted Landcruiser! What?!As I sat <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">aggravated</span> in my broken down 1972 <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Land cruiser</span>, stalled and going nowhere <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">in front</span> of my daughters elementary school(of course in the 10 min only pick-up parking), I contemplated my frustration and anger with my sexy busted up bucket of rust 4x4 and my action thereof that reflected my attitude toward the situation. A couple of weeks ago I and my wife had notice unexpectedly that our live where beginning to get <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">extremely</span> busy(yes busy). I am not typically the type of person that gets angry or really frustrated under stress but I was finding that I was of late, and it was <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">noticeably</span>. I found that my attitude and perspective had changed. I was letting little insignificant frustrating events take over my mind and thoughts and spoil the whole day. Why was this happening? why was the rust of my life eating away at the attitude of my heart. All old <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Land cruisers</span> are rusty buckets on wheels but the worst of them still has this "hell yes!" sweet rig, attitude <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">even though</span> there is rust present. Why is it that we often forget that we are sinners and <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hypocrites</span>, all Christ follower are. And when we forget we find <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ourselves</span> overwhelmed by the stress and sin in the world. As the old coil spring seat squeaked I recalled my passed week small group where we discussed <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">hypocrisy</span>, and a conversation I had recently with a friend of mine about realizing how <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">sinful</span> we are. realized that knowing that we are sinners is how God builds us. Knowing that there is stress and that we will fail God and that we can not be the stereotyped perfect christian that so many people think we should be. To me this is relationship with God. Knowing we are loved even though we have rust and that there will be more and that God will build us out of this rust. As I once again turned the key to a silent click, I had to smile knowing that God was building. That I was loved by him <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">even though</span> there was no reason for him to love me. Knowing this my attitude had to change. So is life like and old busted <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Land cruiser</span>? For a freak like me yes, life with a straight six heart and a max speed of 55mph and someone who loves me no matter how much rust I have.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18345585655333266196noreply@blogger.com3