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I’ve been really busy the past week or so. My parents came out to visit me here at college. That was a great time. I have also been trying to get ready for a conference that I am going to next week. The Evangelical Theological Society is having their annual conference in San Antonio, Texas next week, so I and some others from here at Gordon will be going down to that. It should prove to be a wonderful time.
In the past few weeks I have come across a number of items which I would like to recommend.- Shane Barnard: Clean
- I always appriciate a new cd from Shane Barnard. I’ve been listening to him for a while now and with each new cd he always continues with the same message of how much better Christ is than anything else we try to use to satisfy our souls.
- Griffin House: Lost & Found
- One of the people who plays on Shane’s new cd is Ian Fitchuk. Ian is a friend of mine from High School. He is a very talented musician. He plays in a new band with this guy Griffin House. They are really great.
- Caedmon’s Call: Share the Well
- Caedom’s Call has really done a great thing with this new cd. They spent the better part of a year over in India and then in South America visiting fellow believers in Christ and this album is the fruit of those trips. It is a great encouragement to see and hear about believers around the world. At the same time this record serves as a call to be involved with much of the suffering and persecution which is taking place around the world.
- Derek Webb: I See Things Upside Down
- Derek’s new cd is a different kind of record. He has called it a musical exeriment, and I would agree with that. While the lyrics are pretty good, the music and recording quality takes a little getting used to. I’ll look forward to seeing where Derek goes from here.
- Mozilla Firefox
- Last week a great new web browser was released. It is called Firefox. I think I’ve probably plugged this before, but now the product is at version 1 and it is really nice. The two features which I really like are the tabbed browsing and the search-as-you-type. These really help to make using the internet much easier.
- Konfabulator
- I mentioned this the other day, but now Konfabulator is available for Windows. This is a great little program which allows you to run “widgets” on your desktop. Widgets are little “mini” applications to do all sorts of neat and helpful tasks. For example, I have the latest stock prices on my desktop as well as the current and future weather conditions. It is a very handy little app.