Tag: future

Happy Birthday to my blog

Today in 1993 the first website went online. Also, today in 2005 I (officially) started blogging.

I started out on Blogger, moved to WordPress and now I manage four or five different blogs on a regular basis.

Surprisingly my first post was a little future telling:

So I gave in. I got myself a blog. I’ve been fighting this for some time, and I don’t really know why. Maybe it was because I hate fads — even though I love being on the cutting edge of everything. Is it just me or is that really ironic?
And despite what it may look like, this is actually my first posting on this blog. All the earlier entries are simply postings of my old columns that people seem to want to continue to read.
Anyways, I’ll start posting my weekly columns/random thoughts and maybe a podcast in the future.
I’m very intriguied by the whole podcast idea. If you haven’t heard anything about it, check out podcast.net to find a listing of what’s currently out there. I’m sure I’ll jump on that bandwagon as soon as I can find enough content to post a weekly show (sounds like my dream of writing a book). There’s so much I want to do — and so little time and content.
Well, so there you have it. I’m live in the blog world.
Peace!
-stranger in a strange land

Since then I have started a podcast (which has gone through it’s own changes) and written my first book.

As my time, schedules and interests evolve so does publishing online.

There’s no telling what the next eight years will be bring (or even 80) but I’m looking forward to it.

Thanks for joining me on the journey.

—

PS: I’ve had the privilege of being on Power Talk several times in the last few months. Always enjoy getting the opportunity.

This week we talked with Steve Knight and Phil Shepherd about issues facing the Church and how we can regain the trust of those outside the walls of the church.

Download the audio.

Our story: past, present and future

Yesterday at encounter we shared some our story from the last couple years of our lives — including our struggles with infertility, moving and such.

Dave and Kari McHam also shared their amazing story as well.
Continue reading Our story: past, present and future

Terabyte drives

Cnet reports:

Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. Hitachi was only off by a few days.
The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte drive for desktops in the first quarter, then follow up in the second quarter with 3.5-inch terabyte drives for digital video recorders, bundled with software called Audio-Visual Storage Manager for easier retrieval of data, and corporate storage systems.
Hitachi terabyte drives
The Deskstar 7K1000 will cost $399 when it comes out. That comes to about 40 cents a gigabyte. Hitachi will also come out with a similar 750GB drive. Rival Seagate Technology will come out with a 1 terabyte drive in the first half of 2007.

I’m drooling over the size of this drive.

That’s enough room to hold 250,000 Mp3 files – or as CNet puts it – enough music to play continuously for two years without ever repeating.

The article also reports that the entire Library of Congress could be held on 10 terabytes.

This comes after the 50th birthday of the original hard drive last year.

The original weighed a ton and held 5 MB.

UPDATE: As of August 2011 I now have a two terabyte hard drive sitting on my desk that I purchased earlier this year for less than $125. As of today, you can buy the same drive for less than $90 from Amazon. The times they are a changing.

The physical and spiritual Deep Ellum

Michael Tate commented the other day on KERA 90.1 FM on the future of Deep Ellum.

When we say “Deep Ellum” we’re really talking about two different yet related things: there’s the Deep Ellum neighborhood, a physical part of Dallas; and then there’s a Deep Ellum spirit, an essence that transcended the streets and storefronts.

Tate predicts the area will evolve into a new McKinney or Uptown district in the future.