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Josh GriffinMore Posts ILM and Pirates 2

A friend just pointed out this fantastic website Industrial Light and Magic put together to showcase some of the work that went into Pirates 2. Pretty cool stuff!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Man on the Street: What Do You Need to be Saved From?

1 of 3 man on the street question videos we made for church this weekend. I’ll post the others after the Christmas special airs on FOX. Fun – I think they turned out nice.

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Podcast 37 In the Can

Just recorded a new podcast this morning, and I’ve yet to upload a little funny video that Doug and I did while we were in Indy for the upcoming Group conference. Look for both late today or tomorrow morning for sure!

JG

UPDATE: The one from Indy is up!

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Do You Need Cable Anymore?

Wired has a new article on using only broadband for television needs. Is it possible to live in a world without cable? Here’s a clip of the results and observations:

I downloaded a few programs, signed up for a 16-episode pack of Jon Stewart, and on Nov. 3, the experiment began.

What happened after that was a bit surprising.

Weird. That’s the only way to describe the feeling of the first few days. While the social benefits of TV watching are debatable, the experience does bring the family into the same room — at least physically.

Suddenly, our family was not sitting together in the living room watching television — except for the occasional DVD movie — but instead scattered around the house. My wife and I watched our shows on our office computers, and our kids watched theirs on a laptop in the kitchen. Within a few days, the diaspora driven by digital content already made the house seem, well, less homey.

This was all the more surprising because television has never been the center of our family life. Before the experiment began, my wife and I were already watching far less TV than the average household, which analyst firm Nielsen Media Research pegged at over 8 hours per day during the 2005-2006 television season. We’d already begun talking about canceling our cable TV subscription, when Wired News asked me to play guinea pig.

But it became clear that watching content on the same devices on which we did our jobs and home finances robbed us of some intangible benefit. By wanting to watch videos in a central location, I was not in the minority, either, said Joseph Laszlo, research director for Jupiter Research. “The big issue that prevents more people from going completely to the internet is being able to watch their shows on the preferred device — the TV.”

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts The Church Office: Episode 2

Just put up another freebie at SYM last night for the 12 Days of Christmas. Today we’re giving away The Church Office, a parody of youth workers and NBC’s The Office. Enjoy it and pick up some resources while you’re there, too!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Yul Wins Survivor

Yul won the latest season of Survivor last night – and honestly, I couldn’t be more pleased. He was an amazing strategist, very well spoken and represented the Asian community well. Although, in the end, very little was even played as far as race goes (except the bookends of the show) since the majority of it was Survivor and that was a little twist to get people into the season and/or boost the ratings.

Next season, one tribe lives in luxury while another has to just survive on nothing. You know I’ll be there for that one!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts iPod Vending Machine

Insert credit card. It drops out a $300 iPod. I swear soon you’ll be able to buy the keys to a car this way and drive off. Now wait a minute … there’s an idea …

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Visit to Grace Community Church

Visited some friends up in LA today, and stopped by Grace Community Church for the end of the service with John MacArthur. You can probably listen to the message in the coming week right here if you’re interested. Good times!

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Accident

Spent the better part of tonight very unexpectantly at the hospital with some friends that were in a pretty bad car accident tonight. Mother and son were discharged, but the dad is going to be in a while with some pretty serious stuff. Pray for them if you would …

JG

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Josh GriffinMore Posts Stuff From My Friend’s Blogs: Volume 11

Every weekend you can rest assured I’ll visit all of my friends’ blogs and report back on some of the good stuff you might have missed. There’s some worth reading daily, you should check them out. Anyhow, here’s the notables: