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Episode 122: Doug?s Distracted

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Only Doug and Matt make it to the table today.

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Merry Christmas

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas. I hope you find time to slow down, enjoy family and friends and celebrate our savior.

No blogging for me until the new year.

See ya in 2010.

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Backup and Portability Made Easy with ChronoSync

I have had an idea/problem that I have been percolating on for a while now. The basic idea was that I wanted to have copies of several specific folders on specific, different external storage solutions so that I could have them with me when I needed them. Complicating this problem is the fact that I am lazy.

Of course, I could copy my documents folder the the thumb drive every couple of days, my video clips to my external HDD every time I added a new clip, and my seminary files to the small thumb drive each night before I went to bed, but that would take both time and discipline. The only thing I have less of right now than time is backup discipline.

That is how I ran across what is hands down the best Mac sync utility I have found: ChronoSync. It does the standard things like let you schedule a sync or backup with a drive every X number of hours/days/weeks/etc. But it has one incredible function that sealed the deal for me. I can schedule a sync to happen whenever the target drive is mounted. Now, whenever I plug in one of the aforementioned devices, the specific files on my computer I want synced with that device automatically get updated and update the external storage. This, of course, reinforces my confidence in the idea that if I wait long enough, I will find a way to allow my computer to make up for my laziness.

But that [...]

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Soul Food! If you love yourself, feed yourself!!!

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?Out of the Box?

Today I had breakfast with a guy in the Portland area who has a heart for college age people. He goes to a church near where I live and wants to do something for all the students here in the Portland area. Man, this guy is thinking HUGE. He is even willing to put a ton of money toward making this happen. I sat across from this man for over two hours today, listened to his heart, and a few things really stood out to me – so I would share them here hopefully as an encouragement:

1. This guy has to be in his 60’s and yet is extremely passionate about those in the college age stage of life. I think there is a ton more out there like him…even in your church!
2. The key for him was he saw firsthand the benefit of ministering to college age people. He caught a glimpse of the passion of college age people, he saw them take leaps of faith, and he saw life’s changed. I think if we were more intentional about exposing more older adults to college age people more would catch on.
3. Sometimes older believers get a sense of urgency that is so cool. Some get to a point where they realize they’re not getting younger and really want their last years to be meaningful. It’s when we actually sit down with them and listen that we see this.
4. College age people aren’t the only zealous ones out there…this guy’s zeal could ignite a passion in any college student!
5. I love how some older men and women can dream so big – and yet couple that with wisdom. Only life experience can bring that about.
6. There are some older people, even in our churches, that really “get it” – I mean really understand what it means to be a follower of Christ, understand there’s a bigger purpose in life than living for ourselves, and don’t get hung up on things that ultimately don’t matter.
7. Wisdom doesn’t allow personal preference determine what we’re a part of – this was obvious with this guy today. Wow.

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