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27th
April
2006
A few weeks down the track and I’m still loving this Wordpress blogging system. Thanks to the plugin archtecture and drag and drop sidebar ‘widgets’ I can quickly and easily make customisations to the blog and adjust the layout. Just a few of the new features I’ve added over the last week or two which you may or may not have noticed include :
- Recent itunes (Left sidebar) – list of the most recent tracks played in iTunes
- Current albums (L) – the current CDs I have on rotation
- Scripture (R) – daily Bible readings, taken from the Warnbro Church site via RSS.
- Stats (L) – Daily and total stats (although this plugin is a bit unreliable)
- Weather (R) – shows the current weather conditions for Perth
- Recent Comments (R) – more detailed recent comments section
- Ancient History (R) – shows posts from 1,2 & 3 years ago today (if they exist). I like this one!
- Plugins list (L) – Lists all the wordpress plugins I currently have active
The other thing to note about Wordpress is it’s flawless (to-date) performance in stopping spam comments and trackbacks. The ‘Akismet’ plugin has so far stopped 601 spams without a single error, and no tweaking or training required! It’s excellent.
Categories : Housekeeping |
27th
April
2006
Beatles’ words of wisdom spoken at Messiah church | The News-Press: North Fort Myers
As a big Beatles fan, and a member of our church worship team, this is an idea that naturally has a big appeal to me.
Parishioners at Messiah Lutheran Church will take a trip back to the time when the British band grabbed international attention for uptempo tunes with memorable lyrics. The church is inviting the community to its second “Worship With the Beatles” at 5 p.m. Saturday.
Parishioners will sing Beatles hits including “Eight Days a Week,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” and “Let It Be.”
The church first brought the rock icons into worship services in February as part of its “exploring worship” series, which allows the church to experiment with different types of music.
This year, the church also tried gospel and big band music for the special program, which began in January.
Not sure if this is a bit too tacky or gimmicky, but I do like the “exploring worship” idea, mixing it up a little in the worship services with different styles of music. I love the music we do at our church but I do think it’s a good thing to try new and different approaches on a regular basis, to keep things interesting and unpredictable. I’m sure there’s a lot of different, and valid, views on this but my personal preference is for things to not get too repetitive or comfortable – that’s when it’s easy to get into a rut or just go through the motions of worship. But then again some people are blessed by a familiar liturgy so it’s not a one-size-fits-all thing.
I wonder what other Beatles’ songs you could use. How about “Hey Jude,” “Lady Madonna,” or “Here Comes the Sun.” Anyone else got any suggestions??
[HT : Haydn Nelson]
Categories : Church, Worship, music |
27th
April
2006
I’m not normally not much of a gamer, but in the last week I’ve discovered a great free game which you can get from TrackmaniaNations.com (I actually found it on a CD that came with a recent computer mag) It’s basically a formula 1 style car racing game
in which you compete online against racers from around the world, the trick being that the tracks are more like something you would find in a toy racing set, with tracks going high up above the ground, loop the loops, jumps and plenty of other challenging features. As well as online racing it also has a range of “training” tracks so you can hone your skills. The graphics and sound are brilliant for a free game. I’ve had a great time playing this game with Owen watching and helping over the last week or so, though I think the boys get more fun out of it when I crash spectacularly than when I do well. Anyway check it out. Warning though, it’s addictive….
[click the images above for screenshots ... or for more cool screenshots go here]
Categories : Games, Internet |
