I am horrible at updating my blogroll. It’s crazy actually… I subscribe to the most ridiculous amount of blogs so I read WAY more than I have posted… but I also know I’m most likely missing out on some really AWESOME blogs. Maybe yours?
A couple years ago, a friend of mine gave me one of his “giveaway” SpinVox accounts, BUT it was not compatible with Sprint (my carrier at the time). I thought my chance to have a voicemail-less life was only a dream. But apparently, life… well… at least Twitter… offers second chances.
I wasn’t going to do it, but then Cynthia Ware tweeted the other day that people had started writing hers FOR her and it kinda freaked me out. Then, today, I saw THIS video post by Annie Parsons and thought, “BRILLIANT!!! That’s the format I’m going with!”
The video is almost 7.5 minutes long so grab a snack or drink and let me amuse you for a bit. Here goes:
That’s not the first time I’ve been told that. JUST KIDDING!!!
I saw this on Tyler’s blog the other day so I decided to test jenniclayville.com out.
I have to say, this seems a bit strange since I write a lot about motherhood. I guess I write more about leadership and ministry… 55% more, to be exact.
I’m just sitting here in Brent and Tam’s cozy living room thinking,
“How in the world did I get here?”
BLOGGING… that’s how!
Brian had a conference trip planned to come down to Southern Oregon. We haven’t really been spending a lot of quality time together recently, so I told him I wanted to come down with him. After all… road trips ARE a whole lot of time for chit chat.
THEN… Tam wrote this post, inviting the whole world to come stay at their home. So, we did. We invaded their home
Brian and I showed up last night and stayed up way too late laughing and talking about some really real things. They are just about the most amazing couple, parents, PEOPLE we’ve ever met… and I’ve come to realize even more how much I can learn from people around me.
Here are some pics for now. I’m sure there will be more to come later:
Right when we came in, Tam had to grab Paxton out of his carseat.
We got our own personal viewing of Kass & Kota’s band rehearsing for their concert. Um… they are FREAKIN’ talented. I am beyond impressed… and as some of you know, I’ve worked with MANY talented young musicians.
Brent introducing Paxton to the muppets on YouTube.
I feel so privileged to actually have met these guys in person, and now we’ve launched a REAL in-person friendship. We’ve graduated from just being twitter friends, y’all!
Well… I better go shower before I LOSE some friends, if you know what I’m sayin’!
Seriously… everything else was great… if not perfect. Liz & Mark led worship and did a PHENOMENAL job. Matt gave a brilliant sermon that really made us all think. The sound was pretty darn good. Graphics – yeah… that was me – NOT SO HOT.
We upgraded to iWorks ‘09 and my laptop wasn’t liking it. After that, my Mac also decided she no longer wanted to be in a intimate relationship with LiveWorship and dumped him and all his files. Not a single song was to be found.
Matt and I looked everywhere. Gone… like a potential girl/boyfriend once you tell her/him you’re a serial killer.
What’s crazy is it was all there yesterday during run-thru. I must have deleted part of the program or something…
During the whole set up time, I was typing up song lyrics like a mad woman on Keynote so people wouldn’t have to make up their own lyrics, though that would have been AWESOME!!! I finished the worship response portion on Matt’s MAC during his sermon and had Matt Isborn run the sermon graphics on my Mac for me.
Totally genius… until Matt’s laptop ran out of juice. So of course I plug it in and turn the power back on.
“BWAHHHHHH”
That’s the sound a MAC makes when it’s powered on. If people didn’t know there were technical difficulties before this… they sure knew now.
Overall, I think it was still a powerful Sunday. I think I was the most distracted out of everyone, but it was for a good reason — so THEY wouldn’t be.
I’d still give today a score of: 8.5
Not to shabby!
Just for fun… here’s a picture of sound check this morning:
Brian and I are no longer under contract with Sprint for our cell phones.
We actually really like Sprint… but we’re open to moving to different provider for a rockin’ deal. We’re also in the market for new phones. Our phones… ESPECIALLY Brian’s, doesn’t hold battery life very well anymore.
Like most of you, we basically LIVE off our phones. We text, twitter, need our calendar, email, internet access… we pretty much need a computer we can talk on.
We’ve narrowed it down to the iPhone or a Blackberry.
How I won was by sheer will. I spammed him with a million comments.
I rarely win anything.
And I can honestly say I didn’t win this time either. I received this prize by a TECHNICAL default. Adrian Rodriguez agreed that if he won, he’d hand his winnings over to me.
Guess who won? ADRIAN!!!
So, by default… I’m a WINNER through my twitter friends.
You can click to see the link, but I thought I’d cut and paste just in case you didn’t want to click all over the place (the red fonts being my favorites):
1. Turn it off, turn it back on. “Nine times out of ten, rebooting your computer-and any equipment that connects to it-will solve the problem,” says Aaron Schildkraut, who owns a home tech-support service in the New York tristate area.
2. Just because we’re “buddies” at work, don’t expect me to come running every time you’ve got a problem. I’ve got a slew of IT problems to fix.
3. We’re like Santa: We know if you’ve been bad or good. Fessing up to what really happened right before the system crashed is going to save time-and I’m going to figure it out anyway.
4. Use “strong” passwords. Geek Squad agent Derek Meister suggests combining letters and numbers-but not your birth date-to create a “base” password, and adding a unique suffix for each site you use. If your base password is your spouse’s initials and
your anniversary date (say, SP061789), your Amazon password might be “SP061789AM.”
5. Make sure you have current antivirus and anti-spyware protection, and set it to update at least once a day and run a full-system scan at least once a week.
6. There’s no free lunch. Downloading free music, movies, and games from file-sharing sites can open holes in your system for others to exploit. Play it safe and use established services like Rhapsody, iTunes, and Netflix.
7. Remember: Public Wi-Fi is public. If you don’t have a compelling reason to check your e-mail or bank account while sipping a latte at the mall, don’t do it. While you’re on a public network, even one that’s encrypted, a nearby hacker can capture your passwords.
8. Give it a rest. Turning off your computer when it’s not in use saves energy and clears out the RAM, or temporary memory, which would otherwise slow your machine over time.
9. If you can’t get online, call your Internet service provider first. Connection problems can often be checked and fixed-free.
10. If you want to see less of me, get a Mac. That’s what we use. “Macs are actually a little bad for my business,” says Schildkraut.
11. No, you can’t use your cell phone to pop popcorn. Next time an Internet rumor drops into your inbox, don’t just pass it on-check it out at snopes.com first.
12. Sometimes we talk about you-in code. If you hear “HKI error” (for human-keyboard interface) or “PEBCAK” (problem exists between chair and keyboard), we’re insulting you.
13. If you don’t understand me, I’m not doing my job. Confusing tech jargon is a sign of insecurity, not intelligence.
Jenni on Skype: jclayville 
