Thankful for Tech

I’m thankful for tech. Have a listen to hear what I’m thankful for.

Thanks to @joeburnham, @spiritualtramp, @monsterkid & @dszp for contributing.

Still waiting for Christmas Carol requests. Leave a comment here, send email or hit me up on Twitter!

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Jesus Geek is a weekly Christian technology podcast with news, how-tos and a little bit of spiritual know-how hosted by John Wilkerson. Jesus Geek is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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The Mystery of Christmas

PowerMax News is Giving Away a 500GB Lacie Drive

How cool is that? All you have to do to enter is blog, tweet or leave a comment. Check it out

You’ll need to comment before 2:59 PM PST Thursday, November 20th 2008. You can enter once with an original comment below, but here’s the kicker – you’ve got two additional ways to enter! You can enter again if you blog about the contest and link back to us – or Tweet about the contest and include @powermax_news. Just include links to your entries in your comment below. After the contest closes we’ll pick a winner at random, post a congrats and ship this prize to the lucky person. Give us a couple days to ship out this massive pile of swag. To win you must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the US. For full eligibility details, we suggest you read our official rules. Good luck!

So get crackin’ if you want a chance to win!

Happy Poddiversary

It’s my Poddiversary! Celebrate and be glad…or something.

• Listen to the very first episode of Jesus Geek
• NASA seeks to digitize Lunar images
• Internet Spam Reduced
• LEGO Safe

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Jesus Geek is a weekly Christian technology podcast with news, how-tos and a little bit of spiritual know-how hosted by John Wilkerson. Jesus Geek is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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Internet Awareness – Blogs

More on Internet awareness this week, specifically, blogs. What are they and why should you be careful when viewing them?

Also, Star Wars and Star Trek origami, various GMail modes, Cult of UHF (use discretion), and how to Add Control Panel to the Desktop Right-Click Menu.

General Protection Fault is 10 years old! Woo-ha! Congrats, Jeff! Speaking of anniversaries, next week I’m entering my 4th year of podcasting (I think I said 5th year in the podcast). Want to hear what the podcast was like 3 years ago? Check it out. Next week’s podcast will be an anniversary podcast.

I’m going to continue the tradition of singing Christmas carols for one episode in December. I’m taking requests so get them in by 12/7/2008.

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Jesus Geek is a weekly Christian technology podcast with news, how-tos and a little bit of spiritual know-how hosted by John Wilkerson. Jesus Geek is a member of the My Life Ministries Network: a community of ministries that views the everyday Christian life as a ministry and seeks to encourage Christians in their daily walk with Christ.

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Iron Dragons Audio Book

Dragon pee really stinks.

That’s the first line of a new podiobook by Derek P. Gilbert. Now, the book isn’t new, just the podiobook. I was fortunate enough to receive a free reviewer’s copy a few years ago when the book first came out in exchange for a review on my podcast. That review is long-gone, absorbed into the ether of the Internet so I now offer you this blog post. I’m sure I have it on CD somewhere.

Here’s the short review: Go listen to it then buy the book.

Here’s the long review: When I first read Iron Dragons some years ago, I was really surprised at how much I liked it. It was Derek’s first book and typically, first books are fine if someone has a good editor and publishers but Iron Dragons was self-published. I’m glad I reserved my judgment until I’d read the book.

Iron Dragons was an excellent read and Derek’s years of experience as a radio talk show host make the podiobook a must listen. He brings a level of professionalism to the reading that one normally only hears in paid-for audiobooks.

Derek’s now-faded podcast, PID Radio, which was co-hosted with his wife was the first podcast I ever listened to. I always enjoyed the podcast not necessarily for the content, but because it was done so well despite limited resources. Derek and Sharon took it up a notch every week when their podcast was published and it shows in this podiobook.

Congratulations, Derek, on an excellent job!

Synopsis of Iron Dragons:

With that bit of cautionary advice, master dragonslayer Davian begins his tale.

Davian is a Third Level Master of The Order, a group of men who alone have the power to battle the most fearsome creatures on all of Saramond. For thousands of years, the brothers of The Order have protected their world.

Now something has upset the balance of power between man and dragon, and Davian must face what appears to be a dragon that cannot be seen.

But Davian is losing his grip on reality — and the fate of the world rests with a stable hand, an underfed priest, and a gardener from beyond the stars.

TBS named one of the top 100 Christian blogs

This is old news in Internet-time but I feel it’s worth mentioning.

Two Blind Squirrels was named one of the Top 100 Christian Blogs according to the X-Ray Technician Schools Blog. What!? What!? A blog about becoming an X-ray technician has a top 100 list for Christian blogs?

Well, despite the fact that I think this is an odd topic for such a site, I did find their article on The 25 Weirdest Things Eaten By A Human quite fascinating. False teeth?