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Youth Bible School 2008 Audio CD

Today I received the recording by Altar of Praise Studio from Chorus at YBS ‘08.  I must say, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the recording.  It sounds better than it did live, at least to my untrained ear. Though it is not listed on their website, you can probably get yourself a [...]

Posted on January 30th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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God’s Regret

I read this today:

When the LORD saw that man’s wickedness was wide spread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time, the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Then the LORD said, ‘I will [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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Miracle on the Hudson

You can read all the details here, but I was just amazed yesterday afternoon while watching this story unfold.  Survivors? 155 out of 155. Can’t get better than that. This is my favorite photo from the event.
Just an aside, I wonder if those were Canadian Geese that got blendered?

Posted on January 16th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: News and Current Events, Photos | 2 Comments »

I Won… after Discovering a Great Christian Finance Blog

So in my search for the best savings interest rate, I tripped across the Christian Finance Blog’s review of Dollar Savings Direct (which by the way has a 4% interest rate on their savings accounts).  One of the posts on the blog was asking people to comment for the chance to win $35 worth of [...]

Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Product Reviews, Research & Learning, Thinking Aloud | 1 Comment »

Verizon FIOS

I got to use Verizon’s business FIOS in Everett today while configuring a networked printer for a business client.  Wow, I’d be willing to pay a pretty penny to get that kind of connectivity.  Here’s a screenshot with the test results.  15Mb/s down and 5.4Mb/s up!  At home I get 2.8 Mb/s down and about [...]

Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
Filed under: Computers & Technical, Product Reviews | 1 Comment »

Picasa for Mac

The long awaited Picasa 3 for Mac OS X has arrived.  Unfortunately it won’t work on my iMac G5, but I look forward to using it on my laptop.  This was one of the last remaining reasons I still preferred Windows for my media storage and digital asset management needs.

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Josh Champagne
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