Mon
May
12
2008
Springwood Street Champions
It’s good to see that things have pushed on at SWAC while I’ve been away, and that we are among the first to launch a key part of the Diocesan-wide Connect 09 strategy.
Mon
May
05
2008
Technology, relationships and minstry
The old ‘technology is impersonal’ argument has been raised again over at Solapanel, and it has succeeded in stirring me to words…
I could have left a comment on the blog, but preferred to write more fully here…
Mon
May
05
2008
Xobni - interesting Outlook addin
I live a good part of my life by Outlook.
For work it is absolutely indispensable. We don’t have Exchange or anything fancy like that, but it keeps my entire calendar, an extensive task list, and all of the 200-300 emails I receive in a typical day.
I use email a heap for work and pleasure. While email doesn’t replace talking with someone in person or by phone, email still greases the wheels of relationships and keeps organisational issues under control.
Which is why I’m rather interested in a new add-in for Outlook called Xobni. It appears to help organise and and ‘connect the dots’ with my email…
Mon
Apr
28
2008
Avoiding problems when changing web hosts - Email
This is another useful trick to use when changing web servers (hosts) that I want to document:
When you change web servers, you need to change your domain to to point to your new host’s name servers. That in itself is simple: you log in to your domain registrar and change the nameserver setting to that of your new host.
But then there is a frustrating period of time called “propagation”. Propagation is the time it takes from when you make a change to your domain name pointers for all the DNS servers around the world. This time is usually from 4 to 48 hours, depending on how fast the DNS server you/your ISP uses updates.
But what happens to email sent to you during that propagation period?
Here’s how not to lose it…
Fri
Apr
25
2008
Importing and Exporting big MySQL databases
This is really one of those situations where I’m recording useful information for my own easy recall at a later date – but hopefully it will be helpful for others elsewhere.
In essence, this is another simple guide on exporting and importing MySQL databases using the web servers command line.
Thu
Apr
17
2008
Homosexuality and school formals
Over the last few days there has been a minor stir in the Australian media over a protest by some Year 12 students at an Anglican school in Brisbane. They are protesting that gay members of that Year 12 are not permitted bring their boyfriends to the school formal.
Archbishop Peter Jensen was interviewed on ABC radio yesterday about the issue, and it’s a very good listen…
Wed
Apr
16
2008
It is finished
It was good to sit back this afternoon and know a big job was done, and done well – if I do say so myself.
Painting a house (non-brick) is not an insignificant job, and one that requires more time than the usual two weeks holiday. So I’m very glad it is done…
