Wordpress from Android

Just testing the Wordpress app for Android.

Seems pretty similar to the app for the iPhone.

Another great solution for mobile blogging.

New WordPress iPod App

Just downloaded the updated version of the Wordpress app for the iPod Touch.

I must say that it’s pretty amazing. It’s got a great interface, especially when adding categories to a post.

Highly recommended.

Testing wptogo

Just a quick test of wptogo for the Droid.

Seems to work pretty well, and I’m finally starting to get used to the physical keyboard on the Droid, so that’s a plus.

Droid

Just a test post from my new Droid.

Loving the phone so far.

Peter Gets a Bad Wrap

Last weekend I attended the Honor Bound 2009 Men’s Conference with a group of guys from our church. It was a terrific conference. We had a small group of guys, and the fellowship throughout the weekend was something I really needed.

The speakers were also great. The first night was Joe Jackson, a former player for the Minnesota Vikings during the days of the Purple People Eaters. The last speaker, on Saturday afternoon, was also good, but I really connected with the middle speaker – Mark Batterson.

Mark spoke about cages that we live in that keep us from being who God wants us to be. His talk focused on the cage of guilt – a cage we all deal with. Most of Mark’s material came from Luke 22 where Peter denies knowing Jesus 3 times before the rooster crows. Mark made an interesting point. Peter would have had to wake up every day to the rooster crowing – a reminder of what must have been one of the lowest points of his life.

I had never thought about it that way before. Imagine the guilt Peter must have felt each day he heard that rooster crow. Later Jesus “reinstates” Peter by asking him 3 times if he loves Him. This reinstatement happens “early in the morning”, perhaps around the time the rooster would have crowed. Jesus didn’t want Peter to live with the guilt of what he had done. It is interesting to note the time that he chose to reinstate him and to make a new association with the crowing of the rooster. Peter did not have to live with that guilt any longer.

Many times we live with guilt. We struggle with certain sins or habits, and even when we ask for forgiveness, we have a hard time get over the guilt of what we have done. We can accept that God will forgive us, but we often don’t forgive ourselves, and we stay focused on our shortcomings, which keeps us from being able to move and do the things that God has called us to do.

Which brings me back, in a round about way, to the title of this post. Many times Peter gets a bad wrap. He was the one who sank when trying to walk on the water to Jesus. He was the one who hacked a guy’s ear off when they arrested Jesus in the Garden. And Peter was the one who denied Jesus three times in the moment of Jesus’ greatest need.

Mark made some good points when looking at all these shortcomings. You don’t hear about any other disciples being willing to jump out of the boat to go to Jesus. Where were the other disciples jumping to Jesus aide in the Garden? And why weren’t there any other disciples even in the vicinity of Jesus’ location to be able to be questioned about their association with Jesus?

Yes, Peter made mistakes. But he also lived dangerously. He got out of his “comfort zone” and took risks for God. And look what happened on the Day of Pentecost due to the reinstatement that occurred after Peter’s lowest moment.

From the Boyer-Turner Wedding

Just wanted to continue my new tradition of blogging from wedding receptions.

We’re here at the Boyer-Turner wedding near IthacA at the Benn Conger Inn. This place is amazing, and as an added plus it has free WiFi!

Congratulations KT and Chase. We love you both and can’t wait to be down-the-street neighbors!

Global Hosted Operating System

Today I read an article on News.com about the Global Hosted Operating System (or Ghost).

I think I’ve seen Ghost in the past. It’s a web-based operating system that comes with 15GB of storage so you can access your files from any computer connected to the web. It uses the Amazon S3 service to ensure data integrity.

They even have a super slick interface for the iPod touch!

Check it out at G.ho.st. If you sign up, let them know that jediwebgeek referred you!

From the Main Twist

Just posting from the Main Twist in Mansfield.

Someone has free WiFi. I’m assuming it is from Night and Day. Whoever you are…thanks!

Our Fifth Anniversary

Thi weekend we celebrated our Fifth anniversary. Time really has flown by.

We’ve been through what I would consider a lot in the past five years. I won’t go into it all, but it’s been pretty wild.

This past year has been especially tough, with the miscarriage and everything that has come along with that experience. But I know that we’ll make it through with God’s help, even though He seems distant at the moment.

We are coming up on some interesting and exciting life changes over the next couple months, even though some of those changes will be tough. It will be interesting to see how everything plays out.

We celebrated by going out to dinner at Lambs Creek with my parents, grandparents and my aunt and uncle from South Carolina on Friday night. Tonight we went up to the mall to do some shopping. Danielle picked up some more of the Lego DS games, and I got the Tiger Woods 10 for the Wii with the Wii Motion Plus accessory. Can’t wait to try it out tonight! We will be extending the celebration into tomorrow when we go to see the new Transformers movie.

I am a blessed man who found the love of his life pretty easily.

I love you, Danielle.

Wordpress 2.8 from iPhone 3.0

Testing Wordpress 2.8 from the iPod Touch.

Not quite as easy as from my PowerBook, but it does work.