March 2006 - define: Jared Barden

Difficulty

Mar

30

2006

Sometimes I forget just how difficult it can be to do web programming. I mean, yeah, it is simple to throw something together and put it up on the web – no big deal. But sometimes, as with other things, the devil can be in the details. It seems like lots of times I spend ...

Condemnation

Mar

26

2006

I saw this today. It kind of made me upset. It’s funny how the “most progressive” and “accepting” city in America, supposedly, can come right out and condemn these kids who are just exercising their freedom of religion and freedom of speech. However when there are other gatherings and rallies supporting all sorts of different ...

The Perfect Song

Mar

25

2006

A friend of mine, Dennis, wrote a cool book entitled The Perfect Song. It’s a book about a guy named Poul who follows a songwriter named Mendel around the country, picking up his scraps he leaves behind on his quest to write the perfect song. During the course of the book, Poul takes the songs ...

Life Changes

Mar

25

2006

It’s amazing how quickly your life can possibly change. Within the last week Danielle has gotten 2 job offers, one of which could be a really big change for us. It’s just amazing how stuff like that comes about when you least expect it. We’ve both thought for a while now that we would be ...

Bracket Busted

Mar

25

2006

I don’t know about the rest of you, but my NCAA Tournament bracket is all kinds of busted now. I had Duke winning it all. They’ve been my team for a long time. I don’t even really know why, but I’ve always liked them. I’ll still watch the other games, but it won’t be as ...

The Teacher?

Mar

21

2006

Tonight, as with many other Tuesday nights, I spent some time with Dennis Miller, Director of Public Relations at Mansfield University. Dennis and I have been working off and on for a while now on his Perfect Song web site as well as helping him with some technical issues on the Mansfield University Podcast, which ...

The Slowskys

Mar

21

2006

Has anyone seen that new Comcast high speed internet commercial featuring the Slowskys, who are a couple of tortoises? I think the ad is great. They don’t like cable internet because it’s way too fast for them, but DSL suits them just fine. I’ve never used DSL, but I have never liked the idea of ...

Road Trip

Mar

20

2006

So, yesterday we went on a long road trip with our friends, Darrin and Krista. Let me give you a little back story first. Thursday night we had a SuperChic[k] concert at our church. The concert was amazing. Superchic[k] was the headliner, and Eleventy Seven (punk rock), Seventh Day Slumber (rock), and KJ-52 (rap) also ...

Style

Mar

18

2006

Well, I hope you all like the theme I’ve picked for this site. I already know that my sister-in-law isn’t wild about it, but she’ll get over it. I’ve got a couple of other ideas up my sleeve too. I might even make it so everyone can change it to a style they prefer. I’m ...