October 2006 - define: Jared Barden

Abortion

Oct

31

2006

It is election time, and it wouldn’t be like me to not talk about something politically related. Today’s hot button issue – abortion. Let’s start off with some “facts”. I use the quotes, because you never know how much of what you read online you can trust. That being said, here are the following facts ...

Good Times With Old Friends

Oct

24

2006

There’s something to be said for spending quality goof-off time with old friends – the people who knew you before you became the person you are today. Last night a group of my fellow high school graduates, my wife, and I went out to Dinner at the Dumpling House in Wellsboro. They have great Chinese ...

Google Website Optimizer

Oct

18

2006

Google just keeps rolling out the services (which may or may not be a good thing). I just read this afternoon over at Google Blogoscoped that Google released the Google Website Optimizer which allows users to test different versions of pages on their websites to see which perform the best. This is something I am ...

Being Tested

Oct

17

2006

This past Sunday the speaker at church spoke on living in unity with fellow Christians. I really enjoyed the message, and it made sense, seeing as how we are looking for a new pastor. What I didn’t expect was that I would be tested on this very teaching so soon in the week. We were ...

Google Mini Fridge 2

Oct

14

2006

Yesterday we received a Mini Fridge from Google for getting our millionth visitor to our website through the AdWords advertising program. I snapped a video (after work hours mind you) of the fridge with my Razor, transferred that to my laptop via Bluetooth, and then did a little amateur editing in iMovie. The following is ...

Google Docs and Spreadsheets 1

Oct

11

2006

Google just keeps on rolling. Today (or perhaps last night) Google released Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Earlier this year Google aquired a company name Writely, which specialized in allowing users to edit documents (imported Word files, etc.) online. I always thought this was a great way of working. Your documents aren’t tied to a machine, ...

White & Nerdy 2

Oct

10

2006

You don’t even have to be a nerd to find the humor in this one.

The Google Tube 1

Oct

9

2006

Apparently Google has just bougt YouTube for a cool $1.65 Billion in stock. What does this mean for Google Video and YouTube? I’m not too sure at this point. I do know that it means that Google has purchasedly one of the most popular video sites on the internet. I also know that it will ...

Mistakes 2

Oct

2

2006

I hate making mistakes. I mean I really absolutely abhor making mistakes. However, just this morning, I was reminded of something I’ve heard my dad say before. It goes something like, “if you can’t make a mistake, you can’t make anything.” I just turned 26 this year (scary thought), and I think I’m starting to ...