The Geek Church

If you’re keeping up on current world events , then you already know that another earthquake tragedy happened since the one in Haiti.  On Saturday, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck the people of Chile and so far, three hundred lives were lost.  In light of this terrible event, Google has developed a way to provide hope and closure for survivors of the earthquake, their families and the families of those still missing or lost.

This means of hope is a new online service that functions similar to a search engine.  However, there is a difference with this new product since it also allows users to file and submit information as well as looking it up online.  The service is called Person Finder.  It allows people to do an online search for information about specific individuals by using their names and the option to submit information about persons of interest also exists.

Since Sunday morning, 22, 900 records on certain individuals have already been submitted.  However, the people at Google make it very clear that this new service will not be closely monitored and the information submitted will not be verified.  Essentially, the data for information searches or submissions is available in English and Spanish and primarily those who look up or give information are responsible for it.

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I am sure that some of you reading this blog can remember when the movie 2010 was in the theaters. It was at the tail end of 1984, and I suppose we were all relieved that George Orwell’s visions didn’t come to pass. Unfortunately, neither did the dreams of Mr. Arthur C. Clarke.

Yes, if science fiction lived up to its dates, then we would have had sentient computers and manned missions to Jupiter by the year 2001. As it was, 2001 was greatly marred by tragedy thanks to 9/11.

Let us be thankful that we don’t have the world that 2010 showed. In the movie, the United States and Russia were on the brink of war. Still, I don’t think we are close to the contact with aliens.

Still, I do remember a line from the film:
“Something is about to happen…”
“What?”
“something wonderful”

I would be glad to meet 2010 with this sort of attitude. You cannot deny that God is moving.

The new year is always so exciting because it is a marker for change.
We really don’t know what’s on the horizon, but what if it was something good?

Just thought I would share that for the day.

It’s hard to believe that that Facebook is going to charge monthly fees, and you’re right, it is.

However, some Facebook group is claiming that the popular social networking site will be charging $4.99 per month, and it has about 133,000 members.

Of course, if you were to go the link on this group, which I don’t provide, it will lead you to some malware, porn, and other things on your hard drive that you don’t want.

So, watch for scams, and enjoy your free Facebook, for now.

I grew up in the Seattle area, and Boeing was quite close by. In fact, you could hear it from miles around.

I’ve been hearing about this Boeing 787 for years. It finally took its maiden flight, and guess what, there were no complications. It took off and landed, something that we all want our planes to do.

I can’t help but feel that there is probably a story here that is movie-worthy of Tucker: A Man and his Dream, or the giant plane at the end of the Aviator.

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I think you may remember when I reported on the War between Verizon and AT&T. It is getting into epic Star Wars and Lord of the Rings scale.

After the jump are two vids that show how bad it is getting. Keep in mind, that they are not the only commercials that are playing.

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I don’t know about you, but I use a lot of USB ports on my computer for charging. I suppose that this is why a company known as TruePower has created a power outlet with two USB ports along with the plug-ins.

You won’t be able to get this now, but it should be available in early 2010 from FastMac. Makes you wonder what is next as far as updates for the home.

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Okay, you know how I’m always about how technology should be used more in the church. I believe that there are limits to that.

The same applies at the wedding altar. It probably isn’t a good idea to update your marital status on Facebook during the ceremony. I suppose that it is funny, and the guy officiating the service had something funny to say about it. Normally most preachers aren’t that witty.

I probably would have waited until after the honeymoon, but that’s just me. See a video of it after the jump.

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A recent report from a Sony Executive has stated that 30 to 50 percent of all the TVs it sells from 2012 on will be 3D-enabled.

This comes as no shock to me, as every company from last January’s CES seemed to have a 3D TV that they were boasting about.

Assuming the world doesn’t end by that 2012 era, I suppose we’ll be living in an age for 3D soon.

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Oh, man, like the Rebel Alliance and the Empire from Star Wars is this new “ad war” between Verizon and AT&T. It started when Verizon with their Blockade Runner battleship dared to undermine the AT&T Death Star (think of their logo) by finding a weakness. Yes, AT&T’s 3G network has been called spotty, with wide open gaps in the United States.

The Empire struck back when they tempted Luke (that’s Wilson, not Skywalker) to do this pro AT&T ad. Luke mentions all the pros of AT&T versus Verizon, and surprise, AT&T excelled in 4 out of 5 categories. The last category was the network that begins with V.

You can view the two videos after the jump, and I’ll be certain to post the next battle/commercial when it appears on YouTube.

By the way, what is the point of the X not sticking to the “Name that starts with the letter V”. Are you trying to say that Verizon is not good at starting with the letter V? Last time I checked, it still does.

I’m sure most of you know that I get most of my news from other sources. Some I look for, and some come to me. Yesterday, I received an email that informed me that the Vanguard news show was doing a news special called “Porn 2.0″. I’m not certain how I got on this person’s email recommendation list, but I decided to watch the news special. This would probably the first time that I mentioned porn on this website. The special talked a lot about how technology has changed the porn industry.

Now, this is the point in which I could get all preachy about porn, but honestly, you have heard it before. I believe that one of the missions of any reporter is to be a “fly on a wall”, and that you simply tell the world what you see. Therefore, Vanguard reported the porn industry just like it would any other business. Clearly, it wasn’t like how Christians would have reported on it.

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