Have a Laptop that gets too warm on a countertop? Use a pair of 2-Liter Bottle caps to elevate it slightly for improving the airflow. Cooler laptop for cheap.
Top 10 Ways you know you’re in Rural Youth Ministry
10) Students miss your call because they don’t get service on that side of their house. 9) Camo is always in style. 8) Drivers Ed courses feature safety info on Amish road regulations. 7) Pizza can’t be delivered to your house. 6) Livestock out numbers your […]
My “Ghetto” Laptop…
There are so many awesome (and humorous) stories in my life that started out with the phrase “so I did this trade on Craigslist”… The picture you see is one of them. It is a Compaq F700 laptop. Nothing terribly special about that. It was a laptop sold at the […]
10 Money Saving Tips to Start the New Year.
A new year is upon us. Time for ideas, plans, and resolutions to do good things. Some want to lose weight, others things like getting the finances in order. For the first, go see my friend Josh at Youth Pastor Diet. For the finances, let’s dig into it a little […]
Redneck Tech: The Kubota RTV
This was parked at a local pizza place when I went to pick up an order. 5 passenger, 50+ mph capable. Costs more than a lot of cars…Plain crazy!
Church Shenanigans…
Someone at our church pulled this in the main hallway today. By the way…we were also hosting the annual Baptist Association meeting too. Love it.
Redneck Tech: Camera Tricks
Need to take a far away picture, but the zoom on your camera is weak? A local hunter showed me that you can hold a spotting scope or binoculars in front of the camera lens on your smartphone to make an “optical zoom”. Pretty neat stuff…Makes me wonder what you […]
Yes, I did just see that…
Just saw this at the local store and did a doubletake. Yes, I did just see that. Yes, this person is holding their hood down with a ratchet strap…. Truly impressive ingenuity…
Custom Nook Case
After some dealing on Craigslist, I became the owner of a rooted Nook Tablet. I may do a full review another day, but this Nook has been stripped of its factory OS and been given Android 2.3.7 (4.0 is in progress, but a little buggy still for daily use..) So […]
Redneck Tech: Weather Reporting…
This sign welcomes you at the local food pantry in my community…
Redneck Tech: The Makeshift Belt/Spindle Sander…
One of the things you learn in Rural Ministry is to improvise in order to make what you have do what you need it to do. I needed to sand some small pieces for a VBS craft, so this is how I made it work. It did the job very well. More […]