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Tech Survival 101

By Jim Edwards • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Odds & Ends

Well today I leave for a week & half long camping trip with my wife, smartphone, and trusty MacBook Pro. Although I don’t anticipate needing my computer or smartphone for business use, I figured it might be fun to bring a little tech into the world….. We’ll see how my wife feels about that [...]



Super Twitter Day

By Jim Edwards • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Odds & Ends

If your lucky enough to catch this on Super Tuesday your going to get a thrill…Otherwise you’ll have to simply hear the stories of fame from your resident ITChurch author. Today of course is Super Tuesday and to make it a true event Google and Twitter have teamed up to showcase some amazing skillz regarding their two services.



Guitar Worship

By Jim Edwards • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: Odds & Ends

I played GuitarHero III the other day at my Disciples house…man that’s addictive. My wife is a great guitar player, and although she struggled for a while getting the hang of it (Gamer new-bie) she took off into much harder settings once we gave her a chance at Weezer’s “My name is Jonas” I [...]



It’s full of speakers

By Jim Edwards • Jan 10th, 2008 • Category: Hardware, Odds & Ends

Glenn Chapman reports at Yahoo News today that they have developed a surface that acts as a loud speaker!  The technology was created in an attempt to help the British military silence the rotors on their helicopters, however it utterly failed in that regard.The Good news however is in the spirit of post-it-notes they have stumbled upon a new discovery that could completely [...]



Podcasting killed the Radiostar

By Jim Edwards • Dec 22nd, 2007 • Category: Odds & Ends

I mentioned recently on jim.edwardsdesign.org (which is the coolest website next to itchurch.com!) that I have a 25 min commute to work each day. So Podcasts have become a crucial part of my day. My commute is a time that I catch up on IT info and get a few tips on looking like I’m [...]