New Laptop

My Macbook Pro was stolen the middle of November, and I got a new Macbook last month to replace it. I just wanted to a post a picture of it as a way of thanking the ACF Advisory participants for what they did to help me get the new one...

On the new laptop I installed the Adeona software package. It takes a picture every five minutes (if you're using a Mac) and uploads that, along with network tracing information, to a place where you can retrieve it. If your laptop is stolen, you run the "recovery" program and it will download the pictures and the tracing info. Adeona will also run on Windows and Linux laptops. Highly recommended.

Thank you to whoever took my car stereo

Not only did you not break the car window, but you left the door unlocked for the moving guys. And you didn't take any of the stuff sitting in the back seat, including my ham radio.

Anyways, my stuff and car all arrived from California today, and I am truly thankful it's pretty much all as expected (sans one car stereo). I had left my car sitting out on the street in San Jose because I was too cheap to pay for parking, and my brother pointed out that it was probably cheaper to get the stereo stolen than to pay for parking for two months. Now I get to unpack boxes and shop for a spiffy new car stereo.

(The guy in the picture is one of the nice moving guys, not anyone related to any theft...)

Update: P.S. You forgot to take the remote control. Let me know where you want me to mail it to.

The latest

It seems like only a short while back I arrived in California, and now I've gone and moved again! I wanted to let you all know that I'm going to be starting a job out in southwest Michigan, working as a software developer at Andrews University. If you are ever out here, please stop by and say hello. Uninvited guests are more than welcome! :)

Isaiah 65:24

If you know me personally, you might know that I want God to be the center of my life (and I apologize to you all for when I misrepresent Him)... Anyways, this morning I was on the way to church and just had something on my mind that was worrying me. It wasn't a huge deal, but it was definitely taking away from my enjoyment of the day. Somewhat out of frustration, I told God "if you take this away, I'll post on my blog about it".

Lots of people try to make bargains with God. A lot of times it's when they're on a Titanic that's sinking, or an airplane that's going down, or they are realizing that they made some really bad decisions. It's too easily done out of a desire to control God, or a fear of consequences, rather than real repentance. I know I've done it out of poor motivations in the past, usually when I was doing something stupid and was too stubborn to take the steps needed to fix the situation, and I never followed through on my part of the "bargain".

So anyways, here's a blog post to say that I had the best day in a while and can't remember what was bothering me. Whether or not He gives the answer we want, God does always give the best answer.