Allan White.net - Comments

nicole

2009-12- T;04:45:&#xsZ;

ok, i finally noticed it is the wrong year & an earlier mt hood incident.

my prayers are with everyone up there on the big climb in heaven this holiday season.
/n

nicole

2009-12- T;04:39:&#xsZ;

thanks for putting this radar thingy together soo that it’s easier to find info. i’d rather get an old news false hope blip from here, than the general webscape.

Allan

2009-12- T;17:16:&#xsZ;

Brian - so sorry, but this post is quite old, referring to the last time climbers were lost on Mt. Hood. No new reports, I’m sorry to say, the search has been called off.

Brian

2009-12- T;05:02:&#xsZ;

hey com on, let me in on where they were sighted,,,, there is no news of this elsewhere

Brian

2009-12- T;04:30:&#xsZ;

Praise the Lord .... confirm this , that they saw 2 people

Chris McFarland

2009-11- T;03:45:&#xsZ;

Joel Rosenberg. Epicenter is a great read and an eye opener. Joel’s other books are fabulous in giving a view of what’s going on in the middle east.

proctor

2009-09- T;08:55:&#xsZ;

uhhh…. why am i just now seeing this?! you need to tweet or text me when you do awesome things like this!
i’ll tweet this when people wake up… it’s 4am central. sleep fail.

Frank

2009-09- T;21:13:&#xsZ;

I’ve read Newsweek faithfully for 15 years. I often disagree with the political opinions it offers as much as I agree. I waiver between really caring and being apolitical because I’m not sure how much God really cares about the political scene.

Allan

2009-09- T;03:23:&#xsZ;

I really like good speeches. I like hearing persuasive arguments - I like the challenge of weighing the statements to see if they’re false, true, misleading, or inspiring.

More than anything, writing helps me figure out what I think about things.

Allan

2009-09- T;03:12:&#xsZ;

Jay - good stuff, thanks for contributing. One question I asked lots of people in Rwanda and Uganda this Summer was on corruption: how do you beat it? How is it stemmed, from the bottom up or the top down? These were two good samples, as Rwanda is currently one of the (relatively) least corrupt countries in Africa, with its Northern neighbor Uganda the fifth-worst country in the world to do business.

The answers were consistent, from the Africans’ point of view: corruption thrives or is stamped out from the top down, from the leader him or herself.

Allan

2009-09- T;19:31:&#xsZ;

@ Eric - great comments, good to keep in mind! How an idea is presented or discussed matters so very much. I’m much more likely to listen to someone who’s presenting their idea in a reasoned, fair-minded manner and attidude. Hopefully, it’s also free of logical fallacies and overly provocative statements that could cloud the issue with unnecessary emotions (though anger and moral outrage can be important drivers of political change).

This is so important to those of us who say we follow Christ - to speak gently, respectfully, and listen carefully.

Allan

2009-09- T;19:27:&#xsZ;

For our generation, obviously 9/11 has affected the political world for us, just as Pearl Harbor did for the Builder & Boomer generations before us.

Eric MacLeod

2009-09- T;18:31:&#xsZ;

I read blogs regularly, and take full advantage of rss feeds. I trust bloggers from my alma mater, Biola University…there’s a site called Scriptorium Daily Middlebrow that has a good group of regular contributors including John Mark Reynolds and occasionally JP Moreland writes an article. I have to guard myself against political idolatry, so I do not get too engulfed in cable news or mainstream media.

I will read the overtly Christian blogs found on ConversantLife.com. They cover a wide range of topics there and it is an altogether good community.

The Christian bloggers that I read will link to mainstream sites, and offer reasonable commentary. I suppose some of my favorite bloggers may seem boring in their style because they do not try to instigate quarrels, but I choose to give ear to those who are fair and reasonable and more interested in poignantly asking questions in regards to difficult topics than getting in slam-dunks.

Allan

2009-09- T;18:30:&#xsZ;

Reagan was an excellent speaker and speechwriter. I love the story of how he honed his craft through acting and his work on the GE Westinghouse show for years.

Allan

2009-09- T;18:29:&#xsZ;

Guys, great comments! Digesting.

For online opinion pieces, I try to read both the Times and WSJ to get a little flava from both sides on the issues.

Mike Lewis

2009-09- T;16:55:&#xsZ;

Oh, I forgot, I read CNN.com and FoxNews.com. They are pretty much the same stories up and down. People who say Fox is not news or partisan make me laugh because they have the same stories.

Mike Lewis

2009-09- T;16:53:&#xsZ;

Great questions.

I was pretty much politically agnostic for many years. I called myself and voted Democrat because my parents did.

I would say I started watching news regularly in 2000. I just wanted to be informed. Then 9/11 happened. 9/11 woke me up, I guess you could say. Fitting I am writing this on the 8th anniversary.

I started watching Bill O’Reilly. Not so much anymore.

I listened to the President regularly (W. Bush). I started watching Fox since that’s where O’Reilly was. I watched Hannity and Colmes.

Today I don’t have cable so I don’t watch much news. Network news is so boring.

I read blogs now (RedState, Michelle Malkin, Citizen Link, Heritage Foundation, National Review). I listen to the radio (Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, and Victoria Taft).

I get Imprimis in the mail. The book that really got me thinking was Hannity’s books and O’Reilly’s “Who’s Looking Out For You”.

I recently read Mark Levin’s “Liberty and Tyranny”. It really speaks to what I subscribe to politically.

I am drawn to what Mark Levin thinks. He’s a Constitutional lawyer and expert. He speaks about things so clearly to me.

I have been going back and reading and listening to the things Reagan has spoken about. He’s a real inspiration to me; a great man.

Because of these things, I now get hate mail from people who disagree with me. LOL!

Adam Wolfgang

2009-09- T;16:46:&#xsZ;

I took a course in college called ethics with Kevin Reed. Changed the way I looked at politics.

I read some stuff on cnn and occasionally watch some cnn, but rarely.

Patrick

2009-09- T;15:01:&#xsZ;

I purchased a few products from SoundSource (WhiteCap, G-Force, SoftSkies), but all of them feel a little too techy. They may have a good use for Worship, but they aren’t a default background for our services. From everything I can tell via a cursory overview, there is no open source code in these products.

reece carter

2009-08- T;14:10:&#xsZ;

take a look at G-Force. Its a live visualizer that works from various sources. Have a look and see if there is any open source (maybe, but worth a shot) from them. I am looking into it for PC purposes and making a live feed to Arkaos as a mixer.

Patrick

2009-08- T;14:06:&#xsZ;

I am currently working on this exact thing. Using some various code through quartz composer, I am able to get some good effects. Using Wow Lab’s Bugaboo quartz file as a reference, I was able to create a great particle system that reacts to live music.

reece

2009-08- T;21:04:&#xsZ;

Great post. Got here from Proctors page.

Multi machines is a good discussion… let an artist be just that and a ‘trainee’ focus on the words and be observant while you are teaching them the ropes, if you will.

Looking forward to more !.

Lindsey

2009-08- T;03:42:&#xsZ;

Great images! It’s beautiful to see people doing tricky things well. Sights like this make me less grateful for OSHA than perhaps I should be.

Angel

2009-08- T;08:10:&#xsZ;

This reminds me of an open street fair in the Netherlands. It was a festival day of some sort and they were doing these crazy pole buildings in the middle of the market. I don’t recall having my camera with me, being on the bike as I was shopping that day. I just remember very tall poles and people climbing them as they built with them.

Kristi

2009-08- T;16:50:&#xsZ;

So glad you had such a great adventure! We’re even more happy to have you home - safe and healthy. Your updates have been amazing. Thanks for taking the rest of us with you via Twitter!

Jesse Phillips

2009-01- T;19:24:&#xsZ;

Thanks for your suggestions on the Mike Foster web chat thing. I would love to have them via email if you have time!

grace and peace to you.

Allan

2009-01- T;07:17:&#xsZ;

Johno, I’m working on some ideas that address what you’re struggling with. There’s some light at the end of the tunnel, but there’s a lot of pieces (the connective tissues) that just aren’t mature enough yet. It’s very fluid, but look for some big things to happen with social-network integration in 2009.

Check to feedburner link again; I was tweaking it immediately after. I’ll check.

Johnathan Thomas

2009-01- T;03:22:&#xsZ;

Hmmm. I clicked the “feedburner” link and came up with a “page not found”

I hear you on the silence of the blog… I’m on Twitter but haven’t figured out it’s real use. FB has kept me drawn to it it one line updates, etc. I’m trying to figure out how to blend my FB and Blog together. Linked and updated at the same time. Any ideas?

peace.

zara clothing

2008-12- T;20:10:&#xsZ;

I listen to NH Public Radio, but I have never found a podcast online that I actually enjoyed. Which do you recommend?

free g1

2008-12- T;15:43:&#xsZ;

Religion and Government cannot go hand in hand. This is half of the middle eastern problems.

Secondly, sometimes I feel peoples views of our (assuming most are from the US here) government can vary so widely that I wonder if we will see a day of a coup in DC.

Time will tell, not only with that, but with Barack Obama as well.

Kristi

2008-12- T;06:28:&#xsZ;

I have had so many people talk to me lately about how freakishly talented you are. “He made that??” This latest video is one of your best, for sure. Great work!

Kristi

2008-12- T;06:27:&#xsZ;

These posts aren’t helping me look like a great academic, but economics? It’s not even just that it’s boring; it’s just a foreign language that I can’t wrap this brain around.

Where’s your post about behavior? therapy? faith? I guess that’s what my blog is for.

Good writing, hon. It actually is interesting stuff.

Kristi

2008-12- T;06:21:&#xsZ;

What do I think of when I think of history? I immediately have a picture of old, beat up fighter planes flying across my television screen. And usually wanting to change the channel. I wish I loved learning about history more. It really has to be packaged right for me - throwing in a Scottish brogue doesn’t hurt, for sure, even if I have to imagine it in the written word. I am learning to pay more attention to history, though, through your example and am finding it more intriguing than in my younger years.

Allan

2008-11- T;20:48:&#xsZ;

Bah. Already I’m thinking of edits I’d do differently.

Allan

2008-11- T;21:58:&#xsZ;

The Zakaria article (he’s a Newsweek columnist): http://www.newsweek.com/id/164498

Allan

2008-11- T;21:57:&#xsZ;

Frank, some things that crystallized it for me were Powell’s interview (above) and Fareed Zakaria’s The Case For Barack Obama. In case anyone was wondering where I stand…

Good points, well reasoned, from voices I trust.

Frank

2008-11- T;18:53:&#xsZ;

I’m still undecided. It’s 2 days before the election, and I’m still in data-gathering mode. I see a number problems with both candidates, so I’m not excited for either. :-(

Jessica Bolt

2008-10- T;01:26:&#xsZ;

Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today!

Allan

2008-10- T;00:00:&#xsZ;

I would be working on my ballot.

Kristi

2008-10- T;23:18:&#xsZ;

Having decided doesn’t matter if you don’t fill in the ovals and get the ballot in the mail (by tomorrow). Hmmm - what are you doing this fine Thursday evening?

Kristi

2008-10- T;16:57:&#xsZ;

I’ve decided now. And it’s not even November yet.

Allan

2008-10- T;17:08:&#xsZ;

Colin Powell has made his mind up (video, NYT article).

Allan

2008-10- T;03:26:&#xsZ;

Interesting points, wife. I probably started really comparing the candidates a little earlier, too. Election day is coming fast!

With the issues being as complex and manifold as we have these days, I just don’t think it’s possible to have a completely good feeling about one or the other. Maybe some do, I can’t imagine feeling good about all positions a given candidate possesses.

Kristi

2008-10- T;02:32:&#xsZ;

Some of this is just a difference in the way people process. I tend to just gather, gather, gather information and impressions without making any formal conclusions - other than I generally feel good or not so good about a given topic or person. I need to spend one good evening with pencil & paper, fact checking on the issues that are important to me before I’ll be ready to mail in my ballot. So I don’t know if it’s so much that I can’t decide between the two, but rather that I haven’t taken the time that I need to clarify my choice. You, on the other hand, analyze and draw conclusions as you gather your information. Yours is a quicker way of getting things done - like voting - but I’d like to think that my modus operandi is as effective.

DonPhoenixPresentation Software Provisioning -inde

2008-10- T;01:23:&#xsZ;

Excellent article. Thanks. Looking for Windows based presentation manager product and eager for specific comments for any that run with XP: Media Shout , Song Show Plus 6, Song Show Plus 7, Pilot Pro Presenter, Presentation Director or other suitable software for Windows.

Allan

2008-10- T;20:25:&#xsZ;

Thanks for the encouraging words, Preacherman. I haven’t had the big chunks of time I’d like to really post frequently. Follow my Twitter and del.icio.us feeds to see what I’m into.

preacherman

2008-10- T;12:55:&#xsZ;

I think the more camera’s the better. You look at Directv’s NFL Super Fan they have 8-10 different games at once. So, I think more is better. Younger generation thinks that way as well. They have lived with 2 screen viewing and Tivo. I think you are are on the right track. Doing a great job. I have added your blog to my list of favs. Keep up the great work you do with your blog.

Allan

2008-10- T;22:05:&#xsZ;

The concerts look SO awesome… but it’s not as cool as being there. Some of the audio isn’t mixed as well as it could be (the vocals are a little strong; I can’t hear the band as well), so to do it really right we’ll have to go back to the ProTools mix which I can’t do (yet).

I’ll slip ya something if I can. =)

Brad Person

2008-10- T;14:46:&#xsZ;

I’m so jealous Can’t wait to see it!!!

preacherman

2008-10- T;04:02:&#xsZ;

So very true.
We are cursed.
The earth.
Man.
Cursed.
Thank you for sharing this with us all.
You do a fantastic job with your blog.
Keep up the great work.
Never quit!
I want you to know that you, your family and ministry will be in my prayers now and always.
God bless all you do.
I hope you and your family have a wonderful weekend.
I’ll be reading as often as possible.
Until then, God bless!