The Beginning I started in the world of computers in the late 70’s. As part of my MBA program i had to pass a test proving i was proficient in either Cobol or Fortran. I didn’t want to waste time taking a class, so i bought a book and taught myself enough Fortran to pass the test. I’m one of those strange ducks who always reads the manual, and is able to learn stuff better from a book than being shown. My mind just processes things better that way. A year or so later, MBA in hand, while working for […]
John’s eBay Adventures – aka – eBay Doesn’t Suck Anymore
I had a really bad experience with PayPal back around 1999 or 2000. I signed up for a PayPal account specifically so I could buy a vinyl Christmas album by The Ames Brothers (originally recorded in 1957, so kind of hard to find). That went well, and i’m glad i did it . . . right up until the moment a few weeks later when some people in Brazil stole over $100 from my bank account through PayPal. I had not ordered anything from them nor anyone else besides that one transaction to buy the record album. I got in […]
Gay Marriage
I plan to offend almost everyone with this post. Liberals, Conservatives, LGBT’s, Christians, Democrats, Republicans, Fox News fans, MSNBC fans. All i’m asking is that you read this post through to the end. Well, i’m finally going to do it. I’m going to make a blog post about a controversial and divisive issue. What has caused me to finally feel a need to post on this subject? I’m a Christian, someone who attempts to be a follower of Christ, and yet i see so many of those who wear the name Christian taking stands against things in ways which Jesus […]
Total Depravity – Part 3
So . . . What’s the Purpose of this doctrine of Total Depravity? The heart, the essence, of total depravity is that it results in our complete dependence on God for redemption. We have sinned, and there is nothing we ourselves can do to un-sin, to restore ourselves with God. God has said: Romans 3:23 (NLT) For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Romans 6:23 (NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Certainly, some of us sin much more than […]
How to Evernote John’s Way!
I’ve been putting all kinds of information into Evernote for 5 years now and i’ve stumbled upon some pretty great/easy ways to grab information and easily get it into Evernote, and i’m gonna share those tricks with you. I’m going to divide this post into 2 parts: how to get information into Evernote from a desktop (Mac or PC) and how to get information into Evernote from an ios device (iPhone or iPad). Sorry, i do not have an Android device. If you do, it is likely that many of the ios methods will be transferable to Android. Desktop I […]