25 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Lent begins tomorrow . . .

announcements, Friday Favorites
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent. Growing up Catholic, I would give up something for the 40 days before Easter - and mostly did it because it was what you did when you grew up Catholic - but this year, i'm giving something up, and the Sears family is also giving something up - as a daily reminder of the sacrifice, and a preparation for the celebration of Easter Sunday. Why 40 days? The 40 days of Lent echo the period of withdrawal of Jesus into the wilderness. The number 40 has several other Biblical references:…
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Facebook Terms of Use

announcements, personal
Facebook has reverted back to their previous terms of use while they resolve the issues that people have raised.FROM FACEBOOK [Terms of Use UpdateOver the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.]Even though…
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18 Feb 2009
By jasondsears

Jason's opinion on Facebook's "licensing" issue

announcements, personal
Facebook has stirred up some sharp feelings because they've updated their terms of use as of the beginning of this month to say that anything you post is now "theirs" to keep or use, or sell - even if you cancel your account.Bottom line . . . don't put anything on the internet that you don't want for public consumption. Your "friends" on facebook can download your pics onto their computers, can save your messages, etc . . . Facebook is just stating the obvious. (you posted a pic on our server - you must not have a problem sharing…
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07 Jan 2009
By jasondsears

New Mac!

announcements, Friday Favorites, personal
I'm a huge MAC fan - so you can imagine how stoked I was when I saw this new ad for the new mac.Of course, it's from a very reputable source of news on the web.Bob keeps mentioning my blog in church - I'm sure posts like this will put an end to that :)http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAO3T1daHheEeH3ZcEQIwEb-ufpX3RLqWvNx99FHUV7g5nzqSBuQUAVq5Bjz503jqT7JBMbcV94RZlq2c9OquxsZl7VPd7jCVi0wIdItaHR0QwD5SUzChsxrK_VBcRxnrilchialLG6Av85ofMRPi86lJrkBMTQRqaR84c_R9A5ETiFs9y4vffAsn4p7YzRj-jeSLyy7sdw2ALudDLMWJmhECofsOBa4_pwfivdvAJY9r%26sigh%3DaI0eg2Bw5NyHN8K7DNRNTxOuQ4w%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D25ae3b28e92f36fc%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3Dz6KxxFtXyeJ30h8tOTtYlXh08Eo&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3Den
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