The new Dell Mini 9 is coming with me to Korea.

I’ll be blogging, videocapturing, and picture uploading through this super light weight machine.

For those that really care… specs and a post-mortem boxing video after the jump.

The New Dell Mini 9 from John on Vimeo.

It’s black, it’s got the cool Intel Atom CPU, a gig of RAM (will be upgraded to 2 in a bit), running Windows XP SP3, and I did NOT get a webcam with mine.  This is because I already have a nice logitech which can record at a much higher rate with better quality.

Sweet.

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Thanks to Carlos for starting the your-life-in-90-seconds movement, Chris took it to a whole other level when he crept up on me in the early AM.

Both @loswhit and @dewde’s vids after the jump.

My Day Yesterday (11.12.08) In 90 Seconds from Carlos Whittaker on Vimeo.

and…

My Day, Yesterday in 90 Seconds from dewde on Vimeo.

It’s making me wanna do one too… how about you?

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I’ve decided, at this point (right now, sitting here in my chair) that I’m going to go Super Saiyan with my hair.  THE question is whether I should rock the full blonde thingy.

Can I get some peer pressure?

Don’t get it twisted… I’ve done this before (I can’t believe she dated me…).  Some pictures through the years after the jump.

So, what say you?  Super Saiyan style… again?

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I do call my mother “mammy”.

I can’t remember when and how it all got started, but it’s one of those “affectionate” terms.

I do love my mammy, alot.

But, last night I came close to getting very very upset with my mammy.

My wife was sitting next to me as we were both tap-tap-tapping away at our respective keyboards and suddenly…

SILENCE…

… “John…?”

“Yes?” I mutter.

“Did you know that your mom was on Facebook?  She friended me…”

SILENCE…

“NO!?!?!?  OMG she didn’t tell me… wah…! I didn’t get an friend-request…!!!111111″ I yelled as I strained my neck over to see her screen.

And yes, she had created a Facebook account without making her son a friend.  I was heartbroken.

So, what else was I supposed to do?  I GooChatted her up and the image on the left is what transpired.

I sent her a friend request… but she hasn’t accepted.

DOH!

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Obviously, with the financial woes of the economy, we’re all trying to skinny down our expenses and spending.

North Point Ministries is no exception.  But I think they went too far.  Catastrophic damage may ensue as a result of this loss.

Picture after the jump.

You see, this office runs on the cup’o'joe.

Or, maybe that’s my perception.

But regardless if I’m wrong or right, the Flavia Creation 400 machine is a godsend.  I mean, with a name with “creation”, it’s gotta be one of God’s finest works of Genesis, right?

The loss is going to be epic. (from the perspective of our wallets, people!)

What “signs of the apocalypse” are you seeing during this time of slim?

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I have a problem: I’m asian.

But you see, that shouldn’t be a problem.  But it apparently is.  And it makes me very, very sad.

And… angry… … just kidding.  A “story” after the jump.

My family just moved into a new neighborhood and we’re going through the typical “meet your neighbors” stuff.  One of the coolest things is that we were actually prayerful (this time) about where we wanted to live and part of the location was so that we could be as missional as possible with our neighbors.

Sure, we wanted some good amenities, a good price, etc, but those were not actually at the top of the list.  We wanted to be impactful, and we want to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.

So, we chose a place 3 miles away from where I worked so that invitations to goto our Church wouldn’t cost an arm-and-a-leg in gas.

We’ve found that this particular community is what I would consider a “I am about to head to the geriatric-ward for management and support” community (gosh, that sounds mean, but it’s true).  Most of our neighbors are the elderly because this neighborhood has been around for a long time.

So………  Enter the-old-lady-who-drives-a-ford-taurus (tolwdaft for short).

I was walking to get my mail yesterday when I spotted her.  She had just gotten out of her car to get her mail.  Then, she saw me.  Visibly frozen for a second, I could see the mental cogs begin to turn as she began to calculate if she could get to the box, open it, grab the contents, and then run back before this ninja thug would loot her for all she’s got and her puppy in the back seat.

She made the call and dashed as only a true tolwdaft could.

I slowed down a bit but called out: “Hello!”

No response.  I tried again: “Hi!”

Nothing but a cold shoulder and apparently a renewed fervor to get her mail and bolt.

I thought I’d throw her a question (because I did actually have one): “Excuse me Miss? I have a quick question…?”

She, at this time, had managed to get one foot back into the car, peered over her shoulder with a look of paralyzed fear.  She, obviously out of breath, managed to snort: “I don’t have time, have to go, don’t have time.”

I asked anyway: “Excuse me, has the zipcode here in Alpharetta always been 30004?  or 30009?”

tolwdaft said: “Always 4″ and with that she hopped in her ford and drove like a bat out of h-e-double-hockeystick.

“WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!?” was all that I could muster.

And then it dawned on me.  Perhaps I’ve just been a victim of the asian/ninja stereotype.  I say “perhaps,” because it’s quite possible that I’m dead wrong and that I’m being oversensitive…

But that’s what happened.  Lesson learned.  But what to do now?  How shall I overcome this “potential” stereotype as being a scary asian man when I come in peace to deliver the best news on the planet?

Prayer is probably the best place to start (and some good old strategeryyyyy).

So, if you could pray for tolwdaft and that we can engage her wisely (for she is our neighbor) that would be great.

Have you ever been profiled, or something similar happen to you?  What did you do?

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This person plays video games like nobody’s business.  He is so hardcore, that it’s actually unattractive to me, which is hard to fathom since I’m a gamer-nerd-extraordinaire.

He’s got 11 computers running 36 instances of the video game World of Warcraft.  He spends nearly $6,000 dollars a year for subscription fees to play the game.

But, before you say anything like “that’s insane” or “what a loser” or “how could anyone do that” or “what a waste of money”… just think for a second: How much do you spend a year on your hobbies? Honestly.  Do a quick gutcheck.

But, it’s still pretty insane.

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I’m one of those guys that changes things on my computer all the time… especially my desktop background.  I like it when they are “creative” and help provide much-needed brain-stimulation and thought…

This is mine for November… what’s yours?  Hook me up with links!

Download Full Version here.

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Beamagpie.com just hit the maps as the new service where you can not only make a couple bucks per month via your Twitter account but is also the fastest way to get Qwitter-spam like no tomorrow (or, perhaps, like yesterday’s nightmarish experience of @loswhit “enemic-like” behavior… one person called it a genocide).

I mean, seriously, would YOU want to get random advertisments via my twitter account on occasion?

I mean, I could use the extra money… a ministry-salary can be somewhat “slim”…  but at what “cost”?

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I wouldn’t make much money anyways because my twitter-evaluation was less than a Happy Meal at MickeyD’s…

But, Ragamuffin could be making somewhat south of a Benjamin!  Check it:

Anyways, do as you please.  If I do see an advertisement, expect the email.  Expect it.

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