This is a blatantly computer (and Mac) related post. If you have no interest, move along.
A fellow seminarian at StL and Mac user asked how I keep the family computers and phones in sync with each other. Most of this is Mac-based but might be adaptable to the PC realm. First, I tried Apple’s MobileMe and was not impressed. For a newbie, its good solution. For the geeky crowd, its too limited. So, my solution is to use other free or inexpensive solutions. Over the last day I did some more tweaking that has helped significantly.
1) I host my website/blog with iPower. Today I’d use Dreamhost. Both are low cost web hosting providers. I prefer Wordpress over the iWeb blog templates. Plus with FTP/MySQL support you can do almost anything. Cost: $60/yr
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I love the classic “Frosty the Snowman” or “Rudolph” stop-motion animated shows. Well, here’s Apple’s take on them:
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Apple – To all iPhone customers:
Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you’ll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.
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Okay, just kidding. I didn’t see this one in Russia. Too bad, I would have picked one up for my heretical bookshelf in the office.

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