zac | December 26, 2008
But first, here are some cool gadgets you can buy for me:
Ra Cobra Lamp — anytime I find fiber-optics to move light, I am intrigued
Mensa Alarm Clock — this might get old after the second night
Sonic Grenade — I want this for myriad reasons
Bullet-Resistant Hoodie — just in case, you know
Here are my choices for [...]
zac | December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas! Here is our annual family Christmas photo (and a silly one, to boot).
zac | December 19, 2008
But first, here are some cool gadgets you can buy for me:
Workbay Chair — this may or may not be conducive in an open-office environment
Orbital Mouse — this mouse may be really cool… or a total bust
Leather Keyboard — I cannot decide if I would like this or not
Sonic Chair — very Kubrickian
Hourglass Lamp — [...]
zac | December 18, 2008
Mandy and I were able to hang out yesterday for a few hours at an elementary school in Anderson, SC. We were there as part of NewSpring’s local missions project to give out shoes and jackets to kids in lower-income areas. NewSpring gave out 1,500 pairs of shoes to kids in four elementary schools — [...]
zac | December 16, 2008
I am probably one of the most educated people I know. I mean that in a humble, non-insulting sort of way, of course. But I do consider myself to be awful educated. I would like to think that, as a result of all this education, I am therefore smart and/or wise, but that is simply [...]
zac | December 15, 2008
It was performance review time at work recently. We do this twice a year here and it is not much different here than anywhere else I have worked: review time is looked at with disdain by most. But there may be a certain medicinal benefit to taking a moment to ponder the recent months. As [...]
zac | December 12, 2008
But first, here are some cool gadgets you can buy for me:
Sheep Lawnmower — if I had a yard, that is
Funky Fireplaces — from the French
Monolith Table — this may not be comfortable, but it looks cool
Here are my choices for the dumbest gadgets of the week:
Paper Airplane Launcher — are we really that lazy?
Carbon [...]
zac | December 9, 2008
A group of us NewSpring-ers flew out to Oklahoma City, OK this past weekend to check out how things are done at LifeChurch. Here are some ruminations from the trip:
We had to get up at 3:30AM to make our flight — that should be illegal
One of the planes we took had to be rebooted “like [...]
