A few weeks ago, I made a post about What is a blog?. This post is a follow up on that post.
There are a lot of good blogging tools to use. I am only going to briefly go over the tools that I’ve used.
- Xanga.com:
Xanga was one of the first weblog sites. I think they did a great job starting out; however, they have become a bit stagnant at making themselves better. Nonetheless, if you are looking for an easy site to get updates out to many non-technical people, this is the easiest as other xanga users may easily subscribe to your blog.
- Blogger.com:
I started using blogger and liked it. It’s an easy to use interface and you can setup multiple blogs with great ease under your blogger account. Blogger does support publishing to other FTP servers if you know what you’re doing.
- WordPress.com:
I use wordpress on my server. They have tons of plugins that you can apply to your blog. If you get an account and use their hosting, it doesn’t appear you have access to alot of their plugins.
- MySpace.com:
The only reason I list this one is because I don’t like it. Myspace is very clunky and has a lot of junk everywhere. As far as social networking, it has done what xanga could’ve done a long time ago, become more of a community. If you want to use myspace, please don’t fill out the profiles with all your information. AND read this article
If you have alot of friends who use Xanga and you wish to get updates to them quickly, use xanga. If you want an easy to use blog that doesn’t take alot of time, use Blogger. If you want to go a bit more technical and have alot more control over your blog, go with WordPress.com. If you want to be another teenie bopper who is asking to be date raped, go with MySpace.com, fill out and post every profile, personality test and survey you can find.
A friend sent this to me and I thought it was worthy to post
One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asked about his bill and the barber replies: “I’m sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I’m doing community service this week” The florist is pleased and leaves the shop. Next morning when the barber goes to open there is a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: “I’m sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I’m doing community service this week.” The cop is happy and leaves the shop. Next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
Later a Republican comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: “I’m sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I’m doing community service this week.” The Republican is very happy and leaves the shop. Next morning when the barber goes to open, there is a thank you card and a dozen different books such as “How to Improve Your Business” and “Becoming More Successful.”
Then a Democrat comes in for a haircut, and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies: “I’m sorry, I cannot accept money from you; I’m doing community service this week.” The Democrat is very happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen Democrats lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between left and right.
How much of the world is too much?
Over the last few months, I’ve really been unsatisfied with how close I really am to God. Yes, I read the Bible, go to church, etc… but how close am I really to God? I read about great men & women of God who saw miraculous things happen in there sphere of influence. What seperates them from me? I think I’ve begun to find out that the one factor is how much of the world was in their life.
I cancelled my netflix.com account last night not because I was necessarily watching “bad” movies; rather, it was how much time I watch movies. Approx 4hrs a week. How much time do I study the Bible and pray per week? Exactly, I should trade my movie time for something greater.
We always say a catchy Christian phrase like “less of me and more of Him”. I’m starting to figure out that true believers in Jesus Christ don’t just say it, they live it.
The quest: to eliminate me.
