Archive for July, 2009

The Gospel

You and I need Jesus.  I can’t begin to tell you what He’s done in my life, but I confess I forget it sometimes - forgive me.
This sermon really hit me today (starts at about 28:00).

Posted by jonsmock on July 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags:  •  No Comments

House Savings Spectacular

Although it may not always be mathematically the best move, I’m all about knocking out debt.  It’s freeing as you watch those loans balances wind down, and once you can actually knock one or two loans out entirely, you can snowball those payments onto other loan principals or into savings.
Joe Sangl is the man when [...]

Posted by jonsmock on July 13th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags:  •  No Comments

Crowdsourcing virus protection?

If you haven’t heard, Google is releasing Chrome OS sometime late next year.  They say that users of this operating system will not need to worry about viruses or malware.
Bruce Schneier, a (the?) expert on technology security, said this could not be done, and he further clarified that a completely virus-free OS is impossible, though [...]

Posted by jonsmock on July 10th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags: , , ,  •  2 Comments

Bing ad in Gmail

I noticed this above my inbox one day…

Posted by jonsmock on July 9th, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Giving locally or abroad

Kiva.org has created an innovative and effective way to alleviate poverty and promote entrepeneurship in third-world countries.  Entrepeneurs in these countries have little access to capital, so Kiva makes it possible for ordinary people in wealthier countries to lend money overseas.  Recently Kiva decided to open lending to entrepeneurs in the US, and there has [...]

Posted by jonsmock on July 3rd, 2009 under Uncategorized Tags:  •  No Comments