Jay's Blog

Linkin Park's fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, is today.  The album brings us the hit single "The Catalyst" along with 14 other amazing tracks.  Linkin Park is known for their musical talent and ability to push the bounds of the current era of music.  This album can be reviewed in one simple phrase: a magnificent work of art.

Those that know me well can attest that I spend a lot of time considering the Lord and His great love.  I believe it to be an unavoidable result of loving God.  As with any relationship, one with God is give and take.

Suppose for a moment that you are the first human created by God.  You’ve just been created, and God has just breathed into you the breath of life.  Since everything God made was created in adult form, you’re an adult.  You already speak the first language, and are fully aware of God’s names for the colors.  From laying on the ground, looking up into the sky, this is what you see...

On my way to work this morning, I had a song stuck in my head.  Kelly Clarkson – Behind These Hazel Eyes.  I decided to listen to the song, as often I do when a song finds its way into the repetitive regions of my brain.  As the song played, I thought about the lyrics.  Song lyrics are usually something highly personal to me, and I sought after what exactly they were touching in my heart.  I realized all at once, that these words would be what I would write if Jesus left me.  I know and I’m thankful that He’ll never leave or forsake me.

So over the weekend, I watched 4 horror movies.  One of them, Paranormal Activity, had a great deal to do with demonic attacks.  My review suggested that horror movie fans watch it, and that others watch it after finding their authority in Jesus and taking a Spiritual Authority or Warfare class.  The more I thought about it, the more I decided that I wanted to help raise awareness of the scriptures’ position.  To be honest, I also had need to go over the scriptures again.

Only one question exists for me concerning 2009's Paranormal Activity.  Where was I that caused me to miss this movie?

I started a business this month.  Introducing Awaken Technologies, Ltd.  Awaken Technologies offers a wide variety of I.T. related services including web site and application design, architecture, and development, database design, computer repair, and networking installation, repair, and administration.

I've only been at work today for 4 hours, and so far, I've gotten at least 5 remarks about buying a Mac.  To be clear, I bought an Apple MacBook Pro, model A1286.  You see, this is only strange because I'm the Windows guy, who champions all things other (when it comes to Apple).  I run my life on Windows, I make a living on Windows, I own a Motorola Droid and program things for Android.  So why on earth did I buy a MacBook Pro?  Here's why . . .

Well, if you checkout my post on Google Voice's Android app update that breaks free calling programs, rest assured -- at least a little.  A solution has been found.  Google Voice Callback, available on the Android Market, allows you to register a callback with your Google Voice account for a specific number.

If you use Google Voice on Android for free calling via "my faves" or Verizon's "Friends & Family," you're going to want to steer clear of the Google Voice app's new updates.  The reason stems from their changes to the Direct Access number.