Monthly Archives: September 2009

Boneman’s Daughters (Ted Dekker).

Posted on September 27, 2009 by davemackey

Ted Dekker has written some excellent books. Adam is my personal favorite with Thr3e a close second. Unfortunately, a number of his other works fall into a lower realm. Its not that they are awful – its just that when … Continue reading →

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Longer School Days? No Way.

Posted on September 27, 2009 by davemackey

Besides my beloved Newsweek for keeping up on the latest happenings in the world I generally keep an eye on the headlines on Yahoo‘s front-page. Today I saw an article detailing how Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are … Continue reading →

Posted in household, learning, other, technology | Tagged alternatives, Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Education, K through 12, School, Teacher, Yahoo | Leave a comment

My Platform as a Service (PaaS) List.

Posted on September 18, 2009 by davemackey

Some people are going to be up in arms over this list – because it isn’t truly a PaaS (platform as a service) list. I’m sure some noticeable entries are missing and some non-noticeable entries are present. The order is … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Free Development Tools.

Posted on September 15, 2009 by davemackey

I remember as a teenager programming for years in QBASIC – a free, lite version of QuickBasic Microsoft bundled with DOS and early versions of Windows. It was great fun – but I yearned to get my hands on the … Continue reading →

Posted in learning, programming, software, technology, web | Tagged asp.net, ASP.NET Web Matrix, c#, free, ide, Microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, programming, QBASIC, software, SQL, SQL Server Express, vb, Visual Basic | Leave a comment

Fearless (Max Lucado).

Posted on September 13, 2009 by davemackey

Max Lucado is one of my favorite authors. Thankfully, there is plenty to read by him – he has written dozens of books. He also has been involved in the creation of children’s stories and videos for those parents out … Continue reading →

Posted in books, health, household, religion | Tagged Anxiety, books, fear, library, Max Lucado, panic, Publications, recession, Shopping | Leave a comment