End of the PC?

So is the end of your pc coming? I would definitely say yes. Steve Jobs said when he unveiled the iPad 2 "These are post-PC devices that need to be even easier to use than the PC, and even more intuitive." Apple started what is going to spell the ending of the pc.Some people may seen a little incredulous at the idea of no long using a regular pc, or they may be like my dad when I shared my thoughts on it with him "Good, I don't really use ours anyway." But in reality its coming. How many people have a smartphone of some sort or their own tablet pc they use on a regular basis, even in church I see people using smartphones or tablets to take notes during the sermon. I would definitely say we will get to a point where having a desktop or a laptop will not be something you see in every persons house even with the upcoming release of iOS 5 you won't need to connect your iPad, iPhone or iPod to a computer to set it up, you can simply pull it out of the box and then set it up and get along fine without ever having to plug it into a computer. Now yes I think some people will still use their laptops or desktops but the market for them is going to decrease. Even now when you go into a electronics store. the section thats the most flashy and catches your eye is where they have the tablets. the computers are somewhere nearby but not as eye catching. When Steve Jobs unveiled the first version of its iPad they created a new market for Tablet computers. one that is still currently dominated by Apple. Nowadays the tablet market is going hard and strong with new tablets being announced and released one right after another with many big name companies putting out their own versions to take the market by storm. unfortunately some of those tablets don't go so well(like the HP Touchpad). The touchpad was pulled off the shelves after less than two months on the market. the blackberry playbook may be following in their steps as RIM (Research in Motion) has only shipped 200k of their playbooks. While Apple has shipped around 9.25m of their iPads. Needless to say the market is a tough one and so far Apple has really been dominating the market. Although with the recent keynote from Microsoft the possibility of finally having a good windows based tablet are looking great, here's a link to the rundown on Windows 8. It looks like the rise of the Tablets and decline of the PC's is definitely in our future.

Song of Solomon and Marital Sabbaths

You know I never realized how beautiful the book of song of solomon was until after being married, as a single unmarried man it seemed like too much to read, Last week when I was driving down to my parents house to help repair their roof. And I knowI was going to be alone in the car for some time, so I had a sermon seriess by Mark Driscoll on my mac, so I put them on my ipod, I had been saving it to listen to until after I was married and I figured this might as well be the best time to listen to them, so I did.
Honestly I've learned so much about the book of Song of Solomon this week week (due to the fact I went crazy listening to the sermon series, pretty much listened to it on every break I took)
The book is a beautiful, It discusses marital enjoyment in such beautiful terminology.
In one of the sermons Mark Driscoll talked about"Marital Sabbaths" which at first sounded a bit odd to me. but as I listened to it and began to understand what he meant I was very intrigued by the idea. He brought up the idea of always having these marital sabbaths where you and your spouse take some time along to just relax and catch up and get to know each other more. I love this idea! Since my wife and I have gotten married she's been working overtime, I've been working a full work week. its crazy, and it feels like we don't get to see each other as much as we did before we got married, so tonight is a date night for us :)

Apathy in a hospital waiting room

I was in a hospital waiting room yesterday while a family member was getting some tests done. and I was simply reading an waiting and there were some various other people in the room, two such people (I assume were mother and daughter) were there as well, and the tv was on and for once they weren't playing soap operas(thats another rant entirely.) And the news came on and one of the headlines involved a school faculty member of a highschool engaging in sexual activities with a student. and the one lady made a comment of it being terrible. the other responded asking "That still bothers you?" the mother replied "of course it does, doesn't it bother you?" her daughter responded; "not anymore" her mom said "it should still!" that was the gist of their conversation. That summed up a huge portion of how people are today. They don't care what happens, now I'm not saying everyone is like that, but many are. How much of a difference would their lives be in Christ was a part of them? and I'm not saying the apathetic are just people who don't know the Lord, but Christians are too! Apathy is a dangerous step towards slacking off in our sharing the Lord with others.

Cats

I was recently doing laundry (I do that farely often) and my fiances aunt's cat happened to be down in the basement with me. So I decided I would do the nice thing and pet said cat. now to backtrack, this cat does not like me, probably never has, so I thought, maybe if I pet the cat it will start to be nice, maybe not such a good idea but I did it...then I washed out the deep cuts in my hand from the cat, now the cat is a cute as can be. but its not a friendly one. and somehow my mind made the jump of how sin can be that way. just like the cat sin can appear to be nice and cuddly, and we decide, even though we know its not a good idea to try petting it. then it turns on us and cuts and hurts us deeply. on a minor note I've been reading through the book Vintage Jesus, by Marc Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. and I have to say its a great book. Marc Driscoll approaches Christ and the discussions involving his humanity, and many other thoughts. I say go read it now. haha

Dancing with God

Sometimes I find how God uses everday things to teach me more about himself, recently my fiance and I were at dance lessons. and it strikes me how in dancing there has to be a leader and a follower. in my fiances’s and my dancing. I have to be the leader and she the follower and when things aren't done the way the dance is supposed to go then things get thrown out of whack, like if my fiance tried to lead the same way I was supposed to, or I decided to just kind of let things go slack while we were dancing. things dont go well.Its the same way in our walk with God. now I’m not saying God goes slack in what He does. far from it. God is good and is in control. However when we resist and try to lead the dance on our own instead of letting God. the dance doesn’t go the way they were supposed to. to dance with God we need to be in complete submission to God. now this is also not meant as a mock on dancing with my fiance, far from it. I love dancing with her :) it just came to mind when we first started learning, we’re doing much better now in our dancing by the way ;)