My Hope

I guess I put my hope in the banks - in my account balances. On Thursday of last week, I banked with WaMu. On Friday, my bank was suddenly JPMorgan Chase! My bank failed overnight (MY BANK!!) and was bought on the cheap by the new owner so that the gov't wouldn't have to rescue it. I thought banks couldn't fail anymore? This isn't 1923 after all. I thought my money was "safe." Where was I putting my trust?

There is a better way - I found it here. We're told not to place our hope in wealth but in God himself. This week, with the stock market plunge and the bailout debacle- we are painfully reminded of our weaknesses in this world.

Microsoft needs a better way

Have you seen the video of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld designed to promote Microsoft and Vista? I am sure that for $300M to their new ad agency, there is a better way to promote their product. Come on - our media dept at church (Cam you rock) could easily do a better job with .001% of the money. Not to mention the high quality acting ability of Bill...

Really, There Must Be A Better Way (TMBABW)!

Going to the gym

Do you drive to the gym?  I used to.  Until I realized that when I drive there, I spend the first 10-15 min on a stationary bike or treadmill to warm up.  Just like everyone else.  Why?  Not why do we warm up.  Why drive?  I live only 3 miles from the gym.  Probably not much different on average than the others there.  But the parking lot at the gym is full of cars.  I think there is a better way...

Now, I ride my bike.  I did it yesterday.  Just 10 minutes to get there and I'm warmed up and ready to work out.  When I'm done - I ride home.  A short aerobic addition to the workout.  And, it saves gas - mabye I'm just cheap...

Try it - you'll like it.

Shiny Chrome

Today’s better way is Chrome. I am demo’ing it right now as I write this. It is really fast and I am impressed so far. If you’re using IE, dump it. Firefox is better. So the question that must be answered is this: Is Chrome better than Firefox? For me, SPEED IS GOOD! It trumps most other requirements because I am impatient with computers. And Google’s Chrome is very fast…

I've recently had some lockup with Chrome and I do understand that this is a beta.  So with a little patience, I continue...

Let me know your experiences with Chrome.

Trying a new blog

As I tryed to start a blog on Facebook, I imagined that There Must Be A Better Way (TMBABW)! So as I try this new host (Blogspot) I will experiment to see how this goes.  This is also my first attempt at a real blog.  I'm not sure I even have anything to say... But we will find out in short time.

Of course the blog is entitled There Is A Better Way (TIABW).   I am always wanting to find or share better ways of doing things, especially life.  In general we tend to do things the way we've always done them, because we either don't like to change, or just don't know any better, we keep doing what we're doing the same old way.  The problem is that we will always get the same old results... if we expect different results by doing the same thing - we must be insane!

So, here's to a better way....

Roger