Good Morning
So, I woke up this morning at 7:20. After starting my coffee I sat down to see how far off Fay was. According to this map, it should start raining in about 15 minutes and not stop for the next 2 days.
I’ll post tropical storm updates as events unfold.
Splenda anyone?
I recently stumbled onto a funny web comic and subsequently added it to my feed reader. It is kind of geek humor, so sometimes I don’t get the joke… which makes it funny in another way.
Anyway, today’s comic was about splenda. If you use any sugar substitute, you’ll want to check this out!
Welcome to Florida
This should be fun…
Giving Press Releases a Try
Today I’m testing a new blog marketing technique… the press release. Whenever I build a new blog or site, most of my efforts go into link building and quality content. While I still hold to those two techniques, today I thought I’d give another technique a try.
While there are lots of sites that charge anywhere from a few bucks up to several hundred dollars, I’m going to give the Free Press Release site a try first. After looking around these, folks seem to be a great place to start. I intend to do my first release today and I’ll let you know how it turns out.
To my fellow bloggers and web developers out there, have any of you tired press releases before? How’d they work for you? Did you go the pay route or go for the free press release?
Here’s hoping for success!
Keeping up appearances
The sunday night bible study we’ve been going to did not meet this week, so we had a little cookout w/the bible study folk tonight instead (at our house). One of the things I love about having people over is that it leads me to get some things done around the house that (almost) never get done otherwise. Things like needing to remove the kids’ booster seats from their chairs at the table which forces me to enter into hand to washcloth combat with the horrible monsters that have grown in the sticky crumbly goo that lurks beneath…..and sweeping the kids’ bathroom floor. I mean…I CLEAN their bathroom…tub, toilet, sink…but the floor has a tendency to get neglected.
and now you know the rest of the story…. 
i don’t know if it’s a typical “want to impress them with my meticulously clean house” or a more altruistic “i’d like to provide a comfortable clean environment for my guests to enjoy”…either way, i appreciate the motivation to seek & destroy overlooked gross stuff. so thx ‘bible study folk’. it was fun to hang out, & my house is clean(er).
Ed Stetzer Made Me Famous
Finally, my 15 minutes of fame have arrived! Today I got a shout out from the uber researcher, pastor, blogger, professor, twitter-er, speaker, and always on the move, Ed Stetzer.
Yesterday I saw a twit that he posted with a picture of Chicago. The caption read “note the reflections.” When I saw the picture I chuckled because I thought it was going to be something really cool… then, probably because my photoshop was already open, I thought, “now this would have been much more of a ‘note the reflection’ type picture.”
Anyway, if you’re visiting from Ed’s blog wondering, “who is this Ryan Burns fellow?” then allow me to use the last 13 minutes of fame I have left to introduce myself:
Well, you know my name now… and this blog is where my wife and I post random thoughts about almost everything. I am a freelance web developer with an emphasis in blogs. I also am a seminary student and run the site Going to Seminary. Along with that site, I recently launched www.Best-Bible.org.
I am married and have a beautiful and amazing family. I miss my friends in Richmond. Have made some great friends in Orlando and Winter Park. And, currently, I need a job.
So… that’s it in a nutshell. Thanks for stopping by and keep an eye out for Ed Stetzer… HE’S EVERYWHERE!
Bible Site Update
When I launched www.Best-Bible.org last week, one of my goals was to get the site ranked for the search query “Best Bible” as soon as possible. I am happy to report that after one week we’ve managed to land on page 1 in google for that search string. My hope is that the site can land the top spot on page one by the end of next week. Of course, link love is always helpful, so if your a blogger and haven’t hooked a brother up… please hook a brother up!
Also, linking to the site enters you in the contest to win a FREE ESV Study Bible. Sweet deal if you ask me.
Online Social Networking to Find a Job
Ok, welcome to today’s social networking experiment. I once read about a guy who traded a red paperclip for a house and it got me thinking… “Surely if this guy can get a house from a paperclip, I can get a job from online social connections.” So, here we go.
I’m posting my generic resume here on my blog and then I’m going to link to it from my more popular blog GoingtoSeminary.com. After that, I’m going to see what kind of jobs the good people of the internet can bring my way.
If anything, here’s to an interesting experiment.
My Web and Blogging Friends
I have a gifts for you today. Here is a FREE magazines to help you master the internet. I subscribe to this magazine (duh, it was free) and HIGHLY recommend it. Each month I learn a lot of great tips to help me conquer the internet… well, maybe not conquer… but none the less. If you’re interested, remember, it is FREE. Also, for those who wonder, I have not been getting a bunch of junk mail or spam after signing up… this is a real deal, legitimate offer. So, jump on it.
Holy Stink Beans Batman
another edition of “The adventures of cooking with Jenn”
I’ve been testing the waters of sprouting grains lately, mostly with intention of dehydrating & then whizzing through the blender for “sprouted flour” to use in baking (long story to explain why that’s such a great idea). This weekend I got adventurous & decided to try garbanzo beans (or chickpeas).
i’m guessing i left the beans in the wet jar too long? i rinsed & drained them a lot & it never looked as though anything was going awry….but throughout today they started emitting a slight but rather unpleasant odor in the kitchen….which for whatever reason didn’t keep me from eating them everytime i walked by (raw…sprinkled w/a bit ‘o salt, not bad actually…though nothing to write home about). around 2pm I spread them out on the dehydrator trays, but waited till right before bed to put them in the dehydrator (it’s loud) & went to bed at just before 11pm. here i am an hour later, the smell crept across the house (granted, a small house, but still) & woke me up!!! it’s reminiscient of stinky trash….mixed with foul socks….seriously as gross as changing a toddler’s dirty diaper, who is not your own. I finally got out of bed & as I got closer to the source, it was like being hit in the head with it. I am literally nauseous from the odor.
i’m guessing these need to find their home with other things that smell like trash (namely…trash)? that’s where they’re going tonight anyhow. good lord.
my quick google search here didn’t produce any ‘expert sounding’ advice regarding the matter. just posts similar to what i’ve written; “help, they STINK! i’m throwing them out”. However, if it was normal I assume someone would’ve mentioned it. I’ve put out a “help they STINK” thread of my own on a forum in the hopes i can get some troubleshooting for next time. Yes Ryan, there will be a next time.
ok about to lose my dinner. off to trash duty. & then try to re-wind down to sleep again.
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