Category Archives: General

House Mountain Slideshow

May 23, 2009 - 02:52pm

For those of you who aren’t in the habit of checking my Flickr stream, I thought I would share this slideshow of photos from my Friday Hike of House Mountain:

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Springtime Photo Shoot

May 21, 2009 - 09:37pm

This week my new Nikon D90 camera arrived. Having spent the past seven years shooting over 15,000 photos with a simple point-and-shoot camera, it’s great fun having some real photographic horse-power in my hands. During a break in the workday today, I headed out to the mailbox to photograph some flowers Beth planted a couple [...]

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Redesign Launch for FEFC.com

May 16, 2009 - 10:58am

Yesterday, I went live with a “soft launch” of  the redesigned Fellowship Evangelical Free Church (FEFC) website. In cooperation with Erik Chandler, FEFC Communication Director, I started this redesign in December of last year. One of the hardest parts of this process was simply gathering all the neccessary information and content in order to accurately represent [...]

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Student Film: Oxygen

May 05, 2009 - 09:03pm

Oxygen from Christopher Hendryx on Vimeo.
Clever student film from the Ringling Collge of Art and Design.

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Do you ask questions?

Apr 13, 2009 - 07:30am

Do you ask questions? How often do you ask questions to really get to know another person? Do you try to explore another person’s “insides,” their “what makes them tick?” If your answer is “yes,” what do you find when you go there? If your answer is “no,” why not?
When you ask questions, are you [...]

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My Office Phone: From Landline to VOIP to Skype

Apr 09, 2009 - 09:26am

During the past four years I’ve been using Lingo for my office phone. I switched to Lingo because I wanted to save money over the cost of a regular landline. Now, in another cost-cutting move, I’m switching again.
As of this morning, I’ve emailed my clients to alert them of my new office number and let [...]

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Painting Ella’s Room

Apr 08, 2009 - 04:28pm

Beth and I aren’t big on DIY home improvement; however, as our little one’s birth draws nearer we decided we needed to get her room painted.
Ever since we bought the house, we’ve called the back room the “baby’s room.” This was because the original owners had used it for that purpose. However, we didn’t like [...]

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For Your Friday Listening Pleasure - Anna Vandas

Apr 03, 2009 - 07:47am

This week during some random surfing I’ve happened upon the music of Anna Vandas. Her sound reminds me a little of Sarah McLachlan, but it doesn’t leave me feeling depressed.
For your Friday listening and viewing pleasure, I’d like to share a couple of her videos with you. Both are shot by her talented husband, David [...]

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Fan’s Guide for Watching the Vols in the NCAA Tournament

Mar 20, 2009 - 08:51am

Given the propensity of this year’s UT Men’s Basketball Team to bring us to the brink of exhilarating highs (i.e. the first 39 minutes of last Sunday’s SEC Tournament Championship Game) followed by jaw-droping lows (i.e. the last minute of the aforementioned game), I’m publishing my fan’s guide for watching the Vols as they make [...]

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Taste Testing Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola

Mar 04, 2009 - 07:00am

While I was visiting the Emery 5&10 in South Knoxville this past weekend, I happened upon their stock of Fentiman’s Curiosity Cola. The owner, Ron Emery, told me that he imported the drink from the UK. It’s botanically brewed in the fashion of old apothecary colas. Always in the mood to try a unique tasting beverage, [...]

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