Friday, August 18, 2006

Never Give Up. Never Back Down. Never Lose Faith!

I was looking around at some movie trailers, and found this movie slated to open September 29th. I'm not a huge Football fan, or sports fan for that mater, but thought you might enjoy the trailer. The story is about Grant Taylor who coaches the Christian high school team. Grant had not been able to get the team to win for the past 6 years; and this year he is losing his star player. He also finds out there is a small group of dad trying to fire him. Then one day he and his wife find out some more bad news. Then together they must face her infertility. By then Grant has had it, when he gets that unexpected visit with encouragement. He then changes his point of view and learns to trust God; which, in turn, gives him the courage and strength necessary to face the challenges ahead. All in all it looks like it is going to be a good movie; and I'm hoping that my city is on the list to get at least one screen to play it.

Here is the official website: www.facingthegiants.com



Drew


Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Dude, you got an EXPLODING laptop!

Today Dell officially announced a recall on several laptops! To help understand why, look to the picture to the left. It is a former Dell laptop that exploded into flames! According to Dell there was a fault in the laptop's battery. So you say "well, just to be safe I'll just pull the battery out of the my laptop." That won't help. These Batteries can just burst into flames sitting any where; it doesn't have to be plugged into the laptop or charger. The out come is a recall on several laptops, including some from the Laditude, Insperon, Precision, and XPS line up. This is not the first recall on laptops! In fact Apple, Compaq, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard have had or are having recalls on several of their laptops. It has been highly advised you check the manufacturer’s website for any recent recalls on your specific model. If you have an Apple iBook G4, Power Book G4, or Mac Book Pro you should check these webpages: iBook G4 or Power Book G4, Mac Book Pro. If you have a laptop from Compaq you should check out THIS webpage. If you have a laptop from Dell you should check out THIS webpage. If you have a laptop from Hewlett-Packard you should check out THIS webpage. There is even more concern about the fact that all these laptop batteries are made by Sony. In light of this the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, wow that's a mouth full, has launched an investigation to make sure there are no other batteries that have this fatal fault.

To help find the webpage you need select your laptop model: (Alphabetical)

Armada
iBook
HP Compaq
Compaq Evo
Compaq Presario
Inspiron
Latitude
Mac Book Pro
Notebook
HP Pavilion
Precision
XPS

Source: News.com and Engadget

Drew

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