Lappy update

Heres an update on the saga that is my laptop. So I got it up and running with a free operating system a special flavor of linux known as Ubuntu, but I never could get my soundcard to work and never could get wireless up and running either. So after a few weeks of using it I tried a fw different things to get thjose things to work but no go. So eventually after getting a PCMCIA wireless card that was supposed to work out of the box with linux in general did'nt work I got a little fed up and decided to just put Windows XP on it. So I did and it worked great, sound and wireless, for anout 6 hours then the blue screen of death began to appear. and in about two hours it died.
So Im back to ubuntu again, which let me say overall I like, its got some pretty cool resources and is supported very well. I know have a buddy who is a Computer science masters student helping me with it and hes haing a little bit of problems to which makes me feel better :) becase it was'nt just cause i was new to the whole thing That I am having all these problems. On top of it I took it to a Linux useers group yesterday and they were a little perplexed by it too so we both felt better :). Its l;ooking like I might have it working soon though

a quote

"We are more impressed by a church of 4,000 people who have no clue about God's character and His expectations, than by a church of deeply commited saints who are serving humankind in quiet but significant ways"- George Barna

A Keailer Sighting

So this morning i was haveing coffee with Steve (my boss) and Jason (XA campus pastor at U of I) like I do every friday morning. Today we met at the Daily Grind, a coffee shop in Pullman. In the middle of the discussion someone walked in the front door, being the add person I am I turned around and low and behold ther stood garison Keiler of Lake Woebegone fame. He is doing a show in Town this weekend and I guess needed a cup of coffee. I did'nt have the opportunity to talk to him since he was on his cell phone almost the whole time he was there but it was kind of a cool experience. It just added a little bit of excitement to my day. He is the second person "of note" that I've met in Pullman. The first was the actor who played Chunk from the Goonies. No lie:) I can just feel myself getting cooler by proxy, just just kidding.

I WIN!!!!!

I got my new laptop on the internet. In fact right now I am updating my blog on it. Greg- 1 Linux- well more than I'm willing to say but Im on a comeback. I am atually really enjoying ubuntu so far now that I have internet it will beinteresting to see how userfriendly it really is. As for now I feel like getting a pizza :).

Finally a new post.....

I know as many of you have pointed out, several times :), it has been a long time since my last post. I have no really good reason why I have not posted lately guess I just got wrapped in other stuff I guess. Things have been going really well. I've settled into my apartment and am enjoying having a place to get away from things.
Some new things in my life. I bought a laptop recently. Its an old Pentium II gateway comp. Its a bit slower than Im used but its nice to have a bit more mobility. I have moved up (or down depending on your perspective) in my level of geekdom by installing Linux on it. Im using the Ubuntu release of Linux and so far its been good despite a few frustrations with getting it on the internet. Installing drivers can be a bit more complex than with windows. So I'm having a friend come over and help get it set up for wireless so I will truly be free. Thats right I will join the countless masses sipping a latee and staring a computer screen in a coffee shop. I'm actually thinking it will make my ADD brain be a little more productive but we shall see.
Things have been going pretty well with Chi Alpha. I hate to get into the numbers game but we have grown quite a bit since last year. Im helping to lead a small group in the dorms and its been going great. My next newsletter will probably be about that although I may just go over the retreat as well, I'll just see where my whim and or the spirit takes me.
On a more persona note I have been playing alot of guitar recently. I'm going through a pretty creative phase at the moment. As far as reading I know the books IM reading have not changed in a while but IM still plugging away. I currently sucked into " It Does'nt Take A Hero" its the autobiography of General Norman Schwartzcoff. Im not usually a biograohy reader but hes lived quite an extrordinary life. I picked up the book at a goodwill about a year ago to have something to read on a plane and just never got to it. So there you go an update on whats been happening. I know its a bit flow of consciousness like but I figured its been such a long time Id give a big slice of my thought life.