Aside
Short posts that are usually announcements or quick comments on things I come across
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Darren on
December 18, 2008
My host (bluehost.com) shut down my site at about 4:00pm (EST) today and support told me that it was due to excessive MySql queries and CPU load. Some notes about this experience:
- Support was very fast on getting back to me when I contacted them.
- They weren’t very helpful when it came to what I needed to do. I had to track down information in their knowledge base.
- A quick browse on the internets via Google showed me that bluehost has received some negative press re their mysterious CPU lockout and suspension issues. Seems like they aren’t really set up to run trafficked WordPress sites on their shared servers.
- The suspension came out of the blue (no pun intended). No warnings, no emails prior to, nothing, nada. It would have been helpful if I had at least received a notice that my site was causing problems on the servers and I needed to make some modifcations or they’d shut things down…
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By
Darren on
October 13, 2008
Pretty neat! Here’s the wordle of UnfoldingNeurons.com:
Wordle of UnfoldingNeurons.com (wordle.net)
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By
Darren on
June 26, 2008
Silence on a blog is deafening. Moreso when it’s your own. Sorry folks for the lack of posts here lately - my life busyness has gone up quite a few notches while I’ve been making the transition to my new place of ministry and all the elegant fun that goes with it! This is also the reason why “Organize Series” (the plugin I develop) hasn’t been getting much love lately. I decided to post this note because I wanted to give a heads up that Unfolding Neurons is still alive and kicking but will just be in a bit of suspended animation until my family and I get moved and settled.
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By
Darren on
April 25, 2008
I stumbled across this site thanks to a Catalyst Post and it’s a useful look at varying perspectives on God. This site gives voice to the raw thoughts of many that the average Christian would never hear. At the very least it gives insight into the struggles some face with the whole “faith” thing and serves as a good reminder of the people God wants us believers to share His gift with… (and take a careful look at just how well we’re sharing!)
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Darren on
April 24, 2008
StreamingFaith.com conducted this interesting interview with Seth Godin discussing how the church isn’t doing a very good job of reaching people with their message in today’s new “marketing era”. I really like his observations on the usefulness of blogging - something that I think the church is way behind on…check out the interview at, Is Today’s Modern Church Busy Making Meatball Sundaes?
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