Oops!

I said in my post on the Mac App Store that I had not figured out a way to uninstall it. I received a piece of information from Jordan Pirch which I thought would be helpful. Here is the link he sent me:

http://lifehacker.com/5730473/you-can-uninstall-the-mac-app-store-but-its-not-supported

Thanks Jordan!

Victory

Abigail Constance Breagy

My Sister, Abigail Constance Breagy, was born on January 12th, 2011, weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces, 20 inches long. Sorry for not posting sooner. Here are some pictures!

The Mac App Store

The Mac App Store is here! It came out on January 6th, 2011. Here's a quick review on it.

On opening day, I was surprised where Apple put it on their Home Page (see the image below).

Anyway, to get the Mac App Store, you'll have to do a Software Update.

Once all that's done, a box pops up telling you you need to restart your computer. When you do that, you'll see the Mac App Store icon in your Dock to the right of the Finder icon. When you open the App Store, you'll see five headings up top: Featured, Top Charts, Categories, Purchases, and Updates.

Featured is where you'll find the "New and Noteworthy", "What's Hot", and "Staff Favorites".

Top Charts is where you can see "Top Paid", "Top Free", and "Top Grossing".

Categories is where you can see all the different categories of apps. For example, Photography, Games, Productivity, and so on and so forth.

Purchases is where you can see all your purchases. If you log in to the app store with your iTunes account on another computer, you can download them there as well.

Updates is exactly what you'd think it would be for. Showing you if any of your downloaded apps need an update.

When you download an app, the App Store will ask you for your iTunes username and password. When you do this, a transparent icon of the file you want to download will fly up and right into your dock.

Each app has a progress bar that tells you how much of the download is completed, which is really nice.

For those who want to uninstall the Mac App Store, Apple's not much help with that. As far as I know, there is no way to uninstall the App Store from your computer. You can however remove it from your dock just by dragging it off.

Anyway, just a short review on the Mac App Store. If you have any questions, feel free to comment below!

Thanks!

Stephen B.

The All New Mac App Store

Ladies and gentlemen...the Mac App Store is almost here! It is going to be released on January 6, 2011, so says Apple.

Apple also claims that the Mac App Store is going to be just like your "App Store" for the iPad, iPod, or iPhone, except this App Store is for your Mac. "Great Apps on your Mac, Right on your Mac". When you download an app, the app automatically popsright in your dock with a progress bar on where it is in the download process. It also automatically checks for updates on each app that you get from the store. "Update one app at a time or all of them at once, and you’ll always have the latest versions", claims Apple.

The Bottom Line

Is the Mac App Store really worth-it? I think so. It does seem like Apple is going more towards iOS with all of their products. Do you think it's worth-it? Comment below!

I'll have a review of the Mac App Store when it comes out.

To read more, check out Apple's page here.

Dominion Productions: Teaser Trailer 2

Here is the second teaser trailer for our documentary:

Weighing the Evidence Teaser Trailer #2 from Dominion Production Films on Vimeo.

Are We Really This Dull?

Godly Conversations

This morning we had our weekly Men's Bible Study. We are going through a book by Douglas Bond called "Fathers and Sons: Stand Fast". This chapter in particular really struck me. We talked about godly conversations.

When you are talking with your friends, and an unbeliever happens to be listening in, would this be something different for him? In other words, would he see that you have joy in Christ? Or would he simply see what he sees everyday at school? I tend to find myself wanting to talk about things other than Christ.

Whatever is in your heart, that is what you are going to talk about. For example, if I talked to you about movies, my heart isn't in the right place. Obviously movies are an idol for me. But if someone talks to you about Christ, that means that they put Christ first, which is a good thing.

If someone talks to you about Christ, you are probably going to respect that person. I would say that they would be a friend who lifts you up. That is why we need to be careful in the friends that we choose. Some of them may pull us down while others lift us up. Oftentimes, then tendency is to think that we will lift them up by being around them so it's O.K. to have a lot of friends that pull you down. However, it's a lot easier to be pulled down than lifted up. In all probability, you will be pulled down.

To summarize, be careful where your conversation goes with someone else. If it goes somewhere you think it shouldn't (i.e. gossip), steer it in another direction. Change the subject or something like that.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Stand Strong!

Stephen B.

Jimmy Valiant: Scions of Danger

Scions of Danger Teaser from NDFilmmaker on Vimeo.

Electric Fencing

My Dad and I are looking at buying electric fences today to prevent situations like this:

Sketchy Duel

I'm sorry I haven't posted for a while...I've been kinda busy. Anyway, here is a really funny video. Enjoy!

A Nugget of Wisdom for the Evening

The lark is up to meet the sun,
The Bee is on the wing;
The ant its labor has be-gun,
The woods with music ring.
Shall birds, and bees, and ants, be wise,
While I my mo-ments waste?
Oh let me with the morn-ing rise,
And to my du-ty haste.




WILLIAM HOLMES MCGUFFEY, “The lark is up to meet the sun,” McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer, newly rev., lesson 81, p. 54 (1849).

New MacBook Pro

On Friday, I got a new MacBook Pro! There is a HUGE difference between my old PC and my new Mac. Two of the main reasons I got it for was to edit video and audio for our church, and for the documentary we are going to do, which I posted about below. Here are a few screenshots from the Mac. I'll try to post some pictures of the outside soon!