Category: Technology

This is a post a little out of the ordinary, but I really have been infatuated with how well this product works…

A few weeks ago, I was running low on deodorant and decided to look around for a less-commercial option that would deliver the same results.

I came across Rock Salt Thai Crystal Deodorant Stone
and was immediately skeptical.

However, after a month of using the rock salt deodorant only (instead of the commercial stuff I had been using since a teen), I can only say it really really works.

I’m not a huge guy and I’m not a constant “sweater” but I do have a pretty active lifestyle with school, preaching, speaking, etc… after a Sunday morning, my shirts and undershirts were normally pretty drenched (more from nerves than heat) in the past. However, I’m dead serious when I say that this stuff really keeps things dry.

So, if you’re thinking about making a switch to something more natural and something more effective than the pricey deodorants, I couldn’t recommend the crystal stone more.

And for only $2.26 (my stone has lasted me a month and it looks barely used so far) in this economy??? Forget about it.

During the holidays, before the Avett Brothers show here in Asheville, I got to catch a set by Jessica Lea Mayfield as she opened for the Avetts.

If you haven’t heard of her, you will. Her music is tremendous.

Jessica Lea Mayfield on MySpace Music

I can’t recommend “We’ve Never Lied” enough (you can listen on the link to her MySpace page above). “Bible Days” is a close second, and all of her songs (especially live) are powerful and moving.

Here’s a link to her album With Blasphemy So Heartfelt
on Amazon.

Great music.

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina is having its General Assembly this weekend in scenic (?) Fayetteville, NC.

My pal Thomas Whitley and I are planning to attend and, of course, we’ll be sending out Twitter updates.

Interestingly enough, the CBFNC has caught wind of the Twitter phenomenon and its power for bringing groups together both on location and remotely (as evidenced by every tech conference now relying heavily on Twitter for backroom chatter).

So, there are a few additional folks you can follow for CBFNC Gen Assembly news (besides Thomas and myself who both tweet way too much anyways):

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina Twitter-ers

Amazing times we live in, folks.

But seriously, if you’re not on Twitter, you’re missing out (whatever your vocation, occupation or addiction).

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

http://blip.fm/~2ysid

fav song!

Scott Jangro and I are recovering from an interesting experiment in which we followed back everyone who followed us. Sounds pretty simple and easy, right?

Well, it is an easy task to click “Follow” under a person’s avatar, but it is a much more difficult thing to give away a sense of sanity on Twitter.

Jangro explains it incredibly well:

Does anybody really think that anyone with thousands of followers is reading anything but a select list of tweets? What’s the use of an army of followers who follow everybody back? Especially at the expense of having to follow them and ruining twitter for yourself. Neither cares about what each other has to say. It’s just a game of who has the biggest, uh, Twitter.

I’ve cut down from the 4,500 or so people I was following back to the 100 or so folks that I am actually interested in or care about. Twitter is completely usable again on my Touch, on the web, on my mobile and on the desktop via TweetDeck.

So, it’s all well and good to follow everyone who follows you if you are looking to gain more followers on Twitter. However, doing so comes at a cost of usability of the service (much more than the cost of losing a few bots as followers as shown in the chart above).