No, not Brian Yamabe, but Bryant Young. He won his sixth Len Eshmont award which is voted on by 49er players for the most outstanding and inspirational player. He’s been my favorite 49er for a long time because of his excellent play and high character. And over the past couple of months, Erin has come to be friends with his wife, Kristin so I’m doubly glad that the 49ers will be keeping him on at least through next year. I know the 49ers could use someone as exciting as Reggie Bush, but a strong, successful team is built around someone Bryant Young.
Squidoo is another new way to develop user created content. It has the notion of lenses, which are a person’s view on a particular subject. The service just started, so there is a virtual land grab on popular subjects like “computers” and “video games” etc. I’m not sure what problem is being solved, so I’m not sure how successful it will be. I grabbed a few subjects, Educational Games (http://www.squidoo.com/educationalgames) and Casual Games (http://www.squidoo.com/casualgames) to name two that I’ve actually added to.
It’s a cross between a blog and a wiki. It gives you some templates to assist you in developing your content in the form of linked list, RSS feeds, text areas, Amazon.com links, to name a few of the content types which will presumably expand as the service grows. Google Ads are automatically incorporated for you. When I signed up, I was given the option to donate or collect any proceeds. I guess they have a way to associate the Google Ads and Amazon.com links to your lense and they share some of that link profit with you. Probably the reason for the virtual land grab.
Our family has been going to Abundant Life Christian Fellowship (ALCF) for a little over a month. Erin and I have felt very at home and yesterday took the step of becoming members. The ministry is pretty old-school, faith in Christ as our Savior and adherence to the Bible, which really appeals to me. It’s also non-denominational which Erin feels comfortable with. I think it’ll be a great environment for Emi to grow up in. It’s tough being a Christian in America today especially in California and Silicon Valley. ALCF feels like a great place to build our faith to weather the storm around us.
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