Rob's Web Adventures January 11-17

I really don't have much time to blog in length about much and I will have a new blog dealing with religious/theological issues on the new www.valleywesley.com. What I thought I could do though was blog about some of the more interesting sites on the web I have been each week. I have interest in religion, politics, electronics, and sports. Nice mix eh? Well, here is the first batch, so check out the sites for yourselves and comment below!

Inaugural Events Schedule
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/inauguration.schedule/index.html
A good resource to keep track of the events surrounding the inauguration of the 44th President. Jan 20 will be one of the most historic days of our lives. It's really cool that it is happening after MLK day. Who would have thought that the work he did would eventually lead to an African American president 40 some years later.

My senior year of High School I was able to go on a class trip to DC to see Clinton's second Inauguration. I don't remember much from the actual ceremony other than freezing on the Capital Mall. Perhaps one day I will make it back to witness another one!

Get Afghanistan Right
http://getafghanistanright.com/
A movement of bloggers committed to pushing the discussion on Afghanistan beyond military/violent solutions.

"How to Be a Disciple"
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=336
Great article by Dallas Willard, of which I quoted from, in my sermon today.

Phoenix Light Rail
http://www.raillife.com/blog/
We have taken a ride on the Light Rail a couple of times now to downtown Phoenix. It's not the quickest form of transportation but it beats parking downtown and I think will open downtown to so many more people. Should be interesting to see how life develops along the route in the next few years.

Consumer Electronics Show
http://www.engadget.com/category/ces/
http://www.macrumors.com
Each year the tech community gathers at CES in Las Vegas to show off all the cool new gear. Nothing too exciting for me this year. No major TIVO announcement, but Sling is almost ready to release an iPhone client, LED TV's are almost here and home media serves are getting cooler and more affordable. Oh yeah, will Windows 7 eventually make everyone forget about Vista?

Macworld was also occuring at the same time, however, nothing too exciting from there either. I am interested in the new photo tagging options in iPhoto, reverse "Rockband" in Garageband, and the web based features for iWork. Still waiting on something cool to happen with Apple TV, Blu-Ray drives, and larger SSD drives before I upgrade again.