Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Remember me, lol?

Two weeks ago there was no Chicken Thursday mailing because of a DOS attack on the server. Last Chicken Thursday something happened to my newsletter software and the Cybersalt email templates went a little wonky. I could have searched for and fixed the problem, but for a long time now there has been a new version of the program available and I decided it was time to update. This meant that I had to redo the Cybersalt Digest template which was, like me, getting old and tired anyways.

After missing last Sunday's mailing, I am happy to present to you a new, responsive, mobile friendly Cybersalt Digest template. There may be some tweaks left to do over the next few weeks, but I think it's a big improvement.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Yesterday was International Dog Day (for dogs it actually felt like International Dog Week.) To mark the occasion, lots of people were posting pictures of their pooches online. I was tempted to post a picture of our dog, but the back corner of our yard is not that photogenic (Maggie has been enjoying a dirt-sleep since 2008.)

Maggie is actually celebrated online everyday in the Funny Dog Pictures area of the Cybersalt Site. You will find that at:
www.cybersalt.org/entertainment/funny-dog-pictures

She was an inspiration for an article I wrote in 2004. You can read, "My Dog Has Fresh Water" at
www.cybersalt.org/cybersalt-shaker/my-dog-has-fresh-water

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

There was no Chicken Thursday mailing last week because my server was under a DOS attack on Wednesday night. In this case DOS stands for Denial of Service. I know it sounds like something that might happen if a pastor was angry with his church or something a mechanic who had worked on your car might say if you accused him of breaking something he wasn't suppose to work on, but it is really just a bunch of computers flooding another computer with so many requests that the people who want to use it can't. You can read more about DOS attacks at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Anyway, by the time all of that was sorted out, it was late and Grandma Cybersalt and I decided to turn in for the night instead of staying up late and getting the mailing out.

I don't know about you, but "Deciding to turn in for the night" sounds pretty old to me. Maybe we are getting old because today is our 34th wedding anniversary. With that in mind, today's video share is my wedding video. It's a blast from the past and maybe you can figure out why Susan married me - I still can't.

BTW, for those you you who are more into cars than weddings, skip to the end for the 1965 Pontiac Bonneville convertable.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

I cannot remember a time when I have been so often speechless at the state of the world, not to mention the sheer selfishness and stupidity of so many people. A few times this past week it all left me feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.

The video I am sharing today helped give me some perspective in the midst of all of that. It reminded me that even though there is so much I cannot do about the world, there is much I am called to be in it and become in it.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim