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Tim Schmoyer  //  Husband to Dana, father to Hannah, youth pastor, blogger at http://www.studentministry.org

Oct 27 / 4:43pm

A $1,200 audio clip vs. a $10 audio clip

To legally use the music in this video would cost me $1,200/year.



To legally use the music in this video cost me $10/forever.



Guess which one I went with.

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Oct 23 / 8:19pm

Registration packet for multi-youth group Dodgeball Tournament

On November 21 the local network of youth pastors is hosting a dodgeball tournament between our youth groups. It's gonna be a blast! I finalized the registration packet tonight after getting feedback from some of the other youth pastors and officially sent it out. Here it is, in case anyone else wants to see it.

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Oct 23 / 7:30pm

Which video intro do you like better?

I've been working on creating a different intro for my blog's videos since the current one is outdated and has the wrong domain name in it. I've created two different intros and would like your feedback on which you like better. Watch them both and vote below. Thanks!

Video 1

Video 2

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Oct 22 / 9:39pm

New intro for Alexandria Youth news videos

Since I've been sick all week, I made a new intro for our youth group video announcements. I love it! Thinking about modifying it for other youth groups for about $75, but I'm not sure yet. Might wanna keep this one just for us.

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Oct 20 / 8:25pm

Hannah helping daddy write a blog post tonight

Hannah is surprisingly good with sitting in front of the computer with me. When she's fussy, I'll bring her in front of the computer with me and she's pretty content. That's a good sign that she's gonna be a nerd like her daddy. :)

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Oct 19 / 6:00pm

What I think of every time Hannah coughs

Yes, the classic line from Zoolander, "I think I'm getting the black lung, pop." lol That's what Hannah's cough sounds like. Makes me smile every time.

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Oct 15 / 7:50pm

My experience with Apple Care vs. Microsoft Support

Although I've primarily used Macs for the past couple years, today was my first time to use Apple Care. I guess that's a good thing.

Having been the I.T. guy for a company while in seminary, I know what it's like to have to call Microsoft for support, too. My experiences with each are pretty glaringly different.

Microsoft: Hold time is typically 10 minutes to an hour.
Apple: No wait time at all.

Microsoft: The support agent sounds like he or she is in India and barely speaks English.
Apple: Sounded like I was talking to a 20-something year old guy in my hometown.

Microsoft: Resolving the issue usually takes a while.
Apple: Issue fixed in 17 minutes (length of time from dialing to hang-up)

Microsoft: Hold music is classical and soft jazz.
Apple: I was briefly on hold while my support agent got the case ID for me. The music was punk rock, like Sum 41 and Green Day.

Granted, I've called Microsoft many times and Apple only once, so the evaluation sample size may be a little imbalanced, but at least Apple is off to a good start.

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Oct 13 / 3:51pm

Hannah talks to Grandparents in a video post (seriously!)

Hannah learned to talk by the age of 10 weeks old and her first words are to the grandparents. :)

(If you wanna know how Dana and I did this, keep your eye on studentministry.org. It's so easy.)

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Oct 12 / 2:23pm

List of the past 145 Freebie Fridays

A blog reader created a list of the past 145 Freebie Fridays at StudentMinistry.org as a reference he uses to check for youth ministry resources as the need arises in his ministry. He sent it to me for anyone else to use, too. Here ya go!

Thanks, Benjer McVeigh!

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