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"The Dating Official"

The Dating Official from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

We used this before the message on night 1 of the new series.

USA vs Canada - My Thoughts

USA beat Canada in hockey last sunday. 5-3 was the final, and it was a great game. That said, there's a lot of talk about how the Canadians are still better than the U.S. and we only got lucky because Ryan Miller was phenomenal. Well I'd like to make a counter statement. Martin Brodeur is the goalie for canada and he faced half the number of shots and sadly, allowed more goals. Same thing happened in Canada's game against Switzerland which Canada barely won in a shoot out. The goalie is a part of your team people. And just because you take more shot doesn't mean that they're quality shots either. It's not about quantity, it's about quality. The US made the best of it's opportunities, Canada did not. Maybe Canada will straighten it out and come back and beat us in the gold medal game, should we both get there, but who knows. Let's not pretend that this is the kind of thing it used to be. These guys all play in the NHL, so they know their opponents. Some of them are facing off against NHL team mates in these games. My friend Brian said it best, if these two teams played 10 times, it'd probably be a 5-5 split. I'm not saying one is better than the other, it's just the nature of the competition these days.

Dating Series Video Intro

Dating Series Intro Video from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

It's Just Beautiful

I've seen a lot of drumming videos in my life, and I mean a lot. But I've never, and I mean NEVER, seen on that looks and sounds as cool as this. The style of the video matches the style of playing, and that style is big, fat and nasty (and no I'm not talking about his weight). Just sit back and take this in.

EIGHT MINUTES with LOUIE from Dikayl Rimmasch on Vimeo.

p.s.-this dude hearts cupcakes

I enjoyed this

iPhone App Store Gets Some Jesus

I saw this article on macrumors.com tonight and thought I'd pass it along. It's about sexual stuff so don't say I didn't warn you.

iPhone developer ChilliFresh posted (via TechCrunch) that they received an email from Apple tonight indicating that their iPhone app Wobble iBoobs had been pulled from the App Store. The email revealed that Apple was now removing overtly sexual content due to customer complaints:

"The App Store continues to evolve, and as such, we are constantly refining our guidelines. Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.

We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which includes your application.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter. If you believe you can make the necessary changes so that Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored) complies with our recent changes, we encourage you to do so and resubmit for review.

Sincerely,
iPhone App Review"

A search of other similarly adult themed apps on AppShopper shows that many (but not all) have already been removed from the App Store.

ChilliFresh's app had been well known and generated over $260,000 in its App Store lifetime. The developer points out that his app actually ships with no images and simply uses user supplied images. Meanwhile, at least one other developer seems to have accidentally gotten caught in the crossfire with his Invisible Girl book being removed despite the developer's insistence that the ebook contains no sexual references. Of note, Playboy's official app remains on the App Store at this time.

The Irony of Life

As I'm sitting here eating my cereal, I'm looking back at college and the decisions I made about my future while I was there. And how ultimately, none of it really mattered. Towards the end of my senior year of high school, I had decided where I wanted to go to school and was down to the business of picking a major. I had my heart set on being a photography major so I figured I'd pay a visit to my uncle who was working as a photographer at the University of Illinois. His advice to me was not to waste my money on the degree, pointing out that college will teach you antiquated techniques, all of which won't do you any good in the real world. It would be best to just do the reading and practice on my own.
So with photography out of the question, I thought I'd go ahead and try my hand at student ministry. Bethel had a great program for it and I loved the faculty. But for some reason, I didn't see a future in it at the time. Oh, Jeffrey.
Now, I'm sitting at registration at Bethel, still trying to figure out what to major in. I figure music performance must be the natural choice because that's really the only other thing I wanted to do. To clarify, playing drumset was all I wanted to do, but I figured it couldn't hurt to bone up on my marimba and timpani right. But the more I looked at it, it seemed so unsafe to major in music, so I majored in Music Education.
A few years later, degree in hand, I work full time in student ministry, I freelance in photography and I still play music on the side. The only one of my four major ideas that never paid me a dime...the one I actually have a degree in.

New Series - It's Official

We're starting a new series at GSM this weekend that's just for high schoolers. Our dating referee is going to help us by 'making the call' on some teenage dating mistakes. I...am...pumped

iPad silliness

So this is a fun fact for you. In the interest of being fair to the other eBook sellers that have iPhone apps, Apple will not be pre-installing the iBook store app on the iPad. Instead, it will be a free download from the app store. This is America.

Yup, still love the Dave Matthews Band

GSM Film Fest

Sunday night at halftime of the superbowl, we hosted the First Annual GSM Film Fest. Students and leaders had the opportunity to make their own mock commercials and then we voted for their favorites. We had a blast! Have a look at all the entries

GSM Film Fest - How to Avoid the Flu from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - 2013 from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Orbitz from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - GSM P.S.A. from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - God is Watching from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - 7th Grade Hostages from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Party in the USA from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - You know it's time for Camp Adventure from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Should have had a V8 from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Cat Food from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - GSM Cares About from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - iDance from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Rockstar from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

GSM Film Fest - Zombie Hunter from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

And the contest winner...

GSM Film Fest - Better Breathing from Jeffrey Myers on Vimeo.

I love Bethel Basketball and Cody Baker

I'm not much of a basketball fan but being friends with Robbie Lightfoot has made me a big fan of Bethel Basketball. They don't have much of a budget for things so whenever I can I help them out with my services, and they do great things with it. And this year, they tapped Cody Baker over at eyemotion media to make their intro video before the games. I absolutely love it. It's better than Notre Dame's and I would bet Bethel didn't even spend half of what Notre Dame spent. Check it out!

"A History of Victory" Bethel College from eyemotion on Vimeo.

The camera for me - Canon Powershot SX210 IS

I've been wanting to buy a point and shoot camera for a really long time now. Hauling around my DSLR's is a bit of a task and if I'm just going to a party or a ball game, I don't want to bring them along. But I've been waiting for a point and shoot that is compact enough to actually fit in my pocket, but with all the shooting options I want, including recording some form of HD video. And finally, I think my ship has arrived. The projected cost that I've seen is $350 which is right where I was hoping. Here's a short list of the spec's.

14x zoom, 28mm wide-angle genuine Canon lens

14.1 Megapixels with compact, metal body in three colour options*

Canon 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer with Dynamic IS

Wide 7.6cm (3.0") PureColor II G LCD with enhanced strength and visibility

HD Movies (720p) with optical zoom, stereo sound and HDMI

Easy to use with Smart Auto, Face Detection and on-screen Hints & Tips

Smart Flash Exposure and i-Contrast for best results in all situations

DIGIC 4 and Servo AF/AE for ultra-fast response and high image quality

Manual, Av and Tv modes for full creative control

Shooting modes including Smart Shutter, Low Light, Fish-eye and Miniature Effect

You can read a full review over at dpreview (link here)

Still love the Dave Matthew's Band

I gave up on the blog for awhile and left you all hanging on a post about why I love the Dave Matthew's Band for about 4 months. I realized the only error in that post is that I didn't provide you with video evidence. Check out the band on the Grammy awards last week. Beautiful performance and when you contrast that with the Lady Gaga saga at the beginning of the show, it makes me love Dave even more. Enjoy!

New Favorite iPhone app - Siri

You really need to head over to siri.com and check out the virtual personal assistant. If you've got an iphone, you're really going to want to pick up this free app. It combines a lot of my favorite apps into one central app.

What a fascinating modern age we live in...

I don't really have any comments on this other than to say, "That's awesome!" Coming from someone who's eyes are only good for filing space in my head if it weren't for contacts and glasses, I wouldn't care if I had to wear a special helmet with these things if I it meant I could finally see.

Adspecs from Joel on Vimeo.

Absorbing Wisdom

Every time I get a chance to sit in a meeting with my senior pastor, my ears are pricked and I'm ready to learn. Because the older I get, the more I realize how much I do not know. I have a pastor and a leader who takes every chance he can to share his wisdom with us without forcing results, trusting that the knowledge he imparts will drive his leaders to make the right decisions. I love following these men.

Uncle Sam will kill you!

Ryan Miller is the goalie for the Buffalo Sabres and in a few days, he will be in net for the U.S. Men's hockey team. Custom goalie masks have always been one of my favorite little things about hockey, and the mask that Miller had made for the Olympics is no exception. Nothing says America like a tattoo'd Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves to stab you with what looks like a flaming spear. But seriously, it looks pretty cool.

Bethel Buzzer Beater

I was at the Bethel game saturday vs Goshen College where Bethel trailed the entire first half. Then with 2.6 seconds left in the half, Ryne Lightfoot hit this shot from half court. I've been telling the story since saturday and I apparently exaggerated it a little bit, but it was just great to see something like this live!