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bye bye mac book pro… hello mac book pro

// April 17th, 2009 // No Comments » // General

So a really annoying thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago – my mac book pro got nicked! I won’t call it my ‘laptop’ as mac’s are WAY above such a common designation as ‘laptops’ but nonetheless it dissapeared thanks to the coinciding of a passing thief and a moment of opportunity.

Hence the reason I’ve been quiet on the blogging for the last couple of weeks. Plus on top of all that we’ve had Easter, the Big Getaway and plenty of design work to keep me busy as usual.

Thankfully, (as I force myself to write this on the PC) tomorrow (hopefully) a courier will drop a brand new Mac Book Pro off at my house and the journey may continue. It’s at this moment in this post I also have to Praise Almighty God and probably show some appreciation to Steve Jobs as well for Time Machine (the clever Mac backup facility) which has a complete record of my hard drive just waiting to be reinstalled onto the new Mac Book.

So my dear wife is looking forward to seeing her husband dissapear into the office as I endeavour to work out how to reinstall all the rubbish I’d put on the last mac back onto the new one. Which means hopefully I’ll be typing the next post out on something that doesn’t resemble a spare part from the tardis or makes a sound like an aeroplane landing whilst it attempts to keep itself cool.

feeling impossibly stupid!

// April 3rd, 2009 // No Comments » // General

I just did one of the most stupidest things in the world… allowed my laptop to get stolen! Somewhere now wandering round the city of Leeds is a very happy thief who is enjoying being in possession of my beloved Mac Book Pro whilst I’m resigned to rebooting my old tower PC which sounds like Heathrow airport!

It’s also given me a real insight into the threat of Identity Theft with the thought that somewhere someone has access to all my emails etc. Thankfully I’ve been able to change passwords for most things online so that any active cookies etc will be useless but having something stolen still gives you a certain feeling of being violated in someway!

Thankfully it’s only a laptop! They missed the car keys sat next to it and the wallet in my bag as they were too focused on a grab and run… so it could have been worse! But I guess from now on I’ll be a lot more careful. Also thankfully I have a good old Mac Time Machine backup which will restore pretty much everything except for the last couple of days to a new Mac Book Pro which I am hoping the insurance company will be kind enough to supply me with. Till then… it’s the old PC! Blurgh….

breaking the blog break

// February 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // General

Apologises for the blog break… building up to a new season’s been busy so I’m hoping to freshen up my blog in the next couple of weeks and give it a little relaunch.

We’re just a week away from launching our Sunday morning services in our new premises so I’m busily trying to keep all the renovations and essentials together whilst at the same time produce a whole bunch of new promotional material for various aspects of church life in time for our Women’s conference next week – She is Fabulous. I really do feel like I’ve been doing 5 jobs on the trot this week!

But being busy is what I do well – it doesn’t phase me – bizarrely I seem to relish it. After all it’s a lot better than doing nothing! And more interesting.

Anyhow tomorrow will be a mix of painting, graphic design and sermon preparation in time for the final service at the Hilton hotel at 11am Sunday. Then we’re into the home straight for the big launch on the 1st March! If you’re in the Leeds area and looking for a church – come and join in the fun!

Merry Christmas

// December 24th, 2008 // No Comments » // General

To everyone who’s been reading in 2008 – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I’m hoping to launch a new look to my blog in January and get some great content rolling throughout 2009 – so keep your eyes on your Feed and I’ll see you in the New year! Bless ya!

how holy is your church logo?

// October 23rd, 2008 // 5 Comments » // Blogging, General

This September was a momentous month for Graphic Design at Hope City Church as we actually launched a new logo that everyone – including Pastor Dave – really liked! Which is why when I read this post on “How to create the holiest logo possible”, I fell off my chair and laughed a lot with the worried thought that I may end up in hospital AGAIN!

So how holy is your church logo?

And has anyone worked out what the random circles are behind the wording on our new logo… in case you were still wondering – it’s not a crown of thorns – it’s actually 3 overlapping coffee cup stains! Three stains in one!!!

Enjoy the post!