http://mikebrinkman.com/blog The internet's leading source of Mike Brinkman news! Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:30:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It wasn't payday this weekend, so I'm going back into my music archive to pull out an older album of mine. Dizmas's self-titled album "Dizmas" was one of the first Christian music purchases I ever made. Up to that point, I was alright with listening to all Christian music, but ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/02/15/dizmas-dizmas/ This is my first Christian music review. I bought Seabird's "Rocks into Rivers" from my local Christian bookstore after listening to a preview of a few tracks on iTunes. I'm not going to review every song on the album, but I'll write my thoughts on a few of them, but ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/02/08/seabird-rocks-into-rivers/ Almost two years ago, I began to get a feeling of unease over the music I was listening to. For almost all of my life, I had grown up listening to hard rock/heavy metal and also rap music beginning in middle school. I was a big-time headbanger, especially in my ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/02/01/should-christians-listen-to-secular-music/ Today Apple introduced the iPad. I'm not exactly certain how to feel about it. It is a pretty slick unit, but basically it's an oversized iPod Touch. That's not a bad thing, but think about it for a minute. The thing I like about my iPod Touch is that it ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/27/apples-new-ipad-a-mixed-bag/ Wow! Just when you thought a game couldn't get any more dramatic than the MSU/Minnesota game last week, along comes this game. There must have been about a dozen lead changes,  with Michigan leading at the half 27-25. MSU played one of its worst games I've seen all season as ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/26/msu-wins-battle-of-the-will-against-michigan-57-56/ The Hope for Haiti Now soundtrack is now available for download on iTunes. My wife pre-ordered it on Friday night after the program, then it was available for download on Saturday. When she logged in all of her songs started to download. We've been listening to it on heavy rotation ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/25/hope-for-haiti-now-soundtrack/ This is a great, yet bittersweet story. A guy in Haiti used one of his iPhone apps to perform first aid on himself, which probably saved his life. He is an employee of Compassion International. The sad part of the story is that one of his fellow co-workers still has ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/25/injured-in-an-earthquake-theres-an-app-for-that/ I just went to see "The Book of Eli" with my wife and stepson. It's generating some controversy from within the Christian community, though I've noticed most Christian based web sites are giving it a better than average review. I don't want to give too much away, but most of ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/24/the-book-of-eli/ From the very start of this game, I figured MSU was going to lose. Minnesota was playing at their best, blocking shots, stealing the ball, and hitting the 3-pointer. They were playing a lockdown defense that prevented MSU from getting easy baskets in the paint, or any offensive rebounds for ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/23/msu-beats-minnesota-65-64/ It took almost 2 weeks for my checks to come in, but I finally got them yesterday. Since it's payday again, I figured I better get back on task and try to get more accounts set up for automatic payments. So far I have 10 out of 15 accounts set ... http://mikebrinkman.com/blog/2010/01/22/making-progress-on-the-financial-front/