Another one of Matt’s CDs that I “borrowed” during high school was a collection of John Michael Talbot’s songs. Here’s Creed 1 for your enjoyment (just click the play button below). I love the tempo changes throughout the song, and the variety of instruments that are included. I can (and do) listen to this song over and over again. Head over to his website to read about his amazing journey through life and his organization, The Brothers and Sisters of Charity at Little Portion Hermitage. 

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Microsoft dominates the world. It has been that way for as long as I’ve known it, and it will continue to be that way for a long time. The iPhone, of all things, is changing that. Michelle and I each purchased an iPhone 3G when they were released in July. My previous phone was a Samsung Blackjack, which used Windows Mobile operating system. I loved my Blackjack. I could listen to music on it, I could surf the web, I could view, create, and edit Microsoft Office files on it, and most importantly, I could make phone calls with it. If I loved it so much, then why did I buy an iPhone? Because they are so cool.

After purchasing the iPhone, I noticed that I rarely used my HP laptop. It’s a cool laptop, too. It has a touch screen, handwriting recognition, and the screen flips around and folds flat so the laptop can be used as a Tablet PC. As cool as my laptop was, I enjoyed using my phone more. Instead of starting up my computer to use the internet, I just clicked on my phone. In the time it would take the computer to turn on, I could have my search completed on my phone. Long story short: my phone was a better computer than my computer.

So I started thinking, “If Apple makes such an amazing phone, then their computers must kick ass.” After playing with some Apple computers in stores and reading countless reviews, I came to the conclusion that I was correct. Apple’s computers do kick ass. 

So the problem Michelle and I faced at this point was whether or not to spend the money for a new computer, when our old computer “worked fine.” Since we didn’t spend much on our wedding, and since we are compulsive, we decided to buy an iMac. We took a trip to a local computer store and walked out proud owners of a Mac. 

I love my iMac. My iMac and my iPhone have many things in common:

1. They both look really cool.
2. They both have Apple logos.
3. They both start with a lower case “i”. As do:
   1. iTunes
   2. iPhoto
   3. iCal
   4. iChat
   5. iWeb
   6. iMovie 
   7. iSync
   8. iPod
4. They both came with Apple logo stickers that I proudly display on my 1992 Toyota Paseo and my traffic ticket book.
5. They both work exactly how they are supposed to, and how you think they should.
6. They both exceed my experiences with any device running any form of Microsoft WIndows.
7. They both make my life easier.

I have yet to find any drawbacks to the iMac. When I do, I’ll let you know. If you’re in the market for a new computer, consider an Apple. If you’re in the area of Kennesaw (and I know you), drop by my place and I’ll let you play with this one.

This is probably one of the best commercials I have ever watched:

Here’s a “Behind the Scenes”: