Archive for January, 2012
Christian Activities goes offline for upgrades – Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment | Examiner.com
Nashville’s oldest non-denominational Christian arts & entertainment publication, Christian Activities, is going through some big changes, including a much-needed facelift.
Watching My Life Flash Before My Eyes: 1999 – 2004
I have been watching my life flash before my eyes the past few days. It started a couple of weeks ago when I was unexpectedly given 1 week’s notice that my Christian Activities website was going to have to be moved within a week.
Under normal circumstances, this would have sounded the death knell for Christian Activities at this time, because my own circumstances are not normal right now. I am dealing with the aftermath of massive flood and water damage, recovering from living in a Microtel for 9 months, and putting up with contractors who insist upon needless delays, ridiculous shortcuts and sloppy work.
In the best of circumstances, 1 week’s notice would not allow a business with normal resources to find a new web designer and get a site moved to a new server. In my situation, I had no funds to pay someone to help my move a website and host it, nor did I have the luxury of time to get proposals.
Fortunately for me, I have a cousin who is a computer whiz offer to help save my 20-year-old business and 17-year web presence. However, the code or program for the old site design presented problems during the transfer process. My cousin was able to transfer it to a new server, but well over 1200 articles of the 7,000 articles needed to be divided into Book Reviews and Movies from the general Articles category as well as tweaked for line breaks and extra tags. That has been my task — to go through those articles, separate the Movie and Book articles and remove code and tags.
At first it was drudgery. Yesterday I posted on Facebook: Change category, reformat, save. Change category, reformat, save. Change category, reformat, save. Change category, reformat, save. I am going to be doing this in my sleep all night long!
However, as I have progressed, I have begun to read some of the articles, and that has started me on a nostalgic journey down memory lane. The earliest articles are from Oct. 1999, and I have just made it through Oct. 2004. I have relived a new millennium; Worship City Praise; 9-11; movies like The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, The Passion of the Christ; the Left Behind books; as well as books, movies and events long forgotten.
I have gone back in time to watch bands come and go, music history being made, babies being born, heroes being buried. I have revisited wonderful arts and entertainment articles by past contributors: Mike and Paula Parker, Joan Brasher, Joanne Brokaw, Cindy O’Halloran, Rick Campbell, as well as articles by Carl Mays, Al Menconi, Dave Ramsey and others.
I am taking too long to do my part of the job, but at the risk of patting myself on the back, Christian Activities has provided some EXCELLENT content in the past. Due to the economy and a flagging interest in publications, I have let Christian Activities sit on the back burner for the past couple of years, adding a little new content each week, but it is my desire to once again have the kind of content that is making me take my time doing these edits — because I am enjoying reading the articles so much!
Stay tuned as we revamp Christian Activities and launch it anew as a fresh website with familiar content, an updated look, and hopefully the kind of content that will cause my readers, like me, to enjoy reading about the events and people that define the Christian music and entertainment industries.
Screen shot of the last day of the past version of Christian Activities on the old server.
Via: Watching My Life Flash Before My Eyes 1999-2004 — full post on Blogspot
Newest musical offering from Michael W. Smith releases on Jan. 17 – Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment | Examiner.com
For 29 years, veteran Nashville singer-songwriter Michael W. Smith has produced songs and albums that have resonated with his fans and other music lovers.
Samantha Newark of ‘Jem & The Holograms’ on Beauty – YouTube
Samantha Newark of “Jem & The Holograms” talks about what makes someone truly beautiful.
via Samantha Newark of ‘Jem & The Holograms’ on Beauty – YouTube.
Samantha Newark on Jem & Beauty – YouTube
Truly outrageous! Actress and singer Samantha Newark, who was the voice of Jem and Jerrica on the hit 1980s animates TV series “Jem & The Holograms,” talks about what Jem would think defines true beauty.
‘The Way’ with Martin Sheen & Emilio Estevez an inspiring movie journey – Nashville Gospel Music & Entertainment | Examiner.com
Watching “The Way” with father-son team Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez was a wonderful way to celebrate the closing of one year and the beginning of another, because “The Way” is a moving and inspirational story of endings and new beginnings.
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