I set up my GoPro to record a time lapse video of us building the set for Bye Bye Birdie.

I saw a TV commercial several years ago.   The commercial depicted a guy wading in the water on a beautiful sandy beach.  All  of a sudden, a dolphin swims up to the man and asks, “How did you find this place?”

The man, looking shocked, says, “Yahoo”.

The dolphin responds, “Oh, I see.”  Then begins to turn to swim away.

The man says, “Wait!” As the dolphin stops and turns again towards the man, the man asks, “Where did you learn to talk?”

The dolphin responds, “Yahoo”.

The dolphin swims away leaving the man in even greater shock.

The Internet is awesome.  The knowledge I find on the Internet has saved me lots of time and money.

Just this morning, I was planning on spending the day fixing our dishwasher that stopped working two days ago.  The lights were displaying on the buttons, but  cycle wouldn’t start.  A quick search on Google I found this page, within about 30 seconds, which described  the symptoms exactly along with several answers.

After spending a few minutes reading the page, I walked over to the dishwasher and pressed a few buttons. Voila! The dishwasher now works.  Before the Internet, I would have had to hire a repair person for $50 to $100 to come to my house to press the buttons.

I have many other stories where the collective shared knowledge of the Internet community has saved me time, money and frustration.  My advice to you next time you have a problem. First pray the Lord helps you find a solution.  Then spend a few moments educating yourself using a few Google searches.  You be surprised how quickly you can solve your problems.

This past Sunday evening we launched a WordPress site using the Thematic theme framework.  This is our first main corporate site built on WordPress.  Our client seems very happy with the ability to edit just about any part of the site.

I’ve installed, configured and customized a few WordPress web sites.  However, with the new WordPress 3.0, I’m really excited about recommending WordPress to my clients and friends.  Therefore, it’s time to get serious about using WordPress.  Therefore, this is my playground and soap box.  I’m looking forward to exploring the power of Worpress and learning how it can be used to benefit my clients.