Oh, brother. We can already tell this one's going to be a fun, enjoyable journey to follow. Shortly after Apple's 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro began making its way out to early adopters, small legions of owners have reported all sorts of bizarre graphical glitches. While we first assumed that it was ...

It's hard to say at this point whether we should point the blame at NVIDIA, Apple or right in between the two corporate campuses, but it seems that an uncomfortable amount of 17-inch MacBook Pro owners are having some serious issues with their GeForce 9600M graphics card. For those unaware, there is...

Ken Lowery of UM Reporter Blog I am new in everything—new to the Reporter (I’m the copy editor and put the Resources pages together), and new to the United Methodist Church… at least as an official member. I have to pretend this gives me a unique angle, because if it doesn’t, what in the wor...

Robert Schnase of Five Practices Robert Schnase is Bishop of the Missouri Area of the United Methodist Church. Why do you blog? My reason is pretty simple: I’m using every possible means to strengthen congregations in the task of changing lives in the spirit of Christ, to encourage pastors and lai...

Greg Milinovich of agentorange i am greg: husband to Shannon; father of Jackson (3), and Caedmon (1); associate pastor to the clinton united methodist church and probationary member of the greater new jersey annual conference (about to be ordained an elder in may!); native of pennsylvania and former...

Stephen Taylor of Nitrorev I’ve been a pastor in the South Carolina Annual Conference of the UMC for 25 years, presently serving Trinity in Sumter, SC. Got my undergraduate degree at Clemson and then my MDiv at Emory, where now I get to teach in the Course of Study program during the summer. My fa...

Mary Jacobs of UM Reporter Blog Why do you blog? For health insurance. It’s part of my job. I blog every Wednesday. But it’s one of the best parts of my job. I’m a contrarian, so I love having a weekly chance to spout off. What has been your best blogging experience? No grand aha moment, but I...

Bill Fentum of UM Reporter Blog I’m a lifelong resident of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, except for a few years spent earning a Radio-TV-Film degree at the University of Texas at Austin. I’ve worked for the United Methodist Reporter since 1985, starting as a night-shift proofreader and taking...

Boom! It's IT Blogwatch: in which Apple unveils refreshed MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Not to mention our shadowy puppet-masters... Gregg Keizer reports: Apple Inc. ... refreshed its laptop lines by shifting to faster, more power-efficient 45-nanometer Penryn processors from Intel Corp. and bumping up...

Craig Adams of Commonplace Holiness I’ve been in the United Methodist ministry since 1975. At various times I’ve been active in the United Methodist camping ministry, Emmaus, Chrysalis, Conference Youth Council, Lay Speakers training, and various other involvements. My ministry has been well rec...