We click and we’re there? :)

Posted Oct 10, 2005 by Herbie — Comments (0) — Filed under: Camp, Geeky things

DSL is up and running!

It has taken about three weeks to get everything just right, but it is well worth it. What a blessing it is to be able to have the high speed. Now we are able open other opportunities to staff when it come to research, communication, development, and productivity. Through this DSL we have also added a 2nd layer of virus protection and SPAM filtering which had reduce the amount of my troubleshooting and management. This in turn has opened up the doors for development of the database mentioned in the Summer newsletter.

I am a Missionary!

Posted Sep 10, 2005 by Herbie — Comments (0) — Filed under: Camp, Personal, Cross-ing's

Dear Friends and Family,

Oh what a wonderful time it is to be in the game and not on the sidelines anymore. It is official, I have joined the Missionary Staff of Camp Forest Springs as of May 31st. It was my hope to have sent something much soon than this, for obvious reasons, but the summer camps were coming so quickly that many preparations were needed to be handled before the campers arrived. It took 17 months of raising support (9 months full-time) and how humbled I am to see how the Lord has used you in your prayers and financial support to make serving here possible.

DSL - There are things faster than Dial-up?

Posted Sep 10, 2005 by Herbie — Comments (0) — Filed under: Camp, Geeky things

DSL (i.e. broadband) is coming to Camp Forest Springs!

This is a monumental event in the lives of our staff and work environment. Camp has shared up to now a dial-up connection with on average 38 computers. Plus we have 4 servers that each have there own bandwidth use for anti virus updates, Windows Updates, and retrieving and sending e-mail. It is amazing what you can get used to.

We hope to be updating and implementing this during the next 3 weeks (September 12 – 30, 2005). Couple of things have to be put in place before we can have full use of this faster connection. We have decided to go with a company called AIM (Advance Internet Management) to be our protection from the outside world and integrity with in. So this means configuring our network behind a firewall, configuring multiple levels of Active Directory, and rerouting/reconnecting our Exchange Server (AKA e-mail). I don’t know much in these areas but I’m sure I will be learning very quickly.