Just posted to the Articles section of the site: DIY $10 iPhone 4 & 3G/3Gs Tripod Adapter/Case

Please read this article for background/more info: iPhone/iPad external microphones

Please read this article for background/more info: iPhone/iPad external microphones

8/25/12 Update : The Tascam iXZ is another good alternative to the KVConnection cable, and is more flexible than the VeriCorder or KVConnection adapters, though it's a little more cumbersome. It's also only $30 on Amazon.

1/6/11 Update : The VeriCorder XLR Adapter Cable includes +6.1dB attenuation so you can have a slightly amplified XLR input on your iPhone 4

Video on YouTube of a lightning strike @ 9,000 frames per second - it's amazing how many 'little strikes' and sparks make up one single visible lightning strike!

From the St. Louis Review's story, Archbishop Carlson makes an offer to the parishioners of St. Stanislaus :

In order to help get the parish re-established, I have committed that the archdiocese would provide the pastor for the first year of the reestablished parish without cost to the parish and would contribute up to $10,000 to pay the cost of the consultant for a fund drive to secure the finances of the parish corporation and the St. Stanislaus Corporation for the future.

This proposal

I recently visited the Church of the Most Sacred Heart in Eureka, MO, and took many photos of the interior ( view a full gallery of the pictures I took ). The standout photos of the bunch were of the stained glass windows. Below are the three patronal saints of the Archdiocese of St. Louis (depicted on the left side of the Church, when sitting in the main body of the pews).

Click the image above for more details on the Flickr page. Self-portrait taken in the main room of my condo, with a neat little cross of Natalie's hanging on the wall behind us. Isn't she beautiful?

Reposted from Open Source Catholic :

A few weeks back, after finishing a full day of swimming in PHP, HTML and CSS, I was pondering the great mystery of human existence, but probably had a little too much to drink. The result?

You can buy the design on the following products (via Zazzle):

• Catholic Programmer's T-Shirt
• Catholic Programmer's Mousepad

Would you like the design on anything else? I could do a mug, or socks, or anything else in Zazzle's catalog

Finding guidelines for acquiring a marriage license in St. Louis County is somewhat a pain in the rear. Because it's a convoluted mess of links to get to the information you need, I thought I'd put it a little more succinctly, for those who, like me, just want to get it over with...

1. Bride + Groom must appear in person (at same time) at the Recorders of Deeds Office in Clayton ( map ). (The marriage license office is on the 4th

There was an amazing storm that practically parked itself over Springfield, MO yesterday. I grabbed my iPhone 4 and shot some video, getting a few intense lightning strikes, a trash can lid blowing across the field of view, and some daring souls who braved the storm to get where they needed to be!