![[pastor preaching]](http://www.trommetter.org/carnival/pastor_preaching.gif "[pastor preaching]")
The latest Christian Carnival is now posted at The Trommetter Times. Our tour around the Christian blogosphere starts with a discussion of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Then we take a look at some spiritual issues. After that we ask/answer a few questions. Is Al Sharpton a charlatan?
Is PETA’s latest add anti-semitic? What lesson can we learn from Martha
Stuart’s conviction? And we even throw in a little humor from Reverend Fun.
Category Archives: Best Of
Carnival of the Capitalists
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists
is up. We talk about entrepreneurs, systems manglement, reparations,
Alan Greenspan and the “Invasion of the Retail Giants.” Health care in
the US is a popular topic this week. Is Google outsourcing to cut
costs? BBN is free at last. We also explore the latest trends and the
question, “Will people pay for content?” There’s lots more, read it all!
Best of…
For
some time now, I’ve wondered what were the most popular weblog entries
in the Trommetter Times. I’ve gone back and analyzed my logs for the
past year and created a list of The Best of the Trommetter Times.
Shopping Buddy
![[Topic: Business]](http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/topicbusiness.gif "[Topic: Business]")
This is one of the projects I’ve been involved in since I started working at Ahold. It’s very cool. 
“Mounted in a niche on the cart’s handle, a colorful portable computer called Shopping Buddy glowed up at her, displaying a list of Conine’s purchases — a package of frozen stuffed peppers, a carton of orange juice, a gallon jug of lemon-lime punch, and a package of hamburger. Conine scanned all the merchandise herself, aiming Shopping Buddy’s bar code reader at the packages. The computer beeped and calculated. The total came to about $11. Factor in a discount of $5 for first-time users of the Shopping Buddy, and Conine had hit her target.“
Glad to see they’re finally using it!
Black Monday
![[Topic: Blogging]](http://www.trommetter.org/log/archives/topicjournal.gif "[Topic: Blogging]")
I’ve just finished installing Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist. I’ve had a few problems with comment spammers, so this is a handy tool. Message to spammers, “Bring ‘em on!”