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Technical Difficulties or Political Repression?

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:01:21 +0000

Bear with me folks. My blog is going through issues at the moment. There is a possibility that my site has been hacked into. I can’t say for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that my blog has been intentionally targeted. I refuse to shut up about Governor O’Malley’s plans to build a $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail in Baltimore.

He’s running around Baltimore begging for the Black vote and planning to reward the Black community with two new jails – one for youth and the other for women.

Stay tuned as I keep an eye on technical abnormalities going on with my site. If you attempt to log on one day and my blog doesn’t come up, you know what’s going on.

New Feature Alert!

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:36:10 +0000

Hey folks. I wanted to make sure that you knew about a new feature on the Faith in Action blog. I’ve enhanced the commenting system with Intense Debate. It has a number of features that I think you will enjoy including:

Comment Threading

RSS Reading & Tracking

Reputation Points & Comments Voting

Twitter

HTML Formatting in the comment box

Youtube video embed capabilities

And more…

Keep up with your favorite commentators, vote up or down on comments, and embed videos to really drive home your point. Well….let the intense debate begin!

What a weekend to have technical difficulties

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:23:41 +0000

Hey Family. Apologies are in order. The blog was down over the weekend due to upgrades with my web hosting company. I got an email from Angie, then Common Sense, and then from Leti (Thanks!) letting me know that Faith in Action was pointing people to my old site – Young Clergy for Social Change. When the problem wasn’t resolved quickly, I began to have conspiracy thoughts like, “Perhaps someone hacked my system because they knew I was in the running to get a Black Weblog Award!” Then I came to my senses and said, “Heb, it’s not that serious.” Blog was down. Blog is now up. Speaking of the 2008 Black Weblog Awards, here are the finalist in all of the categories. Voting has closed and the winners will be announced on Sept. 4th. Kudos to all of the finalist and the many many blogs that didn’t make the list, but still offer great blog content to the world.

The 2008 Black Weblog Awards Finalist List

Best Blog Community
Eighty81
The Fab Empire
The Urban Blogger

Best Blog Design
Concrete Loop
SoulBounce
Young, Black and Fabulous

Best Blog Post or Blog Post Series
Babs in Blogland – “Head, Head and more Head!”
BlogXilla.com – “Cinderella”
Funky Brown Chick – “Manly Mondays”
LBJ’s Brown Bag – “For The First Time…”
The Black Snob – “The Associated Press Totally Steals My Black Conservatives on Obama Story”

Best Business Blog
Black in Business
BuzzologySurveys
One Organized Life Blog
Young Black Professional Guide

Best Celebrity Blog
?uestlove
Eric Roberson
Kanyé West
Solange Knowles

Best Culture Blog
Afrobella
Conversate is not a word.
Curious Tribe

Best Faith-Based Blog
Big Is The New Small
Faith in Action – THAT’S US!!!
Gospel Fab
The Infidel Guy Show

Best Fictional Blog
The Li’l Creole Pimp Chronicles
Welcome to Buena Beach
Yanni’s Block

Best Food Blog
Everyday Cooking
LBJ’s Brown Bag
NYAM
TriniGourmet.com

Best Gossip Blog
Bossip.com
Necole Bitchie
Young, Black and Fabulous

Best Group Blog
Concrete Loop
Curious Tribe
Lenzism

Best Hip-Hop Blog
Boo Goo Doo Boom
Nah Right
SOHH.com

Best Humor Blog
Crunk + Disorderly
The Peoples News
Yeah…I Said It!

Best International Blog
bastard.logic
Black Looks
Black Women in Europe Blog
That Grape Juice

Faith in Action is a finalist in the Black Weblog Awards 2008!

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:13:23 +0000

Hey family. It’s been verified. We are finalist in the Black Weblog Awards 2008 process. There are some really amazing blogs in the runnings to receive an award and of course, I’m extremely honored that we are listed among them. My greatest reward, however, comes from knowing that every day hundreds of people visit this blog and read the words of some guy from Baltimore. Thanks for making this the type of community that I initially envisioned and let’s continue to agree, disagree, speak truth, opinions, and perspectives in this virtual sanctuary (safe place).

If you have not already, please consider voting for Faith in Action as the best Faith-based blog in the year of our Lord 2008. (I gotta use real holy phrases now while the judges are checking out the site. LOL)

The final round of voting ends August 31 and the winners will be announced Sept. 4.

I know this may be a bit odd to do especially when you’re sorta in a competition to win an award, but I wanted you to see the other Faith-based blog finalists that Faith in Action is up against….some very interesting sites by the way:

Big is the New Small

(Loving this guy’s layout and content)

Gospel Fab

The Infidel Guy Show

Check them out and see what you think.

Faith in Action is a finalist in the Black Weblog Awards!

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:56:17 +0000

While we’re still trying to verify this, a very reliable source (doesn’t that sound really “journalistic”?), indicates that Faith in Action is in the running to receive a 2008 Black Weblog Award.

Now is the next stage. People from all over the world can vote for the finalist. Check it out and if you feel led, click the button for the FIA family. Thanks.

100,000 Pageloads for Faith in Action – We did it!!

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:08 +0000

On Sunday, August 10, 2008 the Faith in Action family reached a significant milestone. At approximately 6:00PM EST, this blog welcomed it’s 100,000th visitor!

For the past 3 years and five months, a very important community has developed around this site. Never in a million years could I have imagined all that this blog would grow to become.

So many fascinating people – so many pertinent perspectives – so many passionate conversations. This space has become more than just something I do in my downtime. FIA has become a very close friend and a daily source of information, encouragement, and challenge.

100,000 visitors is nothing to sneeze at in a world where people have an infinite number of options to visit while surfing the world wide web. I must thank all of you who visit here – whether you jump in and let your voice be heard or stand on the sidelines and watch the fireworks – I thank you. This is YOUR blog. YOUR space and as much YOUR journal as it is mine.

In addition, I’m extremely excited by the fact that there are 168 subscribers to this blog. People from all over the country with various religious beliefs, a myriad of political stances, and a plethora of life experiences subscribe to this site to listen in or chip in.

To top this all off, a good brother of mine – Chip – serendipitously sent me an email yesterday saying that he was nominating Faith In Action for a 2008 Black Weblog Award.

Now when a few of my other brothers put my name up to replace Tavis as the commentator on Tom Joyner’s Radio Show I went along with it, but kind of brushed it off. Being on nationally syndicated radio isn’t that big of a deal to me and really I believe that my local voice is my most powerful one. (I’d much rather be an inch wide and a mile deep than the reverse.)

But when Chip sent me the email about the Black Weblog Award I got a bit excited. Not so much because I think that I write amazing, life-changing articles that the world must read, but because I really do believe that a very unique community has grown here and while blogs tend to be about the blogger her/him self, this blog I believe is more about “Us” and our passionate exchange on the issues. (However, I confess – I’m biased…and extremely so.)

So if you have a moment and you feel led, I invite you to send in a nomination for Faith in Action on the 2008 Black Weblog Awards Website. I think that “Best Faith-based” blog would be the most appropriate category. (Let me know if you think another category fits better.)

NOTE: While you’re there please consider nominating these fascinating blogs for some much deserved recognition.

For Best Faith-based blog – Seal of Abraham.

For Best Personal blog – Nuvision for a Nuday.

For Best Blog Community – AfroSpear.

For Blog To Watch – Prayed Up.

Thanks and again – Congratulations. See you at 200,000!

If you’re having problems seeing articles on my blog, you’re probably using Internet Explorer. Try another internet browser like Firefox. www.mozilla.com

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:53:38 +0000

Also – for those wondering how to comment on my blog, the COMMENTS link is right under the title of each post and after the categories list.

On the phone with Adobe now…

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:59:06 +0000

Back in October 2007 I bought an Adobe Bundle of Photoshop Elements 6.0 and Premiere Elements 4.0 for $119.99. For those unfamiliar, Photoshop is for picture editing and Premiere is for video editing. Upon purchasing this product I immediately had problems downloading it from the internet and then I had problems launching it on my computer.

I called back in early November seeking assistance and I was bounced around to like 3 people before someone eventually told me that basically my computer was too old and that I needed to upgrade in order to download and use my software.

As you know, I recently converted to Mac so problem solved right? Wrong!

The Adobe Bundle is a Windows Version and they don’t have a Mac version for me to swap with. The guy is telling me right now as well that I can’t get a refund on my money because it’s been longer than 30 days. I really don’t like companies that don’t stand by their products.

I read the fine print in October. It said nothing about the IEEE whicha-macallit that your PC needs in order to download the product. I got jipped.

That’s alright Adobe – fool me once shame on you….you won’t get a chance to fool me again. I am no longer doing any business with Adobe. Hope you enjoyed my $119.99 “donation.” You’ll never see another dime!

(Sorry folks – this doesn’t qualify as “Faith” or “Action”, but I needed to get it out.)

YouTube Delivers the Smackdown

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:44:03 +0000

I was so excited when I got my IMac because I knew that I could begin taping interesting programs on TV with my VCR/DVD recorder and then upload them for public consumption. I have so many DVDs lined up and ready to be uploaded to my youtube page. One of the programs that I was excited about getting online was the BET Interview with presidential hopeful – Barack Obama. The show was entitled “What’s in it for us?”

I burned it, uploaded it, and in a matter of 2 days I had hundreds of viewers to the show and one request that I upload part two of the program. I did and then it happened.

YouTube got a tap on the shoulder from Viacom and sent me the following email:

YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™

Dear Member:

This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Viacom International Inc. claiming that this material is infringing:
Barack Obama on BET: What’s in it for us?

Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube’s copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.

If you elect to send us a counter notice, please go to our Help Center to access the instructions.
Be aware that there may be adverse legal consequences in your country if you make a false or bad faith allegation of copyright infringement by using this process.

Sincerely,?YouTube, Inc.

WHO KNEW THAT VIACOM VISITED MY YOUTUBE PAGE? AND who knew that I couldn’t upload programs that come across my television that I’m offering free to the public? Well – I guess now I know.

Sorry family – guess you’ll have to wait until BET repeats the program.

I’ve been converted

Rev. Heber Brown, III — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:17:03 +0000

Sorry I have been away for a minute folks. Usually January is a slow blogging month for me given my hectic work schedule. Things should calm down soon and I should be back in the saddle consistently before you know it. Lord knows there is a lot to talk about.

One of the things that has me excited these days is the fact that I have converted from PC to Mac….finally!! I’ve been looking at trying to get a Mac for years now. I’ve always admired these machines from afar. Now I can admire one up close and personal. I picked up the imac earlier this week.

It truly is a beautiful machine that is able to keep up with the wildest dreams of my imagination. I’m an extremely creative person and the PC just wasn’t giving me the options I needed to make manifest the fruit of my creative thinking. (Or if it did it came with a hefty price tag or complicated process) The imac is my partner in creative revolution.

The 20” monitor holds the “brain” of the computer so there’s no tower under my desk banging against my leg. The display quality is excellent and the ability to work with photos, videos, and audio is extremely easy. Just this week, I’ve uploaded about 4 or 5 videos to my youtube page. I’m working on some photo projects to share my more than 10,000 pictures with family, friends, and community. And I take my hard-drive camcorder with me almost everywhere now to capture history as it happens. (I’m on a mission to become a one-man media operation.)

Bottom line: the imac has been a great investment for me and I would highly recommend a Mac computer to others who need their computer to partner with them on creative (and revolutionary) ventures.

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