So, I almost overlooked these, done by Caleb...
These keep making me laugh...


photo from xMrFrosteex


photo from xMrFrosteex

Apparently, Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse now support PhuseBox... woo hoo!
(it looks like W.D. is balancing the PhuseBox logo on his finger... perhaps he has basketball-spinning skills too...)


photo from lauraebeth

Looks like Paul did some work on his lip...
His post was titled, "Got PhuseBox?"
These are really entertaining me...


photo from Recklessmortal



We also have an airplane banner from Lauren...


photo from aTouch_Overrated



very nice.

I guess the war is on...
who is next?!


photo from davidangel

So I guess Kim took the suggestion from my last post and went with it:


photo from kim


AWESOME.

Woo Hoo!

PhuseBox just reached 1,300 users... keep spreading PhuseBox... you know, like all around the internet... email your friends, IM everyone on your buddylist, call the local airport and fly a banner over your city, write "PhuseBox" on your dinner plate in BBQ sauce, get a "PhuseBox" tatoo... ok, maybe that is a bit far.

Thanks everyone for making the site great! We have some exciting new stuff coming soon!

-[nt]

- download the MP3 of Episode 06-





In Episode 06, we discuss:
Apple Hits 1 Million Video Downloads in 20 Days
Million Dollar HomePage Surpasses $500,000
New Jersey High School Bans Blogging
What Is Up With Google Base?



Send Us Your Feedback and Comments:
info@thespark.tv

Sorry guys! PhuseBox has been running extrememly slow lately due to the increase in traffic (which is a good problem to have)...

We are going to be moving over to new servers very soon. After that, the site should run pretty quickly. Sorry again!

Keep spreading the site!

[nt]

…to the most beautiful girl in the world.

So, as many of you may have heard by now, Rachael and I are official engaged. We were waiting to go public with this announcement until now because she wanted to announce it Wednesday night to the youth at Belle Aire Baptist (Murfreesboro, TN) first.






This weekend marked one of the biggest chapters in our story. It was months in the making, and I really was surprised and thankful that nothing got back to her throughout the planning stages.

If you do not know our story, it is a great one… patiently waiting for God's timing in all this. We have both followed His heart in all this even when I suddenly moved to New York City to help plant a new church in SoHo. Leaving her behind in Murfreesboro was one of the hardest things I have ever done, despite the fact that we were not even dating at that time. That's right… mark it up, a little under three months and we are engaged, but the story goes much further back than that. Both of us have known for a while that we were meant to be together. That is another story for another night. This story is our engagement night.






So, I decided to fly Rachael to New York to visit for several days. She flew into the city last Wednesday night (special thanks to Ellie and Maria for letting Rachael stay with them). We got to spend several days together *fast forwarding sound*

So then came Saturday night, the big night.

I rented a private car service (you gotta get the private car service…). We went to dinner at a trendy place in Union Square called The Lemon. It was excellent. It was fun looking at and talking to my future fiancée right across the table from me. We had to rush through dinner because we were running a bit late (thanks to my driver for helping me find a florist on the way to pick Rachael up)…

After dinner, I had our driver drop us off at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Now, it was cold and wet on Saturday night, but I was determined to propose on the Brooklyn Bridge. You see, the bridge is one of the places that Rachael and I went on our first official date when she was here a few months ago… The same bridge that on the night of our first date, while playing the "I like you more than…" game back and forth, I accidentally slipped, "I love you more than the Brooklyn Bridge…" Funny slip on the first date, and it was actually a couple months later that we started saying this on a regular basis, even though we both knew it was true.

So, we walked the first portion of the Brooklyn Bridge. A couple yards from the first platform, we started seeing rose petals sprinkled about. As we approached the platform that overlooks the cityscape, the rose petals increased in number until we were standing in a bed of rose petals (I had some help having this arranged). The twinkling lights from the cityscape created a nice backdrop.






At this point, she started to know something was up. I nervously fumbled my way through several lines that probably did not make any sense and then pulled the ring box from my messenger bag. You can imagine the rest… I got down on one knee and asked Rachael to marry me… making me the happiest guy in the world. She accepted immediately (after repeating "Oh my gosh" about 57 times)…


















So now, we were officially engaged. We made the appropriate phone calls and headed back to the foot of the bridge… we had to go to our next location.






We arrived at 72nd Street some time later. This is the building in which I work. We took the elevator up to the third floor and as we exited, people were standing on either side, tossing rose petals in our direction.








I had arranged a special after party/reception for us to celebrate (which really would not have worked out too well if she had said, "no"). Thanks to Maria, Susan, and Ellie, the third floor looked amazing… The room was covered in rose petals… all over the floor, the window sills, the tables. Christmas lights strung from the ceiling and candles in the windows and on the table lit the room. It was perfect, though the original plan was to have it on the roof. It worked out nicely and the room looked amazing.

We mingled for a few minutes and then proceeded with one last surprise… I blindfolded her and sat her down in a chair. I then sat next to her, awaiting the next event. The next thing she knew, the first chords of our song, "Bigger Than Us" were being played. I took off the blindfold and there, sitting before us, was Andy Davis. Andy Davis is from Nashville and her favorite artist ever. And it worked out nicely that he also wrote what we consider "our song." So there it was. Andy Davis gave us and the others at the party a special private party. It was amazing.




















So that wrapped up the surreal night. It still does not feel like it really happened. I tried to completely make it the best night of her life and think I came pretty close. She deserves a lot more than what I could accomplish though.






So now the next step is the wedding. I still cannot believe that we are actually engaged. I would not rather share this moment with anyone else.




Make sure you check out the photos in my photo box and on her PhuseBox site. Also, make sure you check out Andy Davis at http://www.andydavisonline.com.

I am off to Gallery Church Bible study...

BIG announcement coming later tonight... hmmm...

-[nt]

So you know when you are waiting for a domain name to become available, and then it is in a pending process for the longest time even though it has already expired, and then, the one week that you do not check on it, it happens to become available and someone else happens to register it before you realize that it is available? Yeah. It is not a great feeling.

*frustrated*

A big thanks goes to to everyone that has somehow linked to PhuseBox on other websites. We keep up with where our traffic is coming from and it is great to see traffic from Xanga, MySpace, and Facebook sites. It is greatly appreciated, especially since PhuseBox is still brand new.

If you haven't already, you should link to your PhuseBox on your Xanga or AIM profile... just about anywhere...

your short URL is http://phusebox.net/user/YOURUSERNAME

or if you need the full HTML for the link:
<a href="http://old.phusebox.net/user/YOURUSERNAME">Click here to visit my PhuseBox</a>

Thanks again and keep spreading the site! More exciting things to come soon...

-[nt]

PhuseBox User,

I hope you are enjoying the new design for the site. As I have said, PhuseBox will be advancing by releasing new features frequently over the next few months. This message is to announce a brand new feature on PhuseBox: PHOTO REQUESTS.

Many site claim to have “Photo Sharing” as one of the features. However, this usually means that you can simply let other people view your photos, not actually “share” them. Well, PhuseBox has taken photo sharing  a step further. We are announcing a new feature called “PHOTO REQUESTS.” Now, if you see a photo on another PhuseBox user’s site that you would like to add to your PhotoBox, you can now click a link under the photo that reads “Add this photo to your PhuseBox.”

The next time the photo’s owner logs into PhuseBox, he or she will be asked to confirm the photo request. If confirmed, the photo you requested will immediately be added to your PhotoBox library.

This feature will be useful to groups of friends that take many photos and wish to give digital copies to each other. Again, PhuseBox is taking photo sharing to the next level and actually offer PHOTO SHARING.

Thanks again for using PhuseBox! Keep spreading the site!

-Nathan Moore
Founder of PhuseBox

Now, I know that this album has been around for a while, but it is one of those situations that I run into often: I listen to an artist and really do not enjoy it too much, so I never listen to them (or buy the album). Then, I come back much later and find that I love it. So is the case with Damien Rice's album O. I have heard this album before, but for some reason, from the time I downloaded it from iTunes a few days ago, I have been listening to it non-stop. It is just enough to quinch my mellowed out vibe.


Damien Rice - O

So this is a pretty awesome photo that I found while browsing on PhuseBox: (photo from aTouch_Overrated)


photo from aTouch_Overrated

Here are some of the best responses from users after seeing the new design of the site that launched earlier today:

"Phusebox is all... Greenbox-y.  And it's kinda neat." - vermillion

"Greenbox has arrived! It looks awesome, Nathan! I  love it!" - SingAHappySong

"So it looks to me as if the new version of phusebox has arrived. I like it. Thanx nathan. It rocks!!!" - roxygirl_05

"yayayayaya for the new phusebox. ^_^ definately worth the wait. it's the boooooomb." - sincere_devotion

"Phusebox is pretty snazzy if you ask me." - swedish_fish


And definitely the best one of all...

"Then a completely different site loaded and I
about fell out of my chair. In the good way, though. Rock on, Nathan,
it is awesomeness.  Better than dropping acid." - IllegallyBlonde

Thanks for all the positive feedback! I will be continuing to improve and add new features in the coming weeks.

[nt]

The new PhuseBox has launched. We will be adding features in the coming weeks to make it more enjoyable!

Please let me know of any problems, error messages, or suggestions that you have for PhuseBox.

Digg the New Version

This is a special Apple edition of Spark* Podcast. We discuss what was
announced by Apple at the "One More Thing..." event earlier this week
including the new video iPod, the new iMac, and iTunes 6.0. The episode
is a little over 20 minutes, so check it out!

Goto http://thespark.tv for more
information
or click here for the direct MP3 download
or subscribe directly in iTunes
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photo
from matt





want to know more about the new ipod?

So, many have heard already that Apple finally released a video
iPod today as a part of their "One More Thing..." special
event...

Make sure you check out a special
edition of the Spark* podcast tomorrow for a
complete rundown of all the Apple announcments today.





Basically, Apple is offering these iPod in BLACK or WHITE... 30 GB (7,500 songs) or 60 GB (15,000) songs... $299 and $399, respectively.

You will now also be able to download music videos from the iTunes music store for $1.99.

Another amazing thing is that ABC is now going to be offering shows including the hit series LOST on iTunes... I am sure more networks will get onboard soon.

That's all for now. There were several otehr announcements, but these were the major ones. Be sure to check our podcast tomorrow for the complete recap.

Not too much info for now except this blogged live from the Apple "One More Thing..." Event:


- iMac: faster, larger disk, built in iSight. Includes FrontRow (app)

- iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out.

- FrontRow and PhotoBooth Apps.

- 30GB iPod: $299 - 31% thinner than current 20GB;
- 60GB iPod: $399.

- New iPods avail next week. Comes with case

- iMac: $1299 for 17" model with 1.5GHz, $1799 for 20" model with 2.1GHz

- iTunes 6 to be released

- Front Row - comes with new iMacs. Lets you enjoy video/music/pictures from sofa. Everything still
displayed on iMac screen. iPod-like remote. 6 button remote.

- Photobooth - appears to be slide show application.

- Music Videos. 2000 available to buy. $1.99 each.

- Can "gift" music to other people. Peer reviews and recommendation service.

- Videos have Digital Rights Management built in. Can play on up to 5 computers.

- You will be able to buy TV shows from iTunes Music Store. $1.99 per episode. ABC on board (Desperate
Housewives, Lost)