After what seems like a long wait, we’re finally on Behemoth.com! You can now digitally download The Willi CD. Just set up an account, and download away!

Thank you Discher family for notifying us!

+ The Willi on Behemoth.com +

PS – Still no word on iTunes – but it should be coming! I don’t use iTunes, so I’m not checking the store daily…

I love gadgets.

Software, hardware, jelloware, you name it – I love them all. I love playing and utilizing bleeding edge technologies, I love figuring out how to hack a gadget into a “franken-pod”, and I even enjoy (for the most part) fixing the stupid programs and gadgets when they get out of line.

Gadgets are plain fun, and just lately, I’ve happened upon the greatest gadget in the world. It puts every computer productivity system to shame, and even bests the mighty iPhone. It’s cross-platform, completely ubiquitous, amazingly intuitive, and adjusts itself to user behavior. On top of all that, it’s portable, meaning that you can use it in any computing environment!

No folks, this is not part of Google’s plan to take over the world, or something that Steve Jobs cooked up, or a piece of Microsoft bloatware. This is as open source as it gets, allowing your imagination and creativity to have no bounds.

We’re talking about the incredible “Pen and Paper”.

Recognizing the power of this simple application, I try to use it as much as I can. (Well actually, I use a small variation known as “Mechanical Pencil and Notepad”, but the principle is the same).

How often do we write throughout the week? Sure we type emails, do twitters, and IM our friends – but what about real, thoughtful communication? This is what sitting down with Pen and Paper does to you. Suddenly the “lol”s don’t seem so important, and you write instead about the stuff that really matters. Each word, each letter is there for a purpose. (‘Cause it takes so long to write them!)

I use my notebook as a “lifestream”. In it goes calendars, todo lists, journals, song lyrics, scripture meditations, projects, sermon notes, etc. Information that I plan on preserving is then transferred to my personal wiki, giving me a chance to revise content for spelling and grammatical integrity.

It’s a system I hope to stick to for at least a few years!

How about you? Is Pen and Paper among your favorite gadgets? I am rarely without my Confederate haversack which contains my Pen and Paper, among other things.

- Walter