28 - Friday, December 16, 1994 — North Shore News

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Think techno-gifts and cookies from Santa

THE FOLLOWING is the second.
instalment of a two-part Changes col-
ann

‘TIS THE season to think about
gifts. There are scores of person-
al electronics and home elec-
tronics to select from.

. The technology changes everyday.
You can keep on waiting for more
and better features and the prices to
drop, or you can dig in now. The para-
~ meters for the purchase of a comput-. -
i erapply somewhat to any techno-pur-

chase.

-" = Jf you still want to give a techno-
: gift, here are a few tips. The main one
js, and this is especially important in

“the case of computers, buy the very
best that you can afford. In this world

» of standardized. non-standards: it is

“easy to get a headache in the future if
eyou decide to:add components you

ob
Grahame

CHANGES |

originally couldn't afford.

“Pastor Brian shares al
‘Special Christmas/Advent

. 7 message.” wo
~ Sunday Services are at:

2% 30 and 1M: 15 am

1044 St Georges Avenue, North Vancouver 985-0408. |
Christmes Eve Candlelight Service — 7:00 pm"
Christmas Day Service - — 10: $0 am

uh, . 5 Family Bidte Schoo! for all ages and is
' Childcare for babies and toddlers available at both services, ° — .
“Stat Yoam: Janet Mecion Khim Goh, Lisa Nicholas, Paul Rogers, Ken Best, Leanne Foy .

“pDelbrook Baptist Church
: ‘515 W. Windsor Rd., North Vancouver 985-4011
9:30 a.m... Sunday School

10:45 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP- ‘
: Special Guests - Rev. & Mrs. Paul Batiski
Misslonavies from Ethiopia
Evening Celebration
: Christmas - Ethiopian Style.
a P Kids’ Adventure Program - Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00 pm.
: ” For kids In Kindergarten to Grade 6
Rev. Virgil Oleon Rev. Bill Funk - _

6:30 pm.

Mew Hope c COMMUNITY CHURCH (M. B)
Meeting : at 3590 Mountain Hwy, 986-7400, 980- 6545
Welcome 10:00 a.m. Family Worship Celebration

A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS |

“CANYON HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY
HO Carpasinns Rew Brtan Taylor and Heney Savings

SUNDAY 10:30 AM MORNING WORSHIP - CHOIR CANTATA
7:00 PM “Twinkle and the All Star Ange! Band”

«. . CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS MUSICAL ~

Thursday 7pm - PRAYER MEETING --
° taliated with PeNTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF CANADA :

yeurs ago and has been selling plug
and play systems for years with its
Macintoshes. Strange how the other
big manufacturers are suddenly
deciding that complete systems ‘are
the way to go, now that they have
emptied the pocket books of millions
of users. Now Compaq is leading the
way in the non-Mac arena.

'. The. more complex the technolo-
gy, the bigger the risk and the more
homework you will have to do to
make a smart decision. Perhaps the
person who you are giving the gift to
has already done the homework.

“Dad, get me this, this, this and
that and [ will be happy.” Oh, that -

’ Christmas spirit. :

You could always go back to the ,

idea of content as a gift because of the
complexities of computers. This can
be a potential trouble area as well.

Apple recognized the problem Back to. tapes and CDs. | would like

oe fu

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to be bold here and make a statement

to parents. There are a lot of videos, .

CDs of various kinds for both music
listening and computers, as well as

“computer games that, if you really

thought about or took the time to
understand what is on these, you

- might prefer your kids not partake i in.

Be cautious!

Many people are getting deeper
into technology. It is easy to have a
techno-Christmas. Even Santa has an
e-mail address on Internet now

(santa@north.pole.com). You can :

have technology everyday. My advice
for the season is to put it all away and
think about what Christmas is really
about and what it should be like. Who
knows, you may find yourself baking
cookies to give away, or inviting
someone to dinner who has no family
to be with, or making something very
special, or just spending time with

’ family and friends Of. Now there’s a

list. worth .making and checking
twice. »-
‘Merry Christmas.

The goal of this column is to pre-
sent information, views and .com-
ments on technology and the changes

~-it brings to our lives, society and our. .-

world, in easy to understand terms.
We invite feedback to assist us in pre-
senting information of value to our
readers.

Contact: Changes ‘c/o ‘Michael

Becker at The North Shore News or: °

by phone: (604) 985-2131 Fax: (604)
985-2104 wes
E-mail: Edge Ways! ; ‘InfoLink
(FirstClass) 984-2777 or by internet:.
changes @ edgeways. vancouverbe.ca

Bob Grahame is president of Edge

Systems inc. @ company involved ins:

publishing, . conimunications «and
information technologies.”

YOUR NORTH SHORE
CHURCH DIRECTORY

“GLORIA DEI LUTHERAN
coe CHURCH: =:
1110 Gladwin Drive ~
- 988-5838, 984-7324 - -
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.

4 Sunday School, Youth & Adult Discussions 11:15 a.m.

Nursery Care Available
Pastor: Don Johnson a.
ST. MARTIN'S ANGLICAN
195 E. Windsor Road 7

SUNDAY SERVICES ' :
8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

A y Sunday Schoo! & Nursery 10:00 a.m. §

. 7:30 p.m. Evensong
The Rev. John Bailey |
i 985-5919

| SUTHERLAND BIBLE CHAPEL |

- 630 East 19th St,, North Van
988-6923 °

SUNDAY SERVICES

, Qs 30 Communion 2 .
"1 00 Worship Service & Sunday School

Wednesday $:15am,
Women's Bible Study :
_'. Wuesday.
, Boys’ Adventure Club
Thursday
Pioneer Girs

Pastor: Dan Cochrane
Youth Director: Todd Wisbe

“| Si. CHRISTOPHER'S ANGLICAN |

lith & Inglewood, WV. 922-5323

Sunday Dec, 18th

8am - Holy Communion
10am - Special Children's
Presentation

Church School & Nursery 10:00 am.

oy ~ ~The Venerable Lou Rivers
IE Rect

lor and Archdeacon of Capilano”

po MORIN CON TAR GT

WESTLYNN BAPTIST. |

1341 East 27th, N.V. Phone 986-2516

9:30 am. SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR.
“”. BVERY AGE

“ay 00 am’ ‘MORNING WORSHIP

6:30 pm_. EVENING WORSHIP
Interim Pastor Frank Stirk
Home phone: 980-0590

Presbyterian Church.

9:30 informal Worship - &.
11:00 Worship cae

‘St Andrew’ s & St. Stephen s }

"2641 Chesterfield Ave, North Van. ;

~ Minister: Me ie

10 am Sunday sree bs
“ Special Music Youth Choi

Christmas Eve, Fri... Dec. 24th

4 pm Families & Young Children
7 pm Carols &: Readings: :
11 pm Candelight Service -

Rev. Jim Allan —- -
, 1200 Parkgate ANG, North Van

929-1 336

"WEST VANCOUVER BIBLE CHURCH 7
oo ANNOUNCES NEW LOCATION & TIME }
NEW MEETING AT: CEDARDALE CENTER (Former Elem. oo)
NEW TIME: 10:00°A.M.
This Sunday: Pastor K. Dyck Spesking
2 ‘ » “Giving Meaning To Christmas’

Directions: in West Vancouver, one block | below a:
freeway on Taylor Way. Turn East on Inglewood |
then n immediately south on Burley Dr. }

“"‘ColégelCares? A. Dyck,

hah ROYAL

Youth: Steve & Lisa Balzer,
.Children: Tiffany Mosher.“