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Of Guilt and Directions

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:53:37 -0800

A situation arose recently in my church where we were praying for healing for one of our members, and God told me - in these actual words, i.e. …

The ANDs and BUTs of Construction

Thu, 19 May 2016 11:44:29 -0800

A year or so ago I started the process of adding a major expansion to my house. At this point, it is nearly a reality - construction *should* be …

Tunnel Vision

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 06:17:17 -0900

Some time ago in church, we read mark 4, specifically Mark 4:11-12. The lead in to those verses is the well-known parable of the sower, and the …

The fall of Apple Inc.

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:26:59 -0800

No, Apple is not doomed. They are doing quite well, thank you very much. And I don't see that changing any time soon. Where they are falling down …

Python, Postgres, and People

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:18:25 -0800

Recently I had to figure out a way to get data from an application I wrote to the backend database - to be used in a trigger. The solution? Python's with command and Postgres's temporary tables. Read on for the details.

Love is...

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:08:36 -0800

Love. Is it really all puppies and kittens and fields of flowers? Not hardly.

Judge not...

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:49:47 -0800

Judge not, lest you be judged - a topic that has been making the rounds at my church in some depth lately. Several things that were said on the topic kinda got under my skin this past week, so I decided to write down my thoughts and counter arguments here.

God's Promises

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:38:31 -0800

So here’s the issue: we, as christians, accept the Bible as God’s absolute word. If it’s in there, it’s true, and that’s that. Contained within the …

Proper Support Etiquette

Wed, 18 May 2011 13:41:00 -0800

Please, people, if you are going to ask for help with a problem you are having with my software, be prepared to follow-up with me about it. It is …

How the E-Mail was Re-Won

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:43:05 -0900

So after getting the notification that my @macosx.com e-mail was about to expire, I sent a response stating, essentially, “Good riddance”. You may …

Building a static universal Postgresql

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:44:37 -0900

Most of the time when you are building Postgresql, you can probably just do a generic config with whatever options you want, and be fine. If you …

Installing OpenBSD on a PPC Mac Mini

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:47:08 -0800

I recently attempted to Install OpenBSD 4.8 on an old 1.42 GHz PPC mac mini we had left over at work. The OpenBSD distribution disks come with a …

Setting up a Captive Portal Site with Web Filtering

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:50:14 -0800

Goal:

To set up a cheap captive portal site with web filtering using Squid and PF

Purpose:

While there are any number of captive portal solutions …

Of Stiff Heads and Beds

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:58:45 -0800

For those of you who are interested, our latest woodworking project to be completed is a bed Headboard (see what I did there? Stiff Head- HeadBoard? …

Insignificant makeover - home edition

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:01:08 -0800

Two weeks and about $2500 later, and our house has received its long-awaited (ok, not really, just two years) and much needed (well, by some definitions) …

Denali Photos

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:05:13 -0800

I captured this, along with several other awesome photos of Denali on my trip back from Anchorage last Wednesday. The full-size version of that …

Why I'll never Join Facebook

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:06:55 -0800

1) Everyone is doing it.

I'm sorry, but as soon as I hear that as a reason for doing ANYTHING, it is an automatic turn-off. Only occasionally is …

How the E-Mail was lost

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:10:24 -0800

So I switched my E-mail from macavenger@macosx.com to Apple’s mobile me the other day. While most of you know this already, what you may not know …