In this photograph, you are falling. Running through long grass, twirling around, you have lost your balance, and the summer sun is lost in the shine of your smile. This photograph is now a blur, shot in an unprepared instant, a real moment with you. But my memory of that moment is strong. No memento…
You are loved
This phrase has stuck with me since I first heard a story, via James MacDonald’s Walk in the Word, about a man who doubted its sincerity and then found out just what it meant in action. Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, close each service, from what I understand, with the words “you are…
To The Moon
I found To The Moon on Good ol’ Games a few weeks back and finally got around to playing it and finishing it. Absolutely brilliant. It would make a great movie. To The Moon is only ten bucks on Good Ol’ Games. You’ll fall in love with it!
Snow Racer / Over Hurdles / In Mid-winter
The hill was empty then. I stood just below the peak. Over one hurdle, and then over another. They had all left. And their challenge hung chill in the air.
Journeys in Google Earth: Roz Savage rowing from Australia to Mauritius Island near Madagascar
Check out the inspiring endeavours of Roz Savage, “I’ve done it! After 5 months and 0 days at sea, I am absolutely over the moon to be back on dry land, surrounded by friends and wellwishers – and, of course, my dear mother. I have just become the first woman to row across the “Big Three” oceans of the world – the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.”
Journeys in Google Earth: Annolowaktook Island
An oddly symmetrical, skull-shaped island off the North-East coast of Canada. Bonus points for finding the guy who looks like he just won something!
How to fix CentOS 4 Yum Breakage after End-of-Life
If you still need CentOS 4 and your yum is currently broken due to end-of-life, here’s the fix: Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo, comment out the mirrorlist parameters and add a baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/4.9/os/$basearch parameter for each enabled section. Here’s the official instructions: Using Vault Repositories
Is Christmas a Pagan holiday?
Many people often ask if a given holiday, traditionally Christian, are actually originally from Pagan holidays. Christmas is one of those. If you’re wondering and carry some uneasy feelings, put your mind to rest. Take heart with an answer from the book The Bible has the Answer. It’s a great book on all kinds of…
Powerful Last Words
I finished the reading the Book of John today and my next chapter in the Book of Psalms was Psalm 22, a Psalm of David, to the tune of “Doe of Morning.” I didn’t plan it but I was instantly piqued by Jesus words on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken…
The Demise of NewsX.org
Update 2015-08-15: Good news, everyone! NewsX.org is (sort of) back! Check out the 3.0 beta at beta.newsx.org. I’ve been refactoring the code quite a bit and generalizing the headline provider code to enable multiple sources in any format I care to write the code to parse :/ It might be a little rough around the…