Byroniac

Well Here I Am Again

2011-11-25T00:50:00.001-06:00

Well, here I am again. I'm still trying to process what happened to me. And I'm not quite sure what to make of it all. But first, let me take care of a few other matters. This blog died. I didn't. (Don't worry; I didn't have a brush with death or anything like that). I thought about giving up blogging forever, but I've decided not to do that after all. But before, I blogged for mostly

Still In Doubt

2011-02-20T21:37:00.005-06:00

[Posted to my blogs byroniac.blogspot.com and byroniac.wordpress.com] I did not realize that Steve Hays of the Triablogue blog had posted a point-by-point response to my own post, “Why I Doubt Christianity” on February 10, 2011. The Triablogue post “When In Doubt” can be found at http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2011/02/when-in-doubt.html for reference's sake. And this is my counter-reply to

It's Good To Be The King

2011-02-16T22:23:00.003-06:00

OK, being self-centered is always wrong, except when God does it, then it's called being God-centered. Because God is the biggest, baddest, and Mr. Head Honcho, then not only is it right to be God-centered, but criminal if God was not God-centered. For some reason, this reminds me of Mel Brooks saying, "It's good to be the king."

Cynical on Religion

2011-02-11T22:40:00.000-06:00

Religion is when you try to feel better about living in a terrible world.

Why I Doubt Christianity

2011-02-10T23:47:00.000-06:00

[This is a personal letter from me to someone I will keep anonymous, posted on my main blog byroniac.blogspot.com and my mirror blog, byroniac.wordpress.com. This email was sent to a private individual before I made my agnosticism publicly known.] X, Sorry for taking so long in getting back to you. I have been thinking about this for several days, and I kept wanting to wait until I had exactly

Genesis 2:19 in the NIV

2011-02-10T22:53:00.001-06:00

I ran across another problem in the NIV (1984) recently, at Genesis 2:19, which reads, "Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name." (//link). The NIV (2010) reads very similarly, "Now the LORD God had formed

Why I'm not a Liberal Christian

2011-02-08T00:23:00.003-06:00

[Below is a recent email to a friend which I am republishing here with slight modifications for privacy.] X,You said something like I need to get back to why I first loved Jesus, not be a Christian for intellectual reasons. I have a hard time understanding that. It's like you're telling me, get emotional about Jesus but don't worry if He's real or not, or if Christianity makes sense or not. I

Disappointed in the NIV

2011-02-07T01:18:00.000-06:00

Just a quick note. I just finished reading a skeptical (and excellent, in my personal opinion) book, "Why I Believed: Reflections of a Former Missionary" by Kenneth Daniels (//link) (sorry, I do not have a page number because I read the Kindle edition and do not know how to determine it). I was alarmed to find that the NIV, which I like, apparently translates Ezekiel 20:25 (//link) incorrectly,

No Longer a Christian

2011-02-02T21:33:00.001-06:00

OK, everyone. I'm no longer Christian, and I'm tired of pretending and sorry for lying. I guess I am agnostic, perhaps Deistic in my thought patterns. I apologize for not telling everyone sooner, especially family, but there were very few people who knew this. Now I wish to make it public. I admire my Christian friends even if I do not share their religion. Best wishes to all, and to

Ubuntu Fax Server with efax-gtk

2011-01-09T21:05:00.000-06:00

OK, I'm hardly Ubuntu Nerd Boy (TM) yet, but I am working on it. Thanks to some wonderful linuxant.com drivers I registered for my Dell's internal modem, and the efax-gtk package available from the Ubuntu software repository, I have a working fax server any time I want it. Weirdest thing is, it was actually easier to setup than in Windows. And that is something I would not believe if I hadn't

Spontaneous Clusterf--k Syndrome

2010-12-17T20:41:00.001-06:00

You know that event when let's say you are parked somewhere at a store, mostly distracted by the events of the day and the shopping you have just accomplished, and are looking forward to just going home and relaxing, when suddenly right before you decide to pull out of your parking space to back up, the driver of another car for some mysterious reason decides to place his or her vehicle directly

Removed last three posts concerning SBC Today

2010-07-08T11:56:00.000-05:00

I have removed the last three posts which concerned SBC Today, as these posts were intended to be temporary.

BaptistWorld and SBCLand

2010-07-07T01:18:00.000-05:00

I've been a member of the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) since the early 1990's. I have a fond memory of my Dad, who did not go to church himself, coming to the recognition service at the local Baptist church where I belonged where the church celebrated all of its graduating high school students. That was a long time ago, and I can still remember it like it was almost yesterday. I remember my

Ping and Pong and...

2010-03-17T23:59:00.003-05:00

OK. Back from Wordpress. If I remember, I will still post in both places. Right now, I'm looking at 3 posts a year (yes, that's right), unless I get profound inspiration or have a blogging epiphany or get excessively bored or become digitally distracted or...

Sorry We're Closed (Again)

2009-08-07T17:37:00.003-05:00

OK, to make this as concise as possible, I'm moving back to WordPress. Blogger is great, but curiosity killed the cat (again). I plan to close down Isaiah 8:16 on Blogger and WordPress indefinitely, and combine the two blogs (have no plans to discuss nearly as much theology as computer/scifi/geek/etc related stuff, but that could change). From here on out (unless I come back in a week or two), I

The dark side of Dubai

2009-04-11T20:33:00.001-05:00

This is a very interesting news article on Dubai:http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html

Free Grace Broadcaster

2009-03-28T22:59:00.000-05:00

www.mountzion.org/fgb.htmlOK. OK. I know. "This isn't a blog post; it's a bookmark!" you say. True. Guilty as charged.

VI intro (The Cheat Sheet Method)

2009-03-14T10:38:00.004-05:00

vi intro -- the cheat sheet methodIBM has a good tutorial on vi (originally posted several years ago). Viewing the tutorial requires registration, but is worth it in my opinion.Now, I have no intention of entering into the religious holy wars of emacs versus vi(m). I prefer the simpler path of enlightenment, myself, and tend to prefer the much more user-friendly newbie-oriented text editors like

Ubuntu and Microsoft VPN

2009-03-08T12:39:00.003-05:00

OK, here's a solution for connecting to a Microsoft VPN using Ubuntu Intrepid. I wondered why it would not work, and then I read this solution about using Gnome Configuration manager to set a key to refuse EAP authentication since there is not an option in the GUI to do this (yet?). Sweet!www.splatdot.com/2008/11/19/ubuntu-810-how-connect-microsoft-vpn

Straining out a NAT

2009-03-03T21:44:00.002-06:00

OK, First the positive. I've been playing around with VirtualBox in Ubuntu, using a Vista guest, and loving it. Specifically, it's great to be able to use NAT (Network Address Translation) inside the virtual machine networking setup to access the internet (however, having my router which is currently offline hooked up, online, and using Host networking to actually place the virtual machine on the

Faxing in Ubuntu 8.10

2009-02-28T00:00:00.005-06:00

I bought a Brother IntelliFax 4100e combination printer/fax way back when and I am pleased (as punch) that I have been able to set it up for both printing (using the excellent CUPS interface and specific drivers from the Ubuntu repository) and faxing from the command line (using the dgcmodem package from linuxant.com, an excellent site and the driver was free). (Digital) life is sweet!I also

Tired of Blogging

2008-07-17T09:25:00.001-05:00

I've noticed something about bloggers. Some are born to blog, some blog because they can, and others just blog. I have finally come to the conclusion that I belong to that third category. What I had expected to be a source of fulfillment has mostly proved just to be a drain of energy. I actually enjoy reading the writing talents of others and commenting much more, so from here on out I will focus

VirtualBox straining out a NAT

2008-07-10T10:21:00.002-05:00

Sun's VirtualBox 1.6.2 no longer allows my NAT trick using the IP address 10.0.2.15. -Sigh- Not sure if it was a loophole in the code I was exploiting, or what. On the other hand, using the officially recommended way of sharing folders through the VirtualBox extensions works great (imagine that), unless on my machine when not running as root, then it is slower than dog-slow (but I think that is

Fractalicious

2008-07-09T16:26:00.002-05:00

http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php?itemid=2744I love fractals. I'm not sure why; perhaps I have a mathematician gene or two without my knowledge comfortably tucked away in my DNA. But I have loved fractals since the first day I learned of them. I am fascinated that the "ugly" (not really, but it has always been my mistaken first impression) science of mathematics can produce beauty, even art.

About:Mozilla

2008-05-28T11:19:00.000-05:00

I am excited as I can see Firefox 3.0 on the horizon. Browse to about:mozilla to see the interesting scripture from the book of Mozilla. I use both browsers (both IE and Firefox are excellent in my view) but I prefer Firefox, and I am not sure why. Perhaps you can accept I was predestined to do so.

The Blessed Gift of Salvation

2008-05-23T21:23:00.001-05:00

The necessity and excellency of God's gift of salvation have both weighed heavily on my mind in recent days. The world is lost and dead in sin. Without Christ there is no hope, no light, and no rescue. My personal belief and full conviction is that only Christ can give us redemption, and the redemption He offers is perfect and complete. He has offered to God the perfect sacrifice, Himself who

Two Gripes

2008-05-14T18:13:00.001-05:00

Two gripes about FreeBSD so far.Full Disclosure: I'm running FreeBSD 7 under VirtualBox 1.6.0 (recently rebranded under Sun).1. It runs DOG slow in Gnome (technical term, indicating an overall qualitative analysis rather than an actual quantitative measurement; in the common vernacular, this could be termed "slower than molasses" etc).2. No sound. No clue why. I'm guessing the VirtualBox emulated

Six hours after I needed it

2008-05-10T23:39:00.001-05:00

It would be so nice if I would learn to read the comments section of news articles before running off to try whatever fancy suits me at the moment.I found a great link to a custom-made DVD ISO of FreeBSD 7.0.Six hours after I needed it.

To FreeBSD Or Not To FreeBSD

2008-05-10T23:07:00.001-05:00

Arrggghh! Why on EARTH does the stupid FreeBSD partitioner think I only need a 69MB Swap partition???? What does it think it is installing on, a 486??!?!?!OK. It's not stupid. But I sure was. I missed this, and it caused SEVERE slow down on my system. The stupid thing is, I didn't notice this the first, second, or third times I installed FreeBSD, ran into problems, and restarted. But

Creating Your Own FreeBSD 7.0 DVD

2008-05-10T15:30:00.001-05:00

Creating Your Own FreeBSD 7.0 DVDI will simply have to try this for myself.I'm currently installing FreeBSD 7.0 in VirtualBox, and I couldn't decide what I wanted, so I told it to install practically everything. That means swapping from ISO image to ISO image as pkg_add wants files, and it's simply tiring. As an aside, once it's installed, I'm not sure what to do with it. Most of what I know is

VirtualBox NAT folder share in Linux

2008-04-16T23:44:00.003-05:00

Oops. I forgot the Linux part of this post.In my Linux guest OS (Fedora 8), I changed two files to get NAT file sharing to work.Added host computer name to /etc/hosts:10.0.2.2 czflmc1Added folder shares to /etc/fstab to auto-mount://czflmc1/C$ /mnt/C cifs auto,rw,user=dude,pass=x,uid=500,gid=500 0 0//czflmc1/D$ /mnt/D cifs auto,rw,user=dude,pass=x,

VirtualBox NAT folder share

2008-04-16T22:36:00.001-05:00

Interesting tidbit about VirtualBox NAT (Network Address Translation) file sharing. NAT networking is exceptionally convenient because it doesn't modify your host networking settings but shares it with the guest OS. I was trying to figure out how to share SMB/CIFS folders from my host OS (Vista SP1) to the guest OS (Vista SP1, don't ask me why, I just wanted to), and the Personal Shared Folders

The Three Wise Men Do America

2008-02-22T18:56:00.004-06:00

Actually, they're Democrats, not wise men. At least two of them are, officially. And two of them are men, at least technically. And they all want to do America. But not officially. Or even technically, in truth, because they're just playing the political numbers game we crazy Americans get caught up in every so often. Perhaps they should just figure out whose turn it is, and be done with it. That

Ubuntu Linux under Windows

2008-02-22T11:43:00.001-06:00

http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-install-and-run-ubuntu-linux-inside-windows/Interesting article. There's no reason I'd post it, really, except I'm trying to (cough) win (cough) converts (cough, cough) for Ubuntu (hack, cough) or at least Linux in general (wheeze). I mean, please ignore this entire blog post unless you want to venture dangerously close to something cool.That's it. Nothing to

User Account Control (UAC) - Elevate Privilege Level (Vista x64)

2008-01-24T23:05:00.000-06:00

Here's a very interesting tidbit on automatically elevating privilege level on applications in Vista 64-bit, while avoiding that bothersome prompt (works in 32-bit, too, which is what I have).http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/80938-user-account-control-uac-elevate-privilege-level.html

Netscape Is Dead

2007-12-29T17:44:00.000-06:00

It's too bad that Netscape is now officially dead. Internet Explorer is the current king of the hill, and will be for the foreseeable long-term. So ends an era of history.http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/

Firefox 3 Beta 2

2007-12-24T12:44:00.000-06:00

Firefox 3 Beta 2 is out! Woo-hoo! (Don't install it unless you don't mind testing betas):http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Splashing In the Ubuntu Puddle

2007-11-16T19:36:00.000-06:00

Well, not much is going on here, obviously. I switched my home Dell machine from Fedora Core 7 to Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon), and I've been loving it. I still love Fedora Core, don't get me wrong, but every so often I get itching to try something new (about every 6 months, practically, coinciding with new releases of particular Linux platforms). I'm not going to do a in-depth review of Ubuntu,

Success

2007-08-27T23:48:00.000-05:00

Been having computer problems lately. I think I have almost got them resolved. Emotionally, I've bounced from frustrated to rapture to homicidal and back again more times than... well, it hasn't been THAT bad, but I've definitely considered turning Amish at least once or twice in the back of my brain.But, if you want to find out about my problem, I think this is it.Today's golden quote:"Success

Haiku Error Messages

2007-08-20T23:15:00.000-05:00

This has been the (yes, singular, as in only, one of a kind, unique) computing highlight of my (otherwise digitally cursed) day. For some reason, I love these. And, I didn't know this.

DrWatson Postmortem Debugger

2007-07-26T20:48:00.000-05:00

Yes, it has been one of THOSE weeks (And here I was hoping this wasn't even possible...)

Back on Google

2007-05-20T16:15:00.000-05:00

OK. I'm back here on Blogger, mainly because I have found myself attracted as of late to all things Google.

I Took The Red Pill

2006-12-17T21:57:00.000-06:00

Only it was chewable, and slightly bigger than average. I didn't know what to expect, really. Well, to be perfectly honest, I was expecting Cherry but got Cinnamon instead (which added to the effect of surprise). Seems like the Matrix universe got upgrades again, even after most people have forgotten about it and gone on with what they perceive to be reality.OK, actually what happened is this...

man 7 units

2006-12-14T12:21:00.000-06:00

In Ubuntu Linux, and probably in most Linux systems, you should be able to read the following man(ual) page on "Units." In my case, I enter the command "man 7 units" to pull up the following page, which has a lot of helpful and very relevant information on the use of digital measuring units in the computer industry. Read it and see for yourself.UNITS(7) Linux Programmer’s Manual

Technology Exists To Short-Circuit Christian Sanctification

2006-12-14T12:03:00.000-06:00

Yes, it does. I'm convinced of that now. I bought a 2 gigabyte flash memory drive, tried to install Ubuntu Linux on it, and failed miserably (in more ways than just technologically). Seems like my flash drive chokes on transferring really huge files for some reason, which precludes its use as a bootable Live Ubuntu drive.Bummer.It's very interesting, though, and if I could ever get it to work, a

Beverly Hillbillies

2006-12-03T23:35:00.000-06:00

One of my all-time favorite Weird Al videos can be viewed for free on Google video.

Virus Bulletin: Independent Malware Advice

2006-12-03T23:14:00.000-06:00

Anyone with a computing device more sophisticated than an abacus and having an internet connection or some contact with the outside should know about this site. Independent ratings of vendor anti-malware programs are available here after a one-time and free registration. Go there. Now. And register.For free antivirus programs, I know of two excellent choices.free.grisoft.com - Home of the AVG

Fedora Live CDs

2006-12-02T23:15:00.000-06:00

Yes, Virginia. There are Fedora Live CDs. And I'm blogging this just in time for Christmas, what a coincidence. These Live CDs are downloadable only through Bit Torrent, which probably will not change any time soon. If you want them, grab a bittorrent client and fire it up on these.

The Linux Documentation Project

2006-12-02T00:34:00.000-06:00

I don't want to admit that I didn't really know about this until now. Oops. Too late. Anyway, if you're in the same situation, and are interested in Linux, head on over there. It's a great site with a lot of good information. I would appreciate comments with links to other good sites with similar information available.

White And Nerdy

2006-11-30T01:33:00.000-06:00

If you have to ask, you need to watch it.

Christian Ubuntu updated to 1.5

2006-11-13T17:45:00.000-06:00

w00t! I'm still a Fedora user on my desktop, but I like the live Ubuntu CDs (and will probably have to try this one).

Ubuntu Guide for Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS

2006-11-13T13:11:00.000-06:00

Self, bookmark this. Put it on your blog, even. And tell the world that Ubuntu even on a Live CD is cool.

Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive.

2006-11-10T00:30:00.000-06:00

You know, just when you think something truly is impossible, you find out it isn't. Courtesy: Del.Icio.Us popular bookmarks for November 10, 2006.

PyGTK

2006-11-04T22:03:00.000-06:00

Python and GTK+. Is this cool or what?!

Red-Letter Day tomorrow (Oct 24)

2006-10-23T10:20:00.000-05:00

Fedora Core 6 will be officially released Oct 24! Also, Firefox 2.0 final will be released; details are here. Wow, when it's good, it's great! :)

Inside Fedora Core 6

2006-10-14T12:31:00.000-05:00

This is courtesy of Red Hat magazine. And I can't wait.

iTunes 6.0.5 on Linux

2006-10-13T20:39:00.000-05:00

Amazingly enough, it actually works. For the most part.

Move over, Firefox. Hello.......IceWeasel?

2006-10-12T11:46:00.000-05:00

Firefox. IceWeasel. Whatever? Also, out of curiosity, Firefox optimized for Intel/AMD platforms called SwiftFox, and TweakFirefox, a place for tweaked/optimized Firefox builds (haven't verified the quality of either site, though).*EDITED* Typos, brain aneurysms, caffeine deprivation, etc.

More Christian Linux stuff

2006-10-12T00:26:00.000-05:00

Eudora to go Open Source

2006-10-11T15:57:00.000-05:00

This is mildly interesting. I never really used the Eudora client, though. Perhaps I will have to check it out when it is released. The mozilla project is called Penelope (currently in its infancy) and the page is here.

Getting Closer

2006-10-07T15:03:00.000-05:00

Firefox 2 Release Candidate 2!

Ubuntu Christian Edition

2006-10-04T23:22:00.000-05:00

Ubuntu 6.06 Linux, for Christians.

Faith Browser

2006-10-04T23:21:00.000-05:00

Firefox, for Christians.

Firefox 2 RC1 is out!

2006-09-27T13:16:00.000-05:00

Which means Firefox 2.0 itself (final release) is not far off!

bak v1.03 updated

2006-09-25T15:30:00.000-05:00

v1.03 is my latest update at the time of this post. But in the future it will be updated further. I consider this script submission (click on the title) to be in the public domain.

bak v1.02 -- my linux profile backup script

2006-09-22T01:43:00.000-05:00

This is the little script I wrote to backup my linux profile. No, it won't work for you. But you can make it work, I suppose. How? I have no idea, sorry. The standard disclaimer applies here: it works fine on my system. So there! :)#+---------------------------------------------------------------------+#| bak - Backup current linux profile to external storage (personal) |#| v1.02

Howto:convert aac/mp4 to wav/mp3/ogg on Linux

2006-09-20T18:55:00.000-05:00

Interesting.

e-Sword on Linux, revisited

2006-09-20T14:17:00.000-05:00

Finally got it to work as desired on Linux. Still can't install any modules, so I did the next best thing, which is copying the e-Sword folder from the Windows side to the Linux side, and adding the appropriate DLLs needed as Wine overrides (riched20, msls31). The registry had to be updated to point to the new e-Sword location, too. But now it works almost perfectly, pop-ups and all.

NET Bible available for Sword/GnomeSword/BibleTime

2006-09-18T00:03:00.000-05:00

Of course, it comes in two versions: free (limited notes) and non-free (full notes).

Benchmark Career Institute

2006-09-11T23:16:00.000-05:00

This looked interesting, especially for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and other Microsoft certifications.

GTK.org

2006-09-10T21:30:00.000-05:00

Gnome GTK+ programming for Linux (also available for Win32).

Turbo Explorer

2006-09-07T22:41:00.000-05:00

Borland is back.

Ogg Vorbis.com (Lossy Codec)

2006-09-07T20:57:00.000-05:00

All about Ogg (Lossy codec) from Vorbis.com

FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec

2006-09-07T20:56:00.000-05:00

All about FLAC, straight from the horse's mouth.

Apple - iTunes - Podcasts - Technical Specifications

2006-09-07T19:55:00.000-05:00

This fifth post means I've outdone myself.

SermonAudio's MP3 Tools

2006-09-07T19:53:00.000-05:00

OK. Can't help myself. Must post this one too.

Monarch Computer

2006-09-07T19:44:00.000-05:00

(Note to self--interesting!) A friend of mine acquired the following computer hardware:MSI K9N SLI PlatinumEVGANvidia 7900 GT KOCorsair XM2 DDR2 800

Hi-Q (Windows, Freeware)

2006-09-07T19:42:00.000-05:00

Also found this today (haven't tried this myself yet, but a classmate of mine told me about it).

RSS Publisher 2.0 (Windows, Freeware)

2006-09-07T19:01:00.000-05:00

Found this today. Also see this interesting article (by no means the only, or even perhaps the best): Create Podcasts With PC.

IEs 4 Linux

2006-08-24T01:02:00.000-05:00

Wow.This is simply incredible. Internet Explorer 6.0 can run on Linux. I was a skeptic, so I had to try it. Now I am a true believer.Of course, that still doesn't answer the question, Why? For me, however, it is to get more website compatibility and a higher version of Flash (Flash on Linux is limited to 7.0 r63, at least on Fedora FC5). Plus, it is amazingly cool---like, beyond the "kudos to Mr.

World of Empires

2006-08-22T15:34:00.000-05:00

(This is kind of a note-to-self type post).IBM PC Empire Documentation.I have been working on a Sourceforge.net project called "World of Empires" (visit it by clicking on the title of this blog post). Actually, "working" is not a completely accurate term. "Procrastinating" is a much better and accurate term. For those who don't (care to) remember, Empire is an ancient (and I do mean, ancient)

Fedora Core 5 Desktop (such as it is)

2006-08-22T02:02:00.000-05:00

This is my Fedora Core 5 Linux Desktop (such as it is) from August 22, 2006. Fedora Linux is a great operating system, but installation is not for the faint of heart. However, there is a great user community available for it, and lots (LOTS) of information and FAQs to read and browse. It's worth considering!I never thought I'd make the switch from Windows, but I did.Almost.I still dual-boot

Fallout in DOSBox on Linux

2006-08-20T21:58:00.000-05:00

Yes it's possible, but only for Fallout 1 when installed as a DOS32 application (but Fallout 2 is Win32 only). I haven't actually played the game yet, but I plan to. For some reason, I have not been able to get Fallout 1 or 2 to run under Wine 0.9.17 in Fedora Core 5 (fc5) but I'm sure there's technowizardry out there to accomplish it. However, I'm still a Wine n00b. On the plus side, click on

Isaiah 8:16 is my new Theological Blog

2006-08-20T13:53:00.000-05:00

My new theological blog is Isaiah 8:16 at isaiah816.blogspot.com and all theological discussion will now be found there. This Byroniac blog will retain all non-theological items of interest, mainly in the subject areas of computing and other personal interests. Postings that contain some elements shared in both (such as running e-Sword in Linux) might appear in both places, but don't necessarily

Running e-Sword in Linux

2006-08-19T16:43:00.000-05:00

w00t! A chat friend introduced me to a website that shows you how to get e-Sword 7.7.7 working under Linux Wine 0.9.17. It works, too! I can't believe it. :)

Taking a Stroll through the Old Testament

2006-08-15T14:40:00.000-05:00

God has laid upon my heart a desire to study the OT. As a Christian, the NT has always had profound significance for me and my faith, and understandably so. However, I have come to realize that the OT is a treasure trove for believers, not simply of ancient and forgotten history, but also of deep theology rooted in the holiness and sovereignty of God and His interaction with humanity, especially

Wine-Drinking in New Testament Times

2006-08-13T17:38:00.000-05:00

Robert H. Stein, from Christianity Today, June 20, 1975.Scanned article available here: http://kingdomboundbooks.com/tmp/Article.pdfClick on the title of this blog post for a more readable version.Interesting read.

Moving back from Yahoo! 360

2006-08-10T15:27:00.000-05:00

Well, that didn't last long. Much as I like Yahoo 360, I am more comfortable here. So here I'll stay for the time being.

Moved to Yahoo! 360

2006-07-16T08:18:00.000-05:00

I've moved to Yahoo! 360. Blogger is great (no complaints), but Yahoo! 360 seems to have some cool new features.

LivingWaters.com

2006-06-13T00:58:00.000-05:00

[Edited 10-AUG-2006 15:44 CST to adjust coloration]This is the evangelism ministry website of Ray Comfort. Excellent! Click and see for yourself. In fact, the following email signature is a slightly modified version of the one I constructed for free on their Free Evangelism Resources -> Free Stuff For Webmasters (located here). At any rate, I doubt I can add even a sliver of a percentage to their

Bon Echo Alpha 3 (otherwise known as Firefox 2.0)

2006-06-06T00:36:00.000-05:00

OK, so I'm amazingly fickle. But the next major version of Firefox (2.0) is currently in its third alpha stage, codenamed Bon Echo (Literally, 'Good Repeat' I think). It is not ready for prime time, and may not be for the faint of heart (i.e., testers and developers only at this stage). If you cannot resist taking a peek at the embryonic Firefox 2.0, I would recommend backing up your profile

The New Underdog Browser

2006-06-05T22:47:00.000-05:00

I'm not switching loyalties (yet), but I have to admire a new underdog browser (which if I understand correctly inherits the old Mozilla code base and will further enhance and optimize it). Go Firefox! Err... Go Seamonkey!

In Essentials Unity, in Doubtful Things Liberty, but in All Things Love

2006-06-05T17:00:00.000-05:00

Concerning my 95% agreement with Cork Free Presbyterian Church (Ireland), I posted too hastily. I am guilty of only skimming the site before I posted that. The level of agreement is not that high. The primary area of agreement is soteriological, since I disagree on certain issues such as paedobaptism, restriction on use of modern translations of Scripture, cessationism (I am a mild

Cork Free Presbyterian Church (Ireland)

2006-06-02T00:45:00.000-05:00

This is an excellent site. I think I'm in 95% agreement with them (does that mean I'm 5% wrong?). The Calvinism section is especially noteworthy, I think.

Software Update:Manually Installing a MAR file

2006-06-01T23:24:00.000-05:00

This explains how to do a manual update using a MAR file. This is the first I've heard of it. It looks fun (I think). *EDIT* I chickened out (not fun!).

GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT

2006-06-01T18:23:00.000-05:00

If you want to refute Calvinism, please start by getting your facts right.

Mozilla.com Support page

2006-05-31T23:53:00.000-05:00

This is an excellent support page for Firefox and Thunderbird (which I'm partial to). It's everything you wanted to know, but probably don't have time to read all of and find out! :)

Firefox Ad Blocking

2006-05-31T23:20:00.000-05:00

If you use Firefox and are interested in Ad Blocking, click on the title of this post to visit the link to Firefox Help: Tips & Tricks (Ad Blocking). It's amazing! (but not for the faint of heart...)

Well, death to MOST cookies

2006-05-24T22:06:00.000-05:00

I love Firefox. I have it set to explicitly keep only the cookies I want. The rest are session-only. So, when I close the browser, ZOT! And, what's more, I can explicitly block all the advertising sites. Ah, sweet satisfaction.

Death to all cookies!!!

2006-05-23T16:12:00.000-05:00

I HAVE to say this; I cannot restrain myself! Why is it that EVERYWHERE you go on the net, your browser seems to accumulate not just one but several cookies for each site, most of which I fear are for the purposes of tracking and advertising, and not for any beneficial purpose as far as I am concerned. ARGGHHH!!! Death to all cookies!!! So I have set up my Firefox browser to set all cookies by