Tue - Jan 05, 2010 : 12:36 pm
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Alma : 47 - Continuing The Hate
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Man... Amalickiah... I'm more and more convinced that this guy is the epitome of evil in the flesh. I wonder what would have happened with the entire history of the Nephites had Captain Moroni caught Amalickiah, when he was chasing him and his armies last chapter.
I really believe that had he been caught (and appropriately dealt with), much...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Jan 03, 2010 : 10:29 pm
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Happy New Years!
PoeticIntensity
Wow... When I wrote this in March of 2009,
"During this year, I both think and feel (logically and spiritually) I will be stretched more than I've been stretched in years. This one's gonna be a toughy. As for now, I feel anxiously optimistic. Yup.. That about hits it on the head."
I had n...
Life / Personal
Tue - Dec 29, 2009 : 04:52 pm
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Alma : 46 - Amalickiah
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Haven't even started reading this yet, and I know I'm in for a doozie. Amalickiah, in my estimation, is one of the truest Nehor-ites in existence. Absolutely no morals, no regard for anyone but himself - even if it means killing many people who he claims to love. One of the most dispicable humans ever to live on earth. Now, ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Dec 28, 2009 : 01:00 am
grateful
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Song In Progress
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Not sure why I'm writing about this now, because I usually just finish the thing and then announce it at the same time as I share it.
I guess this song is a complete deviation from anything I've done in the past. Heh... Just now I'm realizing that I don't even have a name for this song yet. I could call it "My Friend",...
Music / Personal
Fri - Dec 18, 2009 : 04:10 pm
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Alma : 45
PoeticIntensity
The first thing I noticed this time, is that apparently, Helaman had never had any proof of the existence of the plates of gold Alma and the previous prophets were writing on. Not entirely sure why that caught my fancy this time, but it did. I guess keeping the historical records was a pretty sacred thing back then. I wonder if th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Dec 15, 2009 : 10:25 pm
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Fedora 12 - Getting Closer
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Well... I'm not quite as frustrated tonight as I was when I tried to do with Ubuntu, that which I am now trying with Fedora 12.
I installed Fedora 12 on my laptop from the install DVD, and I've gotta say, Fedora, neither in the installation, nor in running the OS, was as slick as Ubuntu. Ubuntu was quite a bit more polished, I'...
Gentoo / Linux
Mon - Dec 14, 2009 : 12:58 am
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Ubuntu Still Has Demons
PoeticIntensity
Okay.. So I installed Ubuntu on my brother's computer about 3 weeks ago, and he has been loving it! Before that, he had been using gentoo with me as his personal admin, which I didn't mind because he rarely needed it, and when he did, it was usually a 10-30 minute fix, no problem.
So, he liked it so much, and from what I could tell, ...
Gentoo / Linux
Sun - Dec 06, 2009 : 01:16 pm
sick
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What's With Snow and Me?
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Today, I woke up to about 6-10 inches of fresh powdery snow all over the place. It's actually beginning to feel like Christmas time, now!
Now, most normal people would say within themselves, "Man, I hate snow on the roads.", but not me.
I'm not entirely sure why I'm this way, but it's been this way ever since I can remem...
Life / Personal
Tue - Dec 01, 2009 : 12:15 pm
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Alma : 44 - Rather Die Than Lie
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The thing which resonates so much with me about this chapter, is how true Moroni is to himself and his God. Truly, the last thing he wanted to do is to kill thousands of his brothers, yet he had to. He knew his lifestyle, freedom, religion, and family were more important than letting themselves be put into bondage, and the Lamanites wou...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Nov 30, 2009 : 05:13 pm
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Alma : 43
PoeticIntensity
I wasn't planning on writing about this chapter this time, but something which kind of makes me wonder stood out to me this time.
What's the deal with the armor of the Lamanites being so slim? I mean, seriously. If I were going to war, I would definitely do everything I could to protect myself and ensure victory. Loin cloths and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Apr 18, 2010 : 10:48 pm
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Happy Birthday, Jason!
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I know it's a little bit late, but I thought I needed to write about my B-day anyway. It was the 14th, and evidently, the 16th, too.
So, the 14th began with a great time eating lots of great food. Pancakes for breakfast, my best friend Scott took me to my all-time favorite Thai restaurant and we got some insanely delicio...
Life / Personal
Sun - Jul 13, 2008 : 06:07 pm
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Thoughts of Family...
PoeticIntensity
This morning I woke up and just was in a good mood... Feeling very grateful for lots of things... So, I decided to make a video of it all, and I think it turned out okay.
Just a jumble of thoughts and emotions from yours truly.
Enjoy.
...
Personal
Sun - Apr 15, 2007 : 12:06 pm
no mood
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Necessity of Church Membership
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An interesting question came to me today, while talking to a good friend at work. The question is simple.
It’s based on the premise of two distinct beliefs.
1. LDS faith teaches us that unless the proper ordinances have been performed by those who are in authority to perform such ordinances, one cannot enter into the kingdom of heav...
Lds
Sun - Nov 11, 2007 : 11:03 pm
envigorated
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Incredible Speech on Creativity
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A couple of days ago, I wrote a post about failure and innovation. I had just seen the movie "Meet The Robinson's" which is a movie all about creativity, failures, leaving the past behind you, and always looking forward.
Well... Orson Jones gave a pretty incredible link in the 1 comment in that post.
The comment containe...
Miscellaneous
Fri - Jun 20, 2008 : 09:17 am
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Gen. Conf. - The Twelve - Packer
PoeticIntensity
The spirit of this talk came to me about 1/3 of the way through reading it.
It spoke to me of an immense gratitude which I feel for being a member of this church. Not only is it this church, but it is His church. I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the same church which Jesus Christ himself set up when he was ...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Mar 26, 2011 : 10:00 am
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Echo Audiofire12 + Gentoo Linux
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**UPDATED ARTICLE HERE** (for using the new firewire stack)
Okay. I got my new Echo Audiofire12 3 days ago, and I now have it fully functioning on all 12 ports. I don't have MIDI working yet, but I haven't really tried on that one.
Here's what I did to get it working.
First, I'm using the 2.6.33-rt kernel. I enabled the OLD FIRE...
Audio Hardware / Gentoo / Linux
Fri - Sep 07, 2007 : 07:55 pm
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One LONG Day
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Wow.... The last time I woke up (apart from a nap I took today) was Thursday morning, and HOLY COW, craziness has happened.
The whole mohawk thing, which I thought was over, escalated to a point where it pretty much boiled over causing Kim to attack my and Sarah's parenting skills, and for them to leave in a rush without allowing Julia to ...
Personal
Tue - May 06, 2008 : 05:20 pm
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07 Mustang GT Upgrade Round 2
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Okay...
Those who have followed my journal / blog, know that I have a 2007 Mustang GT, which I recently upgraded with Flowmaster exhaust and a Magnaflow X-Pipe.
Well, I was expecting it tomorrow, so when my wife called me at work, right after lunch to give me the news, I was beside myself with excitement.
Delievered to our door was my new ...
Cars
Wed - Feb 18, 2009 : 12:37 pm
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Thoughts on Open Source
PoeticIntensity
I was recently reading this article about yet another virus which affects Microsoft. In reading it, some of the comments below stated such things like, "The patch was already released, so just run your auto-updater and be done with it!". Seems logical, right?
Yeah... Actually, it does. The exact same mechanism exists ...
Linux / Microsoft
Tue - Apr 07, 2009 : 04:09 pm
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Alma : 19
PoeticIntensity
One thing that comes to mind while reading the first verses of this chapter is, "If I were a queen, and my servants brought me my unconscious husband, I'd immediately want to know who did it." - and Ammon did it. That doesn't make much sense to me. Obviously the times of the Book of Mormon were , uh, different, so that could e...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures
Thu - Feb 19, 2009 : 01:35 pm
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Proof I Went to a Jazz Game
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Some people won't believe this, but last Tuesday evening, I went to a Jazz game. My good friend Scott called me up, told me he had some kick-butt tickets, got the "okay" from my wife, and we were off!
The game was fun, but making fun of the game was even funner. I'll have to admit, though, it was pretty cool. The video ...
Fun / Games / Life
Sun - Jul 26, 2015 : 11:18 pm
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Sunday Miracles...
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I'm not quite sure why I chose the title, "Sunday Miracles", but it seems to suit what happens when one chooses to follow the Spirit. In any capacity.
Nothing too earth-shattering for today, but I felt inspired to come down and write. I personally believe the Holy Ghost is far more active in our lives (even if we choos...
Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Oct 07, 2007 : 08:15 pm
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Server Down! (Temporarily)
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Wow.... This will probably be a short entry, but I thought I'd write down what is the first hardware failure of my server!
I built this server 3 years ago, and it has been serving up everything that is served in my house (mythtv, web (this site), ftp, ssh, music, photos). Well...
Yesterday evening, we tried to fire up mythtv...
Computers / Linux
Fri - Oct 31, 2008 : 02:23 pm
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Mosiah : 29
PoeticIntensity
Interesting that in verse 7, the example he uses of an unrighteous king pretty much parallels what happened to the Nephites in the Land of Nephi under king Noah. Couldn't have been many years since the people of Limhi had come to join Zarahemla, anyway. I've never thought of that before.
Verse 13 is always a fun one. It's great ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Aug 27, 2009 : 02:01 pm
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Linux + ATI != ETQW
PoeticIntensity
Okay.. I have no idea why I'm writing this, but to heck with it. People should know. Either that, or I need to figure out what the hey I'm doing wrong.
So, about a year ago I began a crusade to help AMD / ATI as much as I possibly could. I've already been buying AMD processors now for at least 5 years for myself, my work,...
Computers / Games / Linux / Microsoft
Tue - Oct 02, 2007 : 10:40 am
content
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From Gnome to XFCE
PoeticIntensity
Okay... As most of you know, I use Linux for pretty much everything I do which requires a computer. When I started using Linux, I waffled between KDE and Gnome for probably 6-10 months when I finally settled on Gnome. I haven't looked back since.... almost.
About 6 months ago, Gnome came out with a release which implemented the...
Computers / Linux
Fri - May 02, 2008 : 11:27 am
spiritual
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Gen. Conf. - Living Church - Eyring
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"God's people have not always been worthy of the marvelous experience we have shared today. The Apostles, after the Ascension of Christ, continued to exercise the keys He left with them. But because of disobedience and loss of faith by the members, the Apostles died without the keys being passed on to successors. We call that tragic episode &q...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Dec 14, 2009 : 12:58 am
frustrated
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Ubuntu Still Has Demons
PoeticIntensity
Okay.. So I installed Ubuntu on my brother's computer about 3 weeks ago, and he has been loving it! Before that, he had been using gentoo with me as his personal admin, which I didn't mind because he rarely needed it, and when he did, it was usually a 10-30 minute fix, no problem.
So, he liked it so much, and from what I could tell, ...
Gentoo / Linux
Tue - Oct 09, 2007 : 05:15 pm
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Elder Holland's Talk
PoeticIntensity
This morning I came to work rather ponderous, but not pondering anything in particular. I so enjoyed Elder Holland's talk this last Sunday that I went and downloaded it, watched it, and did about 4 hours of research into the Nicene Creed, which Elder Holland mentioned.
First, I must say, hearing Elder Holland's talk was... uhhh.... a...
Lds / Spiritual
Sun - Mar 27, 2011 : 11:27 pm
excited
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Updated Audiofire12 + Gentoo
PoeticIntensity
So, I wrote a few days ago how I was able to get my new echo audiofire12 working under gentoo Linux with the old firewire stack. Well, I couldn't leave well-enough alone, so I tried my hand at updating my kernel and using the new stack. Turned out there were a few caveats that, without some external help from a great person in the...
Audio Hardware / Gentoo / Linux