Sat - Jan 04, 2014 : 11:21 pm
grateful
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My testimony (Godhead)
PoeticIntensity
"How have you been changed by knowing the Godhead?"
To be honest, I don't think I would recognize myself without the relationship I have with God, through prayer, with Christ through his atonement, and with the Holy Ghost's comfort and guidance.
Knowing the Godhead,to me, means that I have an incredible force behind my righteous choic...
Personal
Wed - Oct 16, 2013 : 11:13 pm
content
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ETQW won't run, image not found
PoeticIntensity
Just thought I'd spread the love...
If you get these errors while trying to load Enemy Territory Quake Wars (ETQW), on a Linux box (most claim to have Intel HD graphics cards)
ERROR: idMegaTextureLevel::EmptyLevelImage : generated image has an incorrect internal format (0x8050 expected 0x83f0)
It also throws a couple of warnin...
Computers / Games / Linux
Sun - Jun 23, 2013 : 12:23 am
content
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2801 total views
G+ Public Hangouts
PoeticIntensity
So, with the new G+ hangout update, all of my Chrome extensions quit working ("My Hangouts", "Hangout Canopy", etc...), and I was wondering how in the heck to find hangouts to meet new people...
Well, it's actually very easy.
Within G+, search for #hangoutpost
Then, in the drop-down right-side of the submenu, click &...
Computers
Thu - Dec 13, 2012 : 11:06 pm
amazed
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Getting Real...
PoeticIntensity
So, I just got off the phone with my wife, and she was at our new home-to-be this evening, and apparently, almost everything is done. The carpet isn't in, nor are the toilets, nor are the cement stairs leading down to the basement, but everything else - yeah - it's done. I'm just beside myself. We could be moving in as early as la...
Personal
Sun - Dec 09, 2012 : 10:00 am
grateful
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Grateful Whirlwind
PoeticIntensity
So... I don't even know where to begin. Honestly, my life is so full right now, I feel as though I might decide to curl up into a remote corner of the world somewhere and hide for a few months. That said, each day I seem to manage to get up with a renewed strength to attack the day's duties with a renewed vigor.
Even though it's cl...
Personal
Wed - Jul 18, 2012 : 12:06 am
bittersweet
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2600 total views
Getting Real...
PoeticIntensity
Today was spent with my good friend, and brother, Ryan (and his family, who happens to love my family!)
We spent the day moving all sorts of large items from our home into the storage space we're renting. From the kitchen table and chairs, to the couch downstairs, to the hutches - we made two trips full of items, with our mini-van and Dad'...
Personal / Studio
Mon - Feb 27, 2012 : 04:42 pm
pensive
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3221 total views
Musical Ramblings...
PoeticIntensity
Okay, so I recently watched a documentary on the Foo Fighters called "Back and Forth", and I thought it was really well made - okay, I thought it was awesome. The funny thing is - I don't own a single Foo Fighters album, and am really not familiar with them as a band, even though I generally like the "rock" genre they asso...
Music
Tue - Feb 14, 2012 : 05:21 pm
excited
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5463 total views
Google Hangout Linux Fix
PoeticIntensity
So, I just got a new Logitech C910 web cam, and when trying to join or create google hangouts, I couldn't see myself in the stream at all, nor anyone else's. I can hear everyone, and everyone can see me, but I can see nobody, nor myself. I found this gem of a site with a very easy solution.
I'm using gentoo Linux, and this simple tric...
Linux / Video
Sun - Oct 16, 2011 : 10:17 pm
grateful
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Moroni : 10
PoeticIntensity
...and so we've come to the last chapter, and the closing of the book I opened almost 4 years ago. The goal was to read and write about each and every chapter in the Book of Mormon, no matter how long it took me. Tonight, I'm gonna complete that goal. Wow. That just feels good.
Let's charge on to Moroni 10, shall w...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Oct 13, 2011 : 09:35 am
grateful
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Moroni : 9
PoeticIntensity
What a horrible, yet extremely personal and hopeful chapter. The nature of it reminds me of the psalm of Nephi (2 nephi 4:15-end). What horrible, horrible things were going on at the end, but it just amazes me, the strength of Mormon, and his constant prayers for Moroni - and his pleading to God for his soul to be brought b...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Wed - Jul 25, 2007 : 09:38 pm
peaceful
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Two Motorcycles and The Moon
PoeticIntensity
"What is a motorcycle doing in *this*?", I thought as I continued upward through the winding Spanish Fork canyon. It wasn't so much that a motorcycle was in this particular canyon, but rather in the canyon during one of the 3 most torrential downpours I've seen during my lifetime.
I was coming home from work today when about ...
Wed - Dec 31, 2014 : 09:38 pm
grateful
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New Years' (almost)
PoeticIntensity
Approximately 4 years ago, sometime during the summer, from time to time I would go outside our back door and lay out on the concrete slab and look up at the stars. We had been in our home about 7 years and had no intention of moving, or changing, or doing anything but doing what we were doing. I was in love with my wife, trying my best...
Personal / Spiritual / Studio-journey
Wed - Aug 05, 2009 : 12:53 pm
amazed
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4053 total views
Ballmer at it again...
PoeticIntensity
I just got done reading about and listening to a wonderful audio-bite from good ol' Steve Ballmer. Honestly, I don't understand why Microsoft keeps him employed.
Anyway... According to Mr. Ballmer, Linux is no longer free. So, with that in mind, please do not try to download Linux from here, or here, or here, or here, or here, o...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft / Programming
Sun - May 18, 2014 : 10:40 pm
spiritual
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2325 total views
My Kindness (musical number)
PoeticIntensity
So... Today was... beyond words, really.
It was a day that just brimmed with spiritual opulence. I woke up at 7:00, to warm up my voice (after having a pretty intense drumming session which lasted until midnight yesterday), and then went to practice the musical number at 8:00am, to sing it for the congregation at around 9:45.
...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - May 11, 2009 : 07:40 am
refreshed
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3213 total views
Jason Mraz Concert in Vegas!
PoeticIntensity
Wow...
So, first, I've gotta give a HUGE THANK YOU to my mother-in-law and father-in-law, because it was they who bought me the tickets for my birthday last month, in the first place. I would have never bought the tickets for myself, so wthout them, I literally would have never seen such a concert.
So, THANK YOU, KIM AND HENRY!!!! T...
Friends / Fun / Music
Tue - Dec 09, 2008 : 04:48 pm
content
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3804 total views
Sleep, Cats, and Christmas Trees
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I thought that with 4.5 hours of sleep last night, I'd feel a heckuva lot sleepier than I do. I guess miracles do happen.
Since our wonderful Samuel was born, my wife and I have been getting considerably less sleep than we otherwise would. This is to be expected; it comes with the whole package of parenthood.
I ha...
Cats / Children / Family / General Insanity
Sun - Jun 23, 2002 : 12:18 pm
no mood
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2794 total views
Musical Nirvana in Cali
PoeticIntensity
Oh....my....goodness... Yesterday was simply beautiful.....simply beautiful. I don't have NEAR enough time to write down exactly my feelings nor what happened...however - suffice it to say, yesterday was beautiful.
I got up yesterday morning and started packing up my drums almost immediately. I was supposed to be at Dane's house at 1:00pm and...
Music
Fri - Sep 03, 2010 : 03:26 pm
okay
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3018 total views
3 Nephi : 13
PoeticIntensity
The first six verses of this chapter talk about performing your "alms" without fanfare. I'm caught wondering why this is important. What's the concept behind the action?
Well, I think that's the very essense of it. - "Why are you giving?" "Why are you charitable?" Is it so you can appear to be...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Apr 01, 2018 : 10:51 am
grateful
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Solemn Assembly and Hell Week
PoeticIntensity
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the first solemn assembly I remember having attended. As I raised my hand in my bedroom while sustaining President Nelson, tears welled up in my eyes. I felt as if I was partaking in something very important. I was with Luci and Leah. Everyone else in my family was out doing o...
Personal / Spiritual / Studio-journey
Sun - Mar 01, 2009 : 02:48 pm
grateful
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3202 total views
Collin's Testimony
PoeticIntensity
During last month's testimony meeting, our wonderful Luci whispered into Sarah's ear, as the church members were expressing their feelings about Christ, that she really didn't want to go up there. It was totally unprovoked, but as she is somewhat frightened of unfamiliar situations, was totally understandable.
We told her that it was okay ...
Children / Church Notes / Family / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 07, 2009 : 10:47 pm
excited
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11481 total views
New Song - "Dance With Me"
PoeticIntensity
(audio entry)
Well... Nothing too exciting in my life, but I thought I'd tell everyone that I wrote a new song. As you can probably guess, it's called Dance With Me. It's nothing more than a bass-line I came up with and a few more instruments.
I've gotta say though, Ryan Phillips, the guy on the guitar is awesome. I love working with him, an...
Fun / Music / Personal
Tue - May 06, 2008 : 05:20 pm
amazed
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11347 total views
07 Mustang GT Upgrade Round 2
PoeticIntensity
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
Mon - Jun 09, 2008 : 10:33 am
tired
1.80 daily views
11257 total views
Video Editing With Kdenlive
PoeticIntensity
I've recently become interested in integrating video into my journal and blog. As such, I realized that my 4-year old digial camera just wasn't gonna cut it anymore, so I went out and bought the cheapest camera I could find that would shoot 30 frames per second which happened to be the Nikon S210 digital camera. It takes pretty good vid...
Computers / Gentoo / Kdenlive / Linux / Video
Sun - Sep 14, 2008 : 11:15 pm
tired
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9530 total views
Quicktip: Kdenlive Text
PoeticIntensity
(how-to)
I'm probably going to re-write this later, but I just wanted to jot down quickly how to do text with Kdenlive.
It's really quite easy to set it up. You just click on "Project->Create Text Clip", and proceed to create your clip.
My problem was this: What if I don't want the text on its own page, but rather have it show...
Kdenlive / Linux / Video
Thu - Oct 04, 2007 : 09:44 pm
envigorated
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9935 total views
Jump On It
PoeticIntensity
Okay... I just got back from an absolutely wonderful place. This place is called:
Jump On It
and it's seriously a wonderful place.
My wife is addicted to this game called "Bunko" which she plays once a month with about 12 other women, so I get to play "Let's Go Babysit!" for 2-3 hours while she plays Bunko.
Any...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Wed - Dec 05, 2007 : 05:34 pm
excited
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9440 total views
Skype 2.0 Beta + Webcam
PoeticIntensity
Earlier today I wrote about my experience trying to get a Logitech Orbit AF webcam installed in Gentoo Linux.
About 2 hours later, I finally got Skype 2.0 beta to work (after figuring out a problem with QT), and upon loading it, configuring it, and finding someone with whom to test it (thanks, mindjuju), I finally got a webcam to act as a streami...
Computers / Gentoo / Linux
Thu - Mar 27, 2008 : 03:29 pm
excited
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8792 total views
07 Mustang GT Upgrade Round 1
PoeticIntensity
Well... I finally did it. I've been kind of anxious about the whole "modifying my car" because I've never done it before, and my car is still under warranty. I have no idea what this might mean for the warranty, but after hearing / feeling the difference, I don't regret it one bit. I love it!
Just two modifications fo...
Cars
Tue - Jul 08, 2008 : 03:57 pm
impressed
1.35 daily views
8414 total views
KNRS 570 AM and Linux
PoeticIntensity
When I'm not listening to music, I love listening to a few AM talk radio programs. Well, about six months ago, one of my favorite radio stations, KNRS 570 AM radio, changed their streaming program that let people use the Internet to hear their content.
This change effectively shut-out all Linux users. I chatted with 4 other Linux use...
Gentoo / Linux / Miscellaneous
Thu - Feb 05, 2009 : 09:54 am
excited
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7676 total views
New Song - "No Way Out"
PoeticIntensity
(audio entry)
At the beginning of this year, one of the things I wanted to accomplish by next year was to write enough songs to create an album. So far I have 3 songs I reallly like, and one which I think should be destroyed by fire. Not too shabby, considering it's only the beginning of February.
When I was 26, 1 day after I had broken up with my...
Music
Mon - Nov 03, 2008 : 10:14 am
happy
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7652 total views
New Song - "Hello"
PoeticIntensity
(audio entry)
Okay... So about a month ago, I sat down at my keyboard and plunked out a few notes. About 2 weeks later, I gave a rough copy of a mash of music to my friend, Ryan Phillips, and had plunked out some sweet riffs to it.
Two weeks later, I add some vocals and effects, and this is what you've got.
I hope you like it. (press the ...
Audio / Gentoo / Linux / Music