Thu - Jan 13, 2011 : 09:08 pm
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General Thoughts
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I got down here to my studio tonight, after playing with the kids, putting Sam to bed, and taking care of a few other odds 'n' ends, and I got to feeling like I should write in my journal. Not entirely sure about what, but it's been months, if not a few years since I have just sat down to write, with nothing in mind beforehand. Some of ...
Babblings / Personal
Tue - Jan 11, 2011 : 05:33 pm
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3 Nephi : 20
PoeticIntensity
So, in Gospel Doctrine, from time to time, we talk about praying, and how we're supposed to pray all the time, and then we get the comments that it's impossible to "pray" all the time, and then someone else says that we need to be praying "always" in our hearts. That's true, and verse 1 of this chapter is Jesus' commandmen...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 06, 2011 : 12:11 pm
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AnythingSlider is Awesome
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So, when I started the re-design of my studio website, I knew I would need sliders, but I didn't realize how many unconfigurable, and generally static sliders were out there. I must have gone through 5 iterations of sliders before I found one that matches my needs (and probably will be the go-to slider for any project I work on in the future)...
Programming
Mon - Dec 13, 2010 : 02:08 pm
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We're on the radio!
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Okay.. Not really the "radio", but a cool little Internet radio station picked up Herod the Fink (a band I'm in), and decided to feature us. They decided to play our song, "Desperate Husband's Chorus", and I think it's way cool.
The radio station is called "LDS Music Today" and can be found at http://www.ldsmu...
Herod The Fink / Personal
Mon - Dec 06, 2010 : 12:22 pm
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Thoughts on HtF
PoeticIntensity
So, the Christmas season is officially here, and I'm feeling more Christmas Spirt than I ever have in my life - by a long shot.
I attribute this to two things... First and foremost, attitude, and making good choices. To me, Christmas is a spiritual season because it's filled with love, good will, charity, friends, and family. If...
Herod The Fink
Tue - Nov 30, 2010 : 04:55 pm
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3 Nephi : 19
PoeticIntensity
It might be that I'm a techno-geek, but the first thing I thought of when I read this was "social media". People went from house to house and "labored exceedingly" all through the night to let it be known where Jesus was going to come the following day.
Also interesting are the activities of the people when the arrived t...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Mon - Nov 22, 2010 : 05:21 pm
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3 Nephi : 18
PoeticIntensity
Sometimes I read the scriptures because doing so fills me with the Spirit. Today was one of those times. I need the spirit tonight.
This chapter is loaded with details on the Sacrament and serving the Sacrament in congregations.
Favorite verse was 32, "Nevertheless, ye shall not cast him out of your synagogues, or your places ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Nov 18, 2010 : 05:12 am
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3 Nephi : 17
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Wow... 3rd Nephi 17. This has been one of my top 5 all-time favorite scriptural chapters since I first read it when I was 14. I love it.
The first 6 verses, to me, envelop the love Christ has for us, and the appreciation He must feel when we show our grattitude toward Him. There were no words uttered by his audience, yet H...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Nov 16, 2010 : 06:13 pm
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3 Nephi : 16
PoeticIntensity
Wow, it's been a long time since I last studied my scriptures.
The first thing which caught my attention is the phrase, "if it so be that my people at Jerusalem, they who have seen me and been with me in my ministry, do not ask the Father in my name, that they may receive a knowledge of you by the Holy Ghost". I guess that...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Sat - Nov 13, 2010 : 12:02 am
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Herod the Fink's Premiere Show!
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Man... I'm so tired right now, but I've just gotta write about this.
Tonight was the first show Jesse and I put on in the little "House Concert" tour we're going on.
It was very low-key, but when the time came to play, the people just kept pouring in. At the end of the show was the only time I had the sense to count how many peo...
Herod The Fink / Music
Sat - Oct 01, 2016 : 01:19 am
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Important Things...
PoeticIntensity
So, lately I've been thinking a lot about what life is all about, and kind of pondering upon times when I've been doing well, and times when I've been doing not-so-well.
I think the most important thing you can do in life is stay close to the Spirit of God. Lots of things seem to get in the way from time to time, but that's the nature...
General Conference / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 05, 2008 : 09:45 pm
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1st Nephi : 22
PoeticIntensity
I'm kind of distracted now due to external crud, but one of the verses jumped out at me. Verses 7 and 8...
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the Spanish conquest, as it came to the Americas. I have combating feelings toward the whole history of what happened.
The "Indians" found here in America were the posterity...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Jan 22, 2008 : 12:40 pm
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Microsoft Cares ... Really.
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No, seriously, people... Microsoft really does care.... loads and loads of caring!
They care so much ABOUT MONEY it makes me sick.
I just got done reading this article and I'm left with a feeling of sickening "awe" at how greedy Microsoft really is.
Lately, I've been following a story about a group of people in a project...
Computers / Linux / Microsoft
Wed - Sep 23, 2009 : 01:15 pm
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Alma : 40
PoeticIntensity
I just realized that it's been a month since I last wrote about the Book of Mormon. Man, if I'm gonna finish this thing, I'm gonna have to pick up the pace!
First thing I noticed with this chapter is that when Alma got the revelation concerning the spirit world, it seems that he was just asking a curious question, "What happens to the ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 14, 2012 : 05:21 pm
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Google Hangout Linux Fix
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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
Thu - Apr 06, 2006 : 08:18 pm
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Sweet Little DVD Encoding Command...
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I love mythtv. Thank heavens for the wonderful, altruistic people who created such a fantastic program.
I also love transcode and mplayer. Equally fantastic programs. Put em' all together and what do you get? An encoded library of your DVDs ready for viewing straight from your hard drive.
Here's some tips I've found out. (actually, I'm w...
Tue - May 15, 2001 : 11:36 am
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Rock-star Dreams
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As an adolescent I had a dream...
I had a dream of becoming a drummer for a rock-band. I was told that this dream probably would not come true due to the large amount of people trying to do the same thing and that the odds were definitely against me.
Well... Lately in my life I have had the opportunity to be a part of two rock bands. One o...
Music / Personal
Fri - Oct 12, 2007 : 03:37 pm
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Geek Lunch - Buca Di Beppo
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Oh, man... I just got back from a wonderful geek lunch with the guys 'n' gals from UPHPU (Utah PHP Users Group), and it was a blast. ... heh... makes me smile just thinkin' about it. Okay... I didn't just get back. I had to make sure I could get done today what I promised my boss, and then I would write about it.
Well... ...
Linux / Miscellaneous / Personal
Mon - Jan 07, 2008 : 09:10 pm
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1st Nephi : 3
PoeticIntensity
Within the first 5 verses of this chapter, I'm reminded again of how a person works who is truly interested in God's commandments.
Lehi was commanded of the Lord to have his sons return to Jerusalem to get the plates of brass from Laban.
Telling Laman and Lemuel would most certainly have some consequences in that they would automatically assu...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Oct 20, 2009 : 07:37 am
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Alma : 41
PoeticIntensity
My first question comes from the first verse. "Why would anyone be 'worried' about the law of restoration?" Well... Let's take it from the potential perspective of someone in Corianton's situation. I guess if I had sinned with a harlot while I was on my mission, I might be a bit worried that the whole "what ye...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Dec 09, 2008 : 11:08 am
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VLC Gripe
PoeticIntensity
Awhile back, I found that many DVD titles released by Sony weren't able to be viewed with mplayer. This annoyed me.
So, I investigated a bit and found that VLC (another wonderful media player) could not only play them back, but also rip them with ease. Up until a bit ago, this has been the case since the writing of that article.
Whe...
Computers / Linux
Tue - Oct 09, 2007 : 05:42 pm
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"I Can't" ... Bah!
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... One thing which really irks me is when someone tells me "I can't", for whatever reason.
I'm not exactly sure, either, since there really are things which we cannot do, such as transmutate ourselves to become vultures. I don't believe I've ever met a person who has become a vulture, although, that would mean that he...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Wed - Oct 03, 2007 : 10:41 am
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MythTV Basement Home Theater
PoeticIntensity
About 2 years ago I got this hairbrained idea to use mythtv to create a computer-based full-media center for my basement home theater. At the time, I had a sweet side-job which was paying me nicely, so I had the means to do pretty much exactly what I wanted.
I had a couple of things for which I wanted to use the basement, namely 1. My Home...
Computers / Linux
Mon - Mar 23, 2009 : 10:00 am
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Alma : 17
PoeticIntensity
The beginning of this chapter is one of my favorites. I love verse 2 and 3.
True friendship, at least in my case, is always born of spiritual origin. The friends I've had that have lasted have always had a solid spiritual foundation. And yes... Finding that old friends have kept the faith and increased in the knowledge of the Lo...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Spiritual
Sat - Mar 29, 2008 : 01:57 am
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Racing 3 Dream Cars
PoeticIntensity
As many of you know, I recently upgraded the exhaust on my 2007 Mustang GT.
Well... Tonight, I had to take it out to see what I could do. So, I went the usual route and didn't find much more than a crappy 90's Eclipse that wanted to play. After almost an hour of dragging back and forth, lady luck just didn't have it in for me tonight...
Cars
Sun - Jul 27, 2008 : 06:18 pm
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My Wedding Day...
PoeticIntensity
I got married like a bit more than 5 years ago, and I'm lovin' it.
But, during those five years, I've had some footage gracefully shot and donated to me by my friend
Ty Swartzlander
on my wedding day. On that day, Ty told me he was going to put something together and give it to me later, but instead, I told him I'd really, really, real...
Kdenlive / Personal / Video
Fri - Nov 09, 2007 : 12:07 pm
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Is Linux Really More Secure?
PoeticIntensity
I've been using Linux now for long enough to have heard just about all the facts, opinions, babblings, and flame-wars about Linux security vs. Microsoft security.
*sigh*
It seems that every time I try to explain to people the added security inherent to Linux, they have all sorts of explanations why my explanations are bogus. Some of my ...
Gentoo / Linux / Microsoft
Wed - Jun 04, 2008 : 02:49 am
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Examples of Christ-like Living
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I went to bed yesterday around 9:00pm, and I should have learned by now that when I go to bed that early, I wake up about 3 hours later and am up for half the night.
So, I might as well see what I can hack out in my journal.
Lately, I've been pondering how I can be more of an example to those around me. An example of what? I'm not...
Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 04, 2016 : 07:41 pm
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2015 Conf #2 - "God Is At The Helm"
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"Hold on with Both Hands"
- I love this quote. It suggests that holding on with one hand isn't enough... and honestly, in my life, it hasn't been enough. When I live the Gospel half-heartedly, I feel a contrast to the times when I know I am giving it my all. The closer we draw to God, the closer God draws to us (...
General Conference / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Apr 24, 2007 : 07:18 pm
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The scientific method can't prove everything.
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Okay, okay... I do understand that there is a ton of good that has been brought about by the scientific method, but seriously, people; is that the *only* way to prove something is true? Wow. In my opinion, we've really limited ourselves if we think that's the only way to "prove" the truth of something.
I just (finally) finished D&C 76, an...