Wed - Feb 06, 2008 : 09:51 pm
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2nd Nephi : 1
PoeticIntensity
Sitting here pondering what to write.
I could write about a synopsis of 1st Nephi, which I finished last night, or I could just dive into 2nd Nephi. I think I'll do the latter.
Verse 6 could be quite the controversial verse, for people who didn't like the Spanish conquest, or Christopher Colombus. Yet, the verse still is what the ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 06, 2008 : 03:16 pm
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LDS Online Scriptures
orson
(how-to)
Recently I was reading from scriptures.lds.org and decided it could be improved to make it easier to read. Here is what it looks like normally.
A couple things bugged me. Narrow text is generally easier to read. So, I made it more narrow. Also, the superscript letters that signify a footnote throw off the line spacing. I figured out a cool l...
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
Sat - Feb 02, 2008 : 02:17 pm
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1st Nephi : 21 - Isaiah
PoeticIntensity
I think that most of this chapter is talking about the gathering of the tribes of Israel, although I could be completely and totally offbase. This is one of the chapters which I probably wouldn't write about had I not made a resolution to write about each and every chapter from the Book of Mormon.
Pretty difficult to understand right now.
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Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Fri - Feb 01, 2008 : 01:29 am
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1st Nephi : 20
PoeticIntensity
I've often wondered why Nephi included the portions of scripture containing the writings of Isaiah.
I remember one time during my mission when I was reading the stuff in 2nd Nephi and it actually made sense, but I didn't write any of it down, so.... it still makes no sense to me.
Only one verse out of this chapter gave me any inspiration at all...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 31, 2008 : 05:29 pm
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Let it Snow!
PoeticIntensity
A few minutes ago, I visited my favorite weather-forecasting website and I saw something I thought I should document, just because it doesn't happen very often. I saw a 7-day forcast that looked like this:
I think it may snow tonight! :)
Anyway... My mustang isn't liking life very much right now. It's so freakin' dirty. ...
Miscellaneous / Personal
Wed - Jan 30, 2008 : 10:03 pm
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1st Nephi : 19
PoeticIntensity
Ya know, I love verse 6, and verses like it (2nd Nephi 4, for example). The reason is quite simple.
Sometimes it's hard to remember that prophets are people, too. They're just subject to Satan's temptations and mistakes and errors and such as we are. Verses like this remind me that they aren't perfect, and it brings them down to...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 30, 2008 : 12:05 am
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1st Nephi : 18 - Nephi's Faith
PoeticIntensity
I don't think that ever you will find any words of righteousness associated with Laman and Lemuel, not once, but twice, within 4 verses more than in this chapter alone.
Not sure why that stood out at me this time, but once in verse 1 and again in verse 4, Nephi said that Laman and Lemuel were on good behavior. I thought I'd take time to suc...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 28, 2008 : 09:25 pm
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1st Nephi : 17
PoeticIntensity
I find it so interesting that Nephi, in all cases I can think of, when stating how hard things can get, always follows it up with how blessed they are. I believe Nephi was how I would like to, and am trying to be like. He recognizes things are bad, yet always finishes on an optimistic note. Personally, I beleve grounded optimism c...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Jan 27, 2008 : 09:34 pm
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President Hinckley Died Today
PoeticIntensity
I just got up from a nap I was taking due to my going to bed at 4:00am this morning and the first words my wife told me after coming up stairs was "President Hinckley died a few hours ago."
I'm not one to get upset at death. For some reason, I've never had a problem with people dying. The one thought which makes this even ea...
Lds / Personal
Tue - Sep 04, 2007 : 10:41 am
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Why I Love Monterey
PoeticIntensity
Okay.... Yes.. Collin knows he's cool. Actually, he's just happy to be on his way to Monterey to enjoy the various wonderful goings-on there.
Anyway... I thought I'd list the reasons I love Monterey while I'm waiting for everyone to get ready for the day. So... Here goes:
By far the best reason to come to Monterey Califo...
Personal
Sat - Jul 21, 2007 : 11:19 pm
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I Love My Husband
sarahkimjones
Hi. I'm trying out this new journaling website.
It really rocks because my husband built it and he's like ... super smart.... and super cool... and super AWESOME.
I'm really tired right now so.... I'm gonna end this now....
Wed - Jul 18, 2007 : 12:12 am
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Luhn "Mod 10" Algorithm
PoeticIntensity
Whenever I do credit card checking, I always end up searching for longer than it would take me to create it myself, so... without further ado, here's the Luhn, or "Mod 10" algorithm for validating credit card numbers.
function mod_10($cc) {
$reversed_string = strrev($cc);
$string_array = str_sp...
Fri - Jul 15, 2011 : 09:21 am
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Ether : 7
PoeticIntensity
So... Sometimes I feel like I write things here that could get me into trouble, but I figure, if this is what I really think, and I'm sincere about it, then right or wrong, the truth will eventually come out. Many times, I've thought one thing, and then upon further studying and prayer, have found out I was wrong ... and I'm okay ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Jun 08, 2009 : 05:18 pm
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Much Needed Update...
PoeticIntensity
Sorry for the long haitus I've taken from blogging, guys. I guess it doesn't really matter since nobody reads my blog, anyway..
Man... This new job is really taking me for a loop. Right now, the only way I can survive without seriously considering other alternatives is to take it a day at a time. This in no way should sugg...
Conexm / Personal
Thu - Sep 09, 2010 : 11:59 pm
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Music till Dawn
AudioGuru
So, I haven't written for awhile - mostly because I enjoy writing after a project has been completed. Well - right now Advanced Budget Studios has quite a few bands in the works, who are going after multi-track demos. My guess is - we'll be fishing them up around the same time, and let me tell you now - all of em' are going to be awesom...
Audio / Babblings
Fri - Sep 14, 2007 : 05:39 pm
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Solid Programming
PoeticIntensity
I am by no means a "versatile programmer" in the general sense of the word. I know of many programmers who are much more well versed in various languages and best practices methodology. In fact, I am not even a computer science graduate, and I don't have a masters degree in anything.
*BUT*
I do have a lot of experience i...
Programming
Thu - Jul 29, 2010 : 01:20 pm
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NEW: Golden Age Pre-73!
AudioGuru
We've been contemplating how to best improve the studio with all the business we've been getting lately, and the votes are in!
Please welcome our newest addition to the studio, a nice shiny new red GOLDEN AGE PRE 73 PRE-AMP! We spent a good deal of time looking into the best preamps for the money, and it came down to two main contenders.
...
Audio Hardware
Thu - Sep 20, 2007 : 06:13 pm
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"Posting Forms to Sessions" - Trick
PoeticIntensity
(how-to)
Any web developer who has been in the craft for more than a couple of days realizes how often forms are used in web development. Well... Where forms are used, form methods are used, and one of the crazily irritating problems with forms using a "POST" method is the fact that when the "back" button is pressed after lea...
Programming
Fri - Nov 20, 2009 : 10:37 pm
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Jazz Goodness...
Drummer
I just got done playing some sweet jazz for a client, and with the usual rock 'n' roll requests coming in, this was a great change of pace.
I'm always intrigued at the different nuances that exist between styles of music as it pertains to rhythm and percussion. Rock and roll pounds out some great 4/4 along the occasional 3/4 timing, with so...
Drums / Music
Sun - Sep 25, 2011 : 09:53 pm
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Ether : 14
PoeticIntensity
So, this chapter was a bit like the last, only worse. Blood, carnage, war, and death throughout pretty much every verse.
One of the beginning verses, though, caught my attention. The one that says that people couldn't go to sleep at night, without losing their treasures, even to the point where they had to sleep with weapons to ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures
Fri - Jul 30, 2010 : 01:33 pm
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3 Nephi : 9 & 10
PoeticIntensity
All I've gotta say is - don't get on the wrong side of God. The wrath of God shown in chapter 9 really is quite astounding.
Then, in chapter 10, it's almost as if God's words were pleading to the people... Almost as if God were remorseful of the things He had to do... Claiming, "If ye only had kept my commandments, these th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Thu - Jun 12, 2008 : 06:04 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Faith Fathers - Uchtdorf
PoeticIntensity
As I sit here listening to, watching, and reading the talk given by President Uchtdorf, I'm puzzled by my lack of caring of the faith of my fathers.
I don't exactly know why it is, but I..... I've never really looked at what my parents believe being a part of my faith. I don't know if that is wrong or what...
What I believe is what ...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Jan 27, 2008 : 09:34 pm
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President Hinckley Died Today
PoeticIntensity
I just got up from a nap I was taking due to my going to bed at 4:00am this morning and the first words my wife told me after coming up stairs was "President Hinckley died a few hours ago."
I'm not one to get upset at death. For some reason, I've never had a problem with people dying. The one thought which makes this even ea...
Lds / Personal
Tue - Jan 18, 2011 : 05:30 pm
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3 Nephi : 21
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... I've now read this chapter twice, and I cannot remember a single thing I read. I started journaling about the chapters of the Book of Mormon January 1, 2008 - as a resolution to write about each and every chapter of the book. I'm not sure if I can make it through this chapter one more time! I have no idea what's going o...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures
Wed - Jan 23, 2008 : 09:47 pm
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1st Nephi : 15
PoeticIntensity
After reading this chapter for no more than 30 seconds, I simply must type.
I love verse 3.
Many, many times have I been in a doctrinal discussion with someone and the other person just can't "get" what a scripture or principle means. Verse 3 could explain why that happens to us.
Some things we just can't understand without th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 24, 2008 : 07:01 pm
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Focus Becomes Reality
PoeticIntensity
Ya know... Chatting with good friends has its benefits. Just like think-tanks and collegeate consortiums are good for concerted cognation, a good conversation with a concerned cohort can be just as contenting.
I think I've mentioned this before in my journal, but in talking with a good friend of mine, I hadn't made the connection with just...
Lds / Spiritual
Wed - Jul 06, 2011 : 10:17 am
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Ether : 5
PoeticIntensity
So... To be honest, this chapter is kind of confusing. Verse 1 and 2 is like Moroni is talking directly to Joseph Smith, due to his referencing the ability to "translate". That in itself is kind of cool. I've often thought what it must have been like to be Joseph Smith receiving the plates and translating when he gets to...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Thu - Jun 23, 2011 : 10:53 am
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Ether : 2
PoeticIntensity
It's quite obvious that this chapter is speaking to anyone and everyone (throughout all time) who lives on this land. Verses 9,10, and 12 are especially insightful.
"What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels?"
I love that question. I never noticed outright that right after the Lord poses th...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 06, 2008 : 10:05 pm
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The Spirit in Music
PoeticIntensity
I've been debating writing this down for quite some time now, but I think it's time now to write it.
What I am penning is a more detailed account of what happened this day during my mission.
It was April of 1996, two months before I would return home from my 2-year service as a missionary for our Lord Jesus Christ.
I was serving in a leade...
Lds / Music / Personal / Spiritual