Merry Christmas!
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, ...
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, ...
Updated Dec. 26, 2006: minor corrections. The title tells you all about my lack of recent posting. On November 21, 2006, sombragris, my trusty old Compaq Presar...
Here the usual preparations for Christmas are taking place. The sights and scents typical of the holidays are increasing their presence. The days are longer, an...
You know that “challenge” in marketing doublespeak is synonym for trouble or difficulty; but here I retain the original, unpolluted meaning. My wife...
I would like to wish all my American readers (and everyone) a happy Thanksgiving. There are few activities on this world that are more overdue than giving thank...
My home is graced with two big and beautiful mango trees. Right now they are loaded with mango fruits… and believe me, I never knew a tree could produce t...
This is big news. Sun put Java under the GNU General Public License (GPL), thus making it officially Free Software. Moreover, it is also considering to put Open...
Of course the rumor I mentioned on this blog was just a bunch of hot air. Nothing. Serves me right for airing it. I was extremely busy during these days, overse...
Sorry to make two politically-oriented posts in a row, but I just had to report this. Close sources say that certain bearded Latin American dictator of a certai...
I am pleased to report that sombragris, my trusty old laptop, was upgraded to Slackware 11 over the course of the last week. Since my time was very limited, and...
I saw it on Slashdot. Slackware 11 has been released! Yikes! You can read the announcement, and then you can grab your copy at one of the mirrors . Right now, I...
… here at the Southern Hemisphere, that is. We have barely begun October and we already are ‘enjoying’ a scorcher! But the most important thin...
I remember reading a writing of C.S. Lewis where he engaged in great insights on the nature of Heaven. His prose was at his best as he presented his view of pro...
I got this interesting meme from Tim. 1. What was the first language that you learned/used? Commodore Basic V2 (the one included with the Commodore 64). 2. What...
By the grace of God, today I am turning 36. I am grateful for the Lord’s blessings and mercies in my life. This weekend was uneventful. I could finally ma...
Yesterday we had a nice evening dinner at my family home on occasion of Dad’s 70th birthday. We had the visit of Aunts Lucy and Betty, from Argentina, and...
Catez tagged me for this meme, and I am happy to oblige: 1. What do you like most about where you live? I like the fact that families here still have a strong i...
There is a well-known Spanish saying: «Hazte de fama, y échate a dormir»: Get yourself a reputation, and go to sleep… meaning, of course, that when it ...
Disturbing report: Comments on a report showing how many pornographers are reaching out to kids. Disturbing, indeed. ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Ar...
I would like to share some interesting links I found via ChristDot. You will find links to the corresponding Christdot page instead of the article itself (in ca...
I am glad to announce that we finished our moving, and that we are finally installed in our house. We still have tons and tons of unopened boxes, and we have lo...
You can blame Tim for tagging me into this meme 😉 But I find it funny, so here it goes: 1. Grab the nearest book. It’s El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges. It...
See also: 1. On Porn: A Catastrophic Pastoral Failure. 2. On Porn: Differentiation and Definition. On our first post we stated that there was a definite problem...
I never thought that moving to a new house would be so tiring and time-consuming. We are still going on with it. We keep on discovering new things that need to ...