Writing projects
Right now I am immersed in two small writing projects for OfB.biz: A review of the Unicomp Model M keyboard: This is basically an expansion of this post, with m...
Category: blogs
“Some things the Linux Community still doesn’t get”… really?
Ramkumar Shankar writes on his blog: “The day when Linux will take over the desktop (or at least have a significant footprint in the market) is still not ...
A Pastor in Aparecida
Rev. Harold Segura works with World Vision Latin America and he also serves as the Director of Theological Education for the Union of Baptists in Latin America....
Luke: What’s so bad about the Nazis anyway?
I found this excellent article at All Unkept, Luke Plant’s blog : What’s so bad about the Nazis anyway?. It is a great application of slippery-slope...
Happy Mothers’ Day!
As usual, tomorrow is Mothers’ Day in the Paraguayan holiday calendar. In our culture, this is a really important celebration. I suspect we will end up sp...
Some Good News for a Change
Today I would like to tell some good news. On March 29 and 30 I had to sit on two rather tiring qualifying exams to achieve the certification of Registered Publ...
Some Updates
This month has been hectic! I find myself overwhelmed with work, but even then there are some things to share with you. Letters, yay! I got two letters that mad...
Stop the Presses: WordPress 2.1.1 Dangerous, Upgrade Immediately to 2.1.2!
Oh, boy. They messed up big time. The good folks at WordPress discovered that some 2.1.1 releases contained a trojan horse added by a cracker. Consequently, the...
Sun, beaches and sea
Well, it has been a long time again! This time, the lack of posting was because my wife and I went away on vacation! Our location was the beautiful island of Fl...
Bible-related Items
I would like to comment on some news related to the Bible. I intended to comment on some of those for a long time; thankfully, now I can 🙂 1. ESV Sales Growing ...
A-Z of Me in 1-2-3
Hat tip goes to Tim, who tagged me. A- Available or married? Married. B- Best Friend? I got great friends, but the one that really shines through is my wife. Ho...
WordPress 2.1
The WordPress folks released version 2.1 just some days ago. I just upgraded my WordPress sites to it; and so far, so good. Upgrading is recommended, if only fo...
WordPress 2.0.7. Argghhh.
Yeah, yeah, yeah… The good folks at WordPress have released WordPress 2.0.7. This release contains several bugfixes and a potentially important security i...
Famous in our Own Lunchtimes
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...
On Porn: Get yourself a reputation…
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 ...
On Porn: More Interesting Links
Disturbing report: Comments on a report showing how many pornographers are reaching out to kids. Disturbing, indeed. ChristiaNet Poll Finds That Evangelicals Ar...
On Porn: Some Interesting Links
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...
On Porn: Arguments Against It Examined
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...
Getting ready
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 ...
On Porn: Defining Porn, and Double Standards
I would like to thank my readers for their kind comments on my previous post on porn. This indicates that many people feel that this is something that really ne...
A Skete’s Library?
My brother and friend dunefan (aka PenguinBoy) tagged me for this meme, and I am happy to spread it on. The blog is just this question: “If you could only...
Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.4
The WordPress folks released WordPress 2.0.4, an upgrade that is labeled as an important security fix and also a small functionality upgrade. The fixes are impo...
Kant Paper in Paraguayan Daily, Part Two
If you have read this recent post, then you might be interested to learn that the second part of my paper on Kant has been published in the Paraguayan newspaper...
Time for a (cosmetic) change?
I am considering the possibility of changing my blog theme. The current one is a way too hacked version of the Blue Theme by Alex King, originally made for WP-1...
A response from Doug
Doug has written a nice response where he makes some clarifications and corrections to my previous post on the “worship wars.” I found interesting t...
Just Shut Up And Take It Like A Man
The title might look shocking, and it is. And yet, there are too many Christians and churches that are happy to tell their brethren to act like this as their an...