A song for Advent
Since we are starting the season of Advent, I thought appropriate to put parts of Redemption Song (from Bob Marley, heard in the cover of Moodswings): Excerpts ...
Month: November 2004
Swamped, again
I am swamped again in a deluge of LaTeX code. That is, I am typesetting a fairly large and convoluted book using LaTeX as my typesetting platform. This effectiv...
A Baptist Town Hall Meeting
Yesterday evening we had Town Hall Meeting in our church. Everything was going smoothly, when all of a sudden Rev. JM wanted to be designated on the spot as the...
Scott’s Interview slashdotted! Well, sorta…
Tim kindly put online my interview with noted KDE hacker (and friend) Scott Wheeler on KDE Multimedia. In the interview, Scott discusses present and future of K...
A suggestion: YABCB
I would like to suggest Yet Another Big, Christian Blogroll — YABCB ™ When I began to blog, I felt in many ways like an outcast. One of the reasons ...
Gospelcom issue: Solved!
I left office last Friday with my complaint about spam generated by a site hosted by Gospelcom. A few minutes later I realized I forgot something, so I had to g...
GospelCom, please take notice!
Some stupid moron thought that sending spam would be an effective method Christian marketing. The moron posted these email addresses for consultation: elarrosa@...
Please pray for Patrick
This post from KDE hacker Fred Emmott says it all. Patrick Volkerding, the one and only man behind the marvelous Slackware Linux distribution, is battling a rar...
Please Don’t Crash On Me
I am in the process of typesetting a fairly large book using LaTeX. It usually is a straightforward task, and often it even poses interesting challenges. The be...
A great cloud of blogs
Well, my blogroll keeps increasing. I am blessed to be in the company of great people, and once again I feel as elated as perhaps Elijah felt when he learned of...
Which OS Are You?
Sorry… I couldn’t resist this poll: Which OS are You? Got it via Planet KDE.
Firefox hits 1.0
On November 9, the Mozilla Foundation released version 1.0 final of the Mozilla Firefox Web browser. This is a browser noted for being lightweight, fast, stable...
Paraguayan Traditions: Enter Mr. October
Few Bible quotes get more impressive in its despair and hopelessness than this: Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when...
Like a Kid in a Candy Store
A certain ministry with close ties to my church decided one day that they would print a church-planting manual produced in-house. Since the existing manual was ...
What kind of blogger are you?
This comes courtesy of Rebecca. You Are a Pundit Blogger! Your blog is smart, insightful, and always a quality read. Truly appreciated by many, surpassed by onl...
Political Intolerance
James at Knowtown tells the sad story of how his son is learning the fact that different people have different political opinions and that these opinions elicit...
The Day of the Deceased Faithful
On this day, November 02, the Roman Catholic calendar marks The Day of the Deceased Faithful. This day is set aside to commemorate the deceased relatives of Cat...
Post Tenebras Lux
The first Carnival of the Reformation, Post Tenebras Lux, is now available at Jollyblogger’s place. I had the privilege to contribute with James Leo Garre...