October 2006 - Posts

Country music, Christianity, and Carrie Underwood

For the past several months (maybe even year or two), I've been pondering an essay on how short and overt expressions of Christianity seem to be a staple feature of the country music genre and the severe cognitive dissonance this sometimes produces. Read More...
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2006 10 27

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Two new friends

My mother got me an Amazon gift certificate for my birthday back in September, and it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago I decided which books I wanted to purchase: Dzur by Steven Brust, and Hood: Book I of the King Raven Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead. Read More...
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2006 10 27

Devin

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Snakes Own a Plane

I've never flown on Jet Blue, but I've heard a lot of good things about them. However, if the following turns out to be true, I will never step foot on their planes. From http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2006/10/experiment_o... : Jet Blue wanted Read More...
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2006 10 25

Devin

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A Father and Daughter date

Hello, readers! Devin and Treanna here. We're trying an experiment in which we attempt to co-write a blog post. So you can follow along at home, Devin will be posting in normal type, while Treanna posts in italics . I'll start. Or do you want Read More...
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2006 10 22

Devin

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Taming the HTC Wizard stylus

If you're the owner of an HTC Wizard mobile device (Qtek 9100, I-mate K-Jam, T-Mobile MDA Vario, Cingular 8125, Orange SPV M3000a, and more), then you may have discovered one of the few design flaws of the device: the fact that the stylus, after a Read More...
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2006 10 22

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Learning curve

Apologies to those of you reading this on RSS who may have seen two copies of the previous post. I swear, one of these days I'll figure out how not to duplicate posts when trying to edit them. Read More...
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2006 10 17

Devin

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What ails our Communion: abuse or autoimmune disease?

Steph just forwarded me a blog post that has taken my metaphorical breath away. I haven't had a chance to properly take it in; all I have are questions and impressions. No answers, sorry. Most unlike me, I know; I'm usually much more of a know-it-all. Read More...
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2006 10 17

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Not dead yet

Again with the lack of posting. You'd think I was busy or something! I've got some more writing fragments on the way. I'm trying to sit down and work on them when I have free moments, and then I'll use the new scheduled posting feature Read More...

2006 10 14

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Compassion is for the weak

One of the things I like about 3Sharp is that I have a great group of co-workers. We can be heads-down in the middle of the most amazingly deep technical discussion and without batting an eye (or dropping an ASCII smiley) transition into the most esoteric Read More...
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2006 10 3

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An amusing typo

I just discovered an amusing typo in a technical document. Instead of a section on prerequisites , it has a section on perquisites . Okay, so it's not earth-shaking, but I got a much-needed chuckle. Now off to brew a pot of peppermint herbal tea to Read More...
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2006 10 3

Devin

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