Sat - Feb 16, 2008 : 11:59 pm
excited
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07 Mustang GT VS 99 Firebird
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I just got back from one of the best races I've been on. It was awesome.
I've only got a bit to write about it, so I'll write as much as I can.
I took off around 10:20 tonight to see what kind of damage I could do out on the streets.
I was cruising on state street in Orem when I found a Dodge Charger R/T who wanted to play. The...
Cars
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 12:27 pm
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32-bit plugins on 64-bit arch
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I know I'm WAY out of the loop on this one, but I thought I'd blog about it to possibly help others who didn't know about this quite wonderful program.
For years I've been using amd64 processors and have loved them. Ever since there has been a 32-bit firefox on gentoo, I've been using it to view all the youtube goodness out there.
However...
Computers / Linux
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 09:54 am
irritated
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Who Designed Rollover Ads?
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Today I was given a link by a friend to go view, and since I trusted this friend, I immediately clicked it. A good, interesting article came up, which I began to read.
I read for approximately 10 seconds and moved my mouse. Upon moving my mouse, I accidentally rolled over the link circled in red.
Well, after rolling over it, the ...
Computers / Miscellaneous
Fri - Feb 15, 2008 : 12:19 am
spiritual
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2nd Nephi : 5
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First thing which caught my attention this time around is verse 6.
I relate that verse to the way the Lord works. Basically, God lets everyone know about his plan, and those who believe Him will follow him.
This makes me wonder if Nephi, through some sort of parable, told Laman and Lemuel what he was planning to do as well, but they didn'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Feb 13, 2008 : 11:28 pm
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2nd Nephi : 4 - Nephi's Psalm
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First, a question.
In verse 15, Nephi states that he delights in the scriptures, and that he writes them according to the spirit. Well... That leads me to question whether or not he realized he was a prophet or not. Very interesting, and possibly stupid, question (maybe he already knew about D&C 68:4).
Now, the chunk of ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 12, 2008 : 11:29 pm
okay
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2nd Nephi : 4 - Part 1
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One thing which caught my eye this time, was the phrase, "I know that if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not depart from it."
I had to stop and read the sentence 4 or 5 times, just to make sure I wasn't seeing things.
The footnotes on that sentence seem to confirm the vague meaning I'm deriving from it as well.
...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Feb 11, 2008 : 09:15 pm
okay
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2nd Nephi : 3
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First thing that catches my eye tonight is "wilderness of my affliction" and "greatest sorrow". I can only assume that Lehi either meant during the ship controversy, or the time when Lehi was murmuring because Nephi broke his bow. Not sure...
I wonder how many scriptures there are like verse 12. I know there ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Feb 10, 2008 : 10:00 pm
pensive
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2nd Nephi : 2 - Part 2
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Something in verse 13 struck me as interesting, even though it probably could be considered common knowledge among the LDS population.
I never remember seeing anything quite as obvious relating to happiness as Alma 41:10, which states "Wickedness never was happiness". Well... It's easy to inverse-ify it and say "If wic...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Feb 10, 2008 : 11:47 am
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Comcast Bit Torrent Filtering
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I've been using Comcast for my personal Internet connection now for about 5 years. Personally, I think they do a great job. My connection goes down on average about once per year, and it just works really well with my lifestyle. I think the price is a bit much, but having a steady Internet connection means a lot to me, so I keep i...
Computers / Drm
Sat - Feb 09, 2008 : 03:16 pm
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Keeping Geek Employees Happy
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Yup... I'm one of em'. I'm a geek. I'm probably not as geeky as the geekiest of geeks, but I've managed to stay employed as a computer programmer for more than 5 years now. I also spend pretty much every moment of my spare time on my computer at home. I have geek friends and ... well... I enjoy technology. ...
Computers / Miscellaneous / Personal
Thu - Jun 12, 2008 : 06:04 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Faith Fathers - Uchtdorf
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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
Wed - Mar 12, 2008 : 12:27 pm
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MPAA: Piracy vs Sales
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I just got done reading this article in which Dan Glickman states some figures on how the Hollywood box office did in 2007.
With all of the cracking down and spazmic hooplah the RIAA / MPAA has been spewing, you'd think the figures quoted in this article would be something akin to "worst year ever, due to piracy!" or "box office s...
Drm
Wed - May 14, 2014 : 01:08 am
spiritual
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My Testimony
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So... I thought I'd be going to bed, but here I am.
When the Spirit directed me to come down and write down my testimony, I wasn't (and still am not) quite sure what to write. This certainly isn't due to a lack of testimony comparative to other times I've done this, but rather quite the exact opposite. It is because my tes...
Personal / Spiritual / Studio-journey
Mon - Apr 26, 2010 : 05:38 pm
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Helaman : 6
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Reading the beginning of this chapter, I knew this was where the Lamanites and Nephites would enter into free commerce with one another. When everyone is living by the same righteous standards, there is no need for distrust, or geographical boundaries, or anything else which comes from people living selfishly. Honest living of the Gospe...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Mar 22, 2011 : 11:53 am
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Linux: Extracting audio from video
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So, I used to use the -dumpaudio switch in mplayer to get audio extracted from random videos, but now that seems to do not much of anything. I found this site which had a great explanation of how to get it done a different way, but was a bit out of date. The newer version is found below:
mplayer -vo null -ao pcm:file=audio_file_...
Audio / Linux
Tue - Sep 04, 2007 : 04:54 pm
peaceful
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2007 Monterey Trip - Day 5
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Today's not over, but while the kids are taking naps, I thought I'd see what I could do to write about this day so far.
First off - I *love* Monterey. Last night, I don't think I got a whole lot of sleep, but notwithstanding that, I still woke up in an incredibly good mood due to the crisp salty air, the perfect temperature (around 60-68 deg...
Personal
Fri - Sep 14, 2007 : 05:39 pm
happy
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Solid Programming
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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
Tue - Feb 08, 2011 : 04:09 pm
tired
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3 Nephi : 25 - Burn Like An Oven
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Among the discussions I've had of the scriptures, this one is always a fun one.
"When God says that the earth is gonna burn, does he mean it literally? Are the wicked really gonna burn at the second coming?"
Honestly, for me, I have enough scriptural evidence to convince me to respond in the affirmative.
Thoughts?
Also - I'm...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Mon - Feb 07, 2011 : 05:40 pm
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3 Nephi : 24
PoeticIntensity
Interesting that I should choose to read this today, because my wife and I were talking a bit about the 2nd coming last weekend. The second coming shall be like a "refiner's fire", which, of course, is meant to purify - or to burn out impurities. That which abides by the law is sanctified by the same. A talk I once heard...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 19, 2008 : 11:38 pm
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2nd Nephi : 7
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I wrote for 2nd Nephi 6, that I was having a hard time understanding Isaiah. Well... This chapter is nothing but Isaiah, and I thought it was very beautiful.
Verses 1-3 are poetry.
I immediately thought of a person asking the question: "Where is the Lord now, during my time of suffering and trial?"...
...and this chapter...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jun 26, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Look Back, Move Forward - Monson
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I just got done watching, listening, and reading the last talk of the morning conference session of Sunday this year, and President Monson is indeed our prophet.
Nothing in particular spoke anything specific to me.... Well... That's not true. The following paragraph hit home a bit,
"Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove o...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Tue - Apr 15, 2008 : 01:11 am
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My Birthday 2008
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Well... I put this in the "Current Events" category primarily because it's really late, and I'm kinda caffeinated. Other than that, life is pretty normal.
Let's see here... My birthday. I don't usually write about my birthday, but I don't know why I don't. I really should. Maybe it's because my birthdays r...
Current Events / Personal
Mon - May 09, 2011 : 10:17 am
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Mormon : 6
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So... Here's a thought for ya. Mormon had seen the end of his people. He knew the Nephites were going to be destroyed, and not only that, he knew how and when they were going to be destroyed. Verse 6 confirms this by relating, "...and knowing it to be the last struggle of my people". He knew his people...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Scriptures
Wed - Apr 20, 2011 : 04:10 pm
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Mormon : 3
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If there is one thing throughout all eternity that I do *NOT* want to happen to me, is what happened to the Nephites in verse 15 of this chapter. Having the Lord, God of this earth, proclaim, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay", kind of makes the hair on my neck stand up. The Lord makes good on all of his promises, and...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Feb 14, 2006 : 10:48 pm
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Heaven Has Come....
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And in a sense, that's true!
Yes, folks... Another addition to the illustrious Jones family has arrived here on earth just in time to watch his dad go a little more insane. If we were talking about anything other than the bunch of lunatics running around this house, that might just seem a little alarming, but we're not.
So it isn't. :)
Act...
Mon - Apr 25, 2011 : 01:00 pm
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Mormon : 4
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Man... This chapter was brutal. Wars, wickedness, and death. Seems to me that this is the result of giving power to Satan, letting him run rampant. Hating your neighbor and wanting to kill him for the sake of being bloodthirsty. So terribly sad, and unfortunate.
Interesting in verse 5 that Mormon writes that the wick...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jul 20, 2011 : 12:35 pm
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Ether : 8 - Happiness vs Evil
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Setting your heart upon the glory of the world has always seemed like a bad idea to me, but then again, for most of my life I've been kind of the odd-man-out. heh.. My own siblings have mentioned to me that they "don't get me". Most people would consider this a bad thing, but for me, it's been life. The desire to &...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Sep 22, 2007 : 01:51 pm
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Job Market Down?
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This might be the only "current events" post I ever do, but something has been puzzling me for the past 6-12 months.
Last night, I watched the last half of the democratic candidates' debate on TV, and although it wasn't mentioned much, there were still a couple of references to a "downward economy", and the need for "job...
Current Events
Wed - Jul 23, 2008 : 04:59 pm
pensive
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Gen. Conf. - One in the Crowd - Nuen...
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This talk was wonderful! It brought many memories of my adolescence to mind, along with quite a few ponderous questions which I had never before contemplated.
I'm not sure if it's my current mood, or the Spirit or what, but this talk was wonderful.
It brought back memories of my own childhood, when I made decisions which would bring on ma...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Mar 04, 2010 : 02:40 pm
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Alma : 61, 62
PoeticIntensity
Reading through Alma 60 and 61, I can vividly imagine what it would be like to live in times like those. I imagine the cry for freedom being heard through the streets, as neighbors and friends decide to take up arms in defense of our right to worship how we want, and for the protection of our families, traditions, and way of life. Putti...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual