Mon - Jan 14, 2008 : 11:32 pm
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Strengthening Trials
PoeticIntensity
Yesterday at church, I had a couple of thoughts which I neglected to write down. I think I'll write them down now.
Something I might have written down in my previous scripture studies is my question as to why Lehi's family didn't think about getting the plates of brass / Ishmael's family before they left for the wilderness? I would th...
Lds / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 14, 2008 : 10:13 pm
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1st Nephi : 8
PoeticIntensity
I'm not in the mood to write much, but since it's a goal, I'll keep it.
One thing I noticed and had a question about was why Nephi, Sariah, and Sam didn't know where to go in Lehi's dream. Verse 14 lays it out quite plainly.
The first thing that came to mind was Lehi was the leader of the family. He was the director and it was his d...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sat - Jan 12, 2008 : 10:19 pm
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1st Nephi : 7
PoeticIntensity
Something I've never really ever thought of, and maybe simply because it's so obvious, but...
When Nephi goes on in his rant toward those who were desirous to go to Jerusalem, he keeps saying "How could you forget?". Things like "How have you forgotten the great things the Lord hath done for us" makes an incredible assum...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Fri - Jan 11, 2008 : 10:24 am
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Linux Babblings
PoeticIntensity
I just got done reading a wonderful article in which the author tries to describe the core differences between the "open source" mentality and the proprietary one. He does a great job of being objective and is generally well-thought out.
Since I began using Linux, being myself a capitalist, I've battled the idea that the open sour...
Linux / Microsoft
Thu - Jan 10, 2008 : 09:49 pm
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1st Nephi : 6
PoeticIntensity
I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I lost the post I just wrote about chapter 6.
I didn't realize how short it was, so I wrote about the importance of scriptures spoken of in verse 5. If we didn't have scriptures, our kids would eventually lose the commandments of God (unless, of course, it was revealed again).
Also, it's good to not...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Thu - Jan 10, 2008 : 11:16 am
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Way to go, Sony.
PoeticIntensity
I just got done reading an excerpt on Sony's new "open", "non-DRM" solution to downloading their music legally.
As I understand it, you have to go to a store, buy some sort of card for $12.99 which has a magic code on it, get the code, go to a website, enter the code, and then you are able to download one of their whole 37 alb...
Drm
Wed - Jan 09, 2008 : 09:03 pm
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1st Nephi : 5
PoeticIntensity
Man... I'm just tired. Today was weird.. So...
Studying chapter 5 right now, I'm brought to another realization that even the families of Prophets aren't perfect (hello, Lehi was a prophet, and he managed to have Laman and Lemuel...)
The specifics to which I refer is Sariah's murmuring, and reaction when she saw her 4 boys return fr...
Book Of Mormon / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 09, 2008 : 03:07 pm
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Microsoft ad
PoeticIntensity
I was sifting through my various RSS feeds a couple of minutes ago, and one popped up from TomsHardware which I thought might be interesting. So I opened it up in my browser, and before I could even read the title, my eyes were drawn to this ad by Microsoft. The image itself isn't very funny, but man-oh-man, the captions which came to m...
Microsoft
Tue - Jan 08, 2008 : 09:42 pm
grateful
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1st Nephi : 4
PoeticIntensity
One way I really enjoy reading the scriptures is from a very empathetic point of view. I find I learn more when I study, if I try to imagine what would *really* be going on if I were actually within the scripture.
Chapter 4 is perfect for this. Reading somewhat between the lines of the first part of this chapter allows us to imagine ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 07, 2008 : 09:10 pm
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1st Nephi : 3
PoeticIntensity
Within the first 5 verses of this chapter, I'm reminded again of how a person works who is truly interested in God's commandments.
Lehi was commanded of the Lord to have his sons return to Jerusalem to get the plates of brass from Laban.
Telling Laman and Lemuel would most certainly have some consequences in that they would automatically assu...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Mar 23, 2008 : 11:25 pm
grateful
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How Grateful I Am
PoeticIntensity
I know a lot of the posts this year have been on the spiritual topic, but, I write about the events of my life, and so I guess this is what ya get.
Today was awesome.
If you've read my previous posts, you'll know that today I sang in the choir, gave a talk in sacrament meeting, and taught the 15-16 year old doctrine class.
It was wonderful.
...
Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Apr 09, 2008 : 10:08 pm
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Jacob : 6
PoeticIntensity
The first thing which caught my eye in this chapter is in verse 5 where it says "Cleave unto God as he cleaveth unto you."
When I read that, the first thing which came to mind was D&C 88:63, which states, "Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you."
I also think this is one of the first times, if not the first time...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Apr 27, 2009 : 09:47 am
no mood
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Alma : 26 - Rejoicing
PoeticIntensity
Man... I can only imagine what Ammon's joy truly felt like. After reading D&C 18:15-16, I begin to see why Ammon fainted due to overwhelming joy so many times throughout his mission. Dedicating a full chapter to nothing but the rejoicing of Ammon seems perfectly reasonable.
I always thought his brothers were kind of rude to ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sun - Dec 30, 2007 : 08:12 pm
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The Power to Change
kelly miller
(poem)
The Power to Change
Are there tears in me
For who I want to be?
Humbly in meek prayer,
I'll extend all energy.
With God's help I can abstain.
A new life I can obtain.
I will hold to the rod,
With my life close to God
Through His narrow paths I will trod.
Can these tears of mine
Cleanse all my soul and mind?
With the S...
Poetry
Mon - Oct 13, 2008 : 04:02 pm
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Mosiah : 24
PoeticIntensity
Hmm.... I'm kind of tired right now, but I figured I needed to read some scriptures...
This time around, I realize how being under the rule of a tyrant would be absolutely horrible. In this case, Alma was under the rule of one (or more) of the Amulonites - which were his wicked peers when they were the king's priests. Talk about...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Tue - Jun 28, 2011 : 07:18 pm
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All About What??
AudioGuru
So, the month of June has been a great one for Advanced Budget Studios. Being a young company, we still have a long road before us to get where we want to be, but during the last 3 years we've been in business, I can tell you something important I've learned.
If you would have asked me when starting out, "What's the main point of ...
Babblings / Miscellaneous
Wed - Mar 12, 2008 : 08:26 pm
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2nd Nephi : 21 & 22
PoeticIntensity
Surprisingly... I'm not sure if it's because of my attitude or what, but I believe I got a bit more out of this chapter than I have for the rest of the Isaiah stuff.
I'm not 100% sure what the branch is that comes out of the root of Jesse, but I've been told that is refers to the prophet Joseph Smith (D&C 113).
I also believe that when it s...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Sun - Jan 03, 2010 : 10:29 pm
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Happy New Years!
PoeticIntensity
Wow... When I wrote this in March of 2009,
"During this year, I both think and feel (logically and spiritually) I will be stretched more than I've been stretched in years. This one's gonna be a toughy. As for now, I feel anxiously optimistic. Yup.. That about hits it on the head."
I had n...
Life / Personal
Fri - May 29, 2009 : 10:34 pm
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Cali - Day Two
PoeticIntensity
Wow... What a day.
We woke up in Winemucca after getting next to no sleep, and headed on down to Durham to visit Kim, Henry, and all the rest of the family. We were going there to celebrate Juliia's graduation from highschool. Good times. Congratulations, Julia! You rock!
So, the 5-hour trip to Durham was relativel...
Family / Miscellaneous / Personal
Wed - Aug 15, 2007 : 05:13 pm
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One Month til Maui!
Shaun Roos
Less than one month until I board a plane and fly to the tropical islands!! WAHOO!! It's going to be sweet. My nephew, Christian, just graduated from high school and to celebrate, a bunch of us are taking him to Hawaii (my mom, Paige, Christian and his parents, Robyn and Tim and myself and Tiffy). We will be going to Maui for 2 da...
Tue - Jul 31, 2007 : 01:39 am
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Drum Corps. 2007
PoeticIntensity
I just got back from a wonderful evening spent with my wife, Shaun, Tiffy, Shane, and Becca. We went to Weber State to see the annual drum core competition.
Let me just say.... Amazing. Yup... Amazing.... That's what it was.
It also got me to thinking about a lot of things. For some reason lots of normal things...
Mon - Sep 10, 2007 : 05:19 pm
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Editable Entries at ILMJ
PoeticIntensity
(announcement)
ILoveMyJournal announces the formal inauguration of editable entries!
Yes, you heard right, folks! You can now edit any entry you have previously entered here at ILMJ. You can do this from two pages.
First, Please make sure you are in your private journal, not in your blog. All blog entries are also displayed within your pri...
I Love My Journal
Wed - Sep 28, 2011 : 05:06 pm
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Moroni : 2
PoeticIntensity
So, these chapters are pretty small, but for some reason, I think there's quite a significance in this one. Not quite sure if I've found it yet, but the reason I think this, is - originally, this text was not included in the scripture - and it is Christ talking himself. I wonder why Moroni felt the need, or was inspired to include it?&n...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Wed - Jan 16, 2008 : 10:14 pm
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1st Nephi : 10
PoeticIntensity
First Nephi Ten...
I'm not really in a spiritual mood right now, which really is unfortunate because I know this chapter has some spiritual meat to it.
One thing I can write, is when I read this chapter during my mission, and even before, I always found myself focusing on Nephi's desire to see the things his father did (in verse 17).
He didn'...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jan 28, 2008 : 09:25 pm
tired
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1st Nephi : 17
PoeticIntensity
I find it so interesting that Nephi, in all cases I can think of, when stating how hard things can get, always follows it up with how blessed they are. I believe Nephi was how I would like to, and am trying to be like. He recognizes things are bad, yet always finishes on an optimistic note. Personally, I beleve grounded optimism c...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Wed - Jul 13, 2011 : 04:32 pm
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Ether : 6
PoeticIntensity
Interesting how verse 3 is pretty much an exact parallel with the light of Christ in our lives.
Verse 4 is yet another example of taking a pretty huge risk in the name of God. Getting into ships, the likes of which none of them had ever seen before, being built by the blueprints of God. Closing the doors, with all your family inside, ...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Religion / Scriptures / Spiritual
Sat - Jan 19, 2008 : 05:50 pm
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1st Nephi : 11 - Do You Believe?
PoeticIntensity
As soon as the angel of God knew Nephi's purpose and desire, the first question he asked him was "Do you believe?".
I think that's a fairly important question, which we should ask ourselves each day. If we are being tempted and we ask ourselves that question, to which we already know the answer, I can promise you the tempter's pow...
Book Of Mormon / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Jun 30, 2008 : 12:59 pm
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Gen. Conf. - Words Never Cease - Holland
PoeticIntensity
I watched this talk about 2 months ago and was very impressed by what Elder Jeffrey R. Holland proclaimed.
Down to its essence, Elder Holland simply states case after case as to why it makes no sense the claim that God has ceased speaking to us.
Quite frankly, I believe him. With overwhelming evidence given, it's hard not to see the clear...
General Conference / Lds / Personal / Spiritual
Mon - Aug 27, 2007 : 06:55 pm
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Sony is at it again.
PoeticIntensity
Heh.... If you know me at all, you probably know a couple of things about me (in no particular order):
I love Linux and gentoo
I own a 2007 Mustang GT
I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
I really loathe the idea of DRM.
Now, before I get into the details, DRM just makes me sick. I ha...
Drm
Sun - Jul 29, 2007 : 01:13 pm
peaceful
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Transcoding subtitles
PoeticIntensity
Today I needed to encode a movie I bought on Friday (Fearless), and I wanted to encode it in its native language, but have english subtitles. The command I ended up using was this:
transcode -a 0 -i Fearless.dump -M 2 -w 2200,250,100 -A -N 0x2000 -y xvid -o Fearless.avi -Z 854x480 -J extsub=2:0:0:0:0:100:255:2:3
The "a" takes care...