Archive for January, 2007

Beacon title in unexpected place

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

I love my local hardware store. Hubby and I can be there by foot in scant minutes, door to door. We get a lot of our non-food goods there; it is a desirable shopping experience and its presence is great for the neighborhood. When expressed my petro-solvent needs to the clerk at the register, he […]

I like this theme

Monday, January 29th, 2007

This theme — if you’re reading on January 29 or January 30, 2007 — is called Hemingway. Chuts, in his “day job site” uses a theme he based on this and I really like it. I’m about ready for a re-do and may cook up something from this basis.

30 January. Last night I created a […]

Favorite hosting company, registrar?

Monday, January 29th, 2007

For those out there who administer web sites, which are your favorite domain registrars and hosting companies? I’m always on the look out for new vendors. In particular, those with a good mix of ethical business practices, good value and excellent customer service. (GoDaddy doesn’t make the cut, because of what its owner has stood […]

Prayer book volume review references King’s Chapel

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Oxford University Press has put out a jolly useful title, The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A worldwide survey which I’ve checked out of the library twice and am prone to buying. A review this week in the Church Times  reviews this work and makes reference to the section about the King’s […]

“Just worked” music feed on Linux

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Because of proprietary codecs (compression and decompression formats) it can be hard for Linux users — especially those who don’t want to steal the codecs, or even those who do but lack the technical acumen and patience — to enjoy the multimedia goodies the Internet provides. There is a very good open source codec, but […]

Oh, this can’t be good

Friday, January 26th, 2007
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Or blog 0.1

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I am so jealous of this blog theme. Takes me back to 1994 (Hi Dan and Joan!) when I learned to read email with pine on a University of Georgia Unix account.

$ see http://kartikmistry.org/blog/ (Localized Gujarati Geek!)

Later. You can get the theme here.

The Gospel according to Kleenex

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

What do y’all make of the pro-emotion, pro-sharing Kleenex television ads?

Their promo site with the says-it-all URL: letitout.com

Blog! Now with WordPress 2.1

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Like others, I have upgraded the software behind this blog to WordPress 2.1. The ability to toggle between “what you see is what you get” and the HTML (code) is a vast improvement.

You can get yours here.

“Penguin in the Pew” v2 available for download

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Don Parris’s Penguin in the Pew is the only book I know that tries to introduce Linux to ministers and church workers, accordingly is one of the few places that challenges churches that steal proprietary software. Yes, “innocent copying” is theft, and churches aren’t often eligible for deep-discounted software.

The book had been available for sale, […]


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