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Logos: Strike That
After I wrote last week about using the Logos Bible Software, I found that I was actually dreading doing exegesis for sermons. Logos just wasn’t operating as easily as I hoped it would, and I was having a hard time trying to figure out how to make it work. There were tons of training videos available, but they were condensed into two distinct groups: infantile basic “Bible Study” usages and overly complex morphological analysis that only crazy Seminary Profs and “Bible Scholars” would use. The really essential, mid-level type usages were only vaguely documented in the videos, and that oriented toward doing searches, not actual usage of data. There was no written documentation anywhere. But the Logos-People (who annoyingly pronounce it “law-gaws” on the phone) generously give a 30-day return policy, so … Read entire article »
Social Media
I thought I had this blog linked up well with Facebook and Twitter, but as it turns out, the links to these blog posts aren’t coming through. Hmmm. I made some changes last night and hopefully I’ve got it set up right. If this post doesn’t make a link over at Facebook or Twitter, then I may need some tech assistance from someone who knows what’s what. You can contact me via the “contact” page on the menu bar above. Thanks! … Read entire article »
Don’t Split Yer Coax!
YESTERDAY: We have been having Internet problems at home for the past couple of weeks. Most of the time it worked pretty well, but then we’d have times of limited or no connectivity. To make matters worse, our phone is through Vonage now, so while on phone calls the signal would go in and out. Frustrating. Marjorie had enough today and called the ISP. They sent someone out, but meanwhile, we noticed their trucks at a few intersections a couple of blocks from our house. Suspicious, huh? The man came, ran his tests, went outside to trace the cable and was gone for a while. Finally he came back in and I asked him if there were problems in the neighborhood. He confirmed it, but said we didn’t have any problems except multiple … Read entire article »
Post Problem
I want to apologize for some technical difficulties the blog has had. Some of the “permalinks” aren’t pointing to the right page, so when you clicked an article headline, you may have gotten the “not found” page. I’ve narrowed it down to a problem with one of my plug-ins, which is the good news. The bad news is I can’t work on it too much until Friday. … Read entire article »
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Blog Expansion is Here!
I’ve implemented the expansion I wrote about earlier. Now posts on Ubuntu, Linux, computers, gadgets and stuff may be found by clicking on the page above called Techno-Noob. A “noob” is slang for “newbie” which is slang for “new user,” usually meaning somehow who barely knows how to find the “on” switch. That’s me. This will keep the theology focused here–and not annoy my Mac-using readers. Thanks for reading! … Read entire article »
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Screenshots in Ubuntu
In a previous post I wanted a screenshot of the Gnome Do “Docky” theme preferences. Then I ran into problems with the “Print Screen” key on my Dell keyboard. The thing wouldn’t work. Another helpful blogger suggested checking the System-Preferences-Keyboard menu to make sure Screenshots were assigned a key. Check. But still no screenshot. Someone else suggested turning off the “Screenshot” option on the Compiz Settings. That was found in the “Extras” section of the super-handy CompizConfig Settings Manager. But it wasn’t checked in the first place. Then I discovered the Gnome Compatibility Option in the CompizConfig Settings manger. Checking that did the trick: the keyboard function worked…but not when a right-click menu was on the screen, which is exactly what I wanted the screenshot of. What I did was use the screenshot app … Read entire article »
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Gnome Do “Docky” Preferences
Gnome Do is incredibly handy, and I love the Docky interface, but I wanted it to behave more like Awn in allowing it to appear on top of open apps and windows. But the prefs under “Theme” don’t allow much customizing of its appearance. Luckily, I discovered if you right click on the Do indicator, all kinds of options appear: The options are: Automatically Hide (Drops Docky below screen. To bring it back up, just move the mouse to the bottom of the screen) ….If this is disabled, then Allow Window Overlap appears. Advanced Indicators (not sure what this does) Zoom Icons (Zooms the icons) Show Clock Show Trash And the standard: About; (General) Preferences; Donate; Quit … Read entire article »
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Atlas Obscura | Wondrous, curious, and bizarre locations around the world
Looks to be an interesting new site. Atlas Obscura | Wondrous, curious, and bizarre locations around the world. … Read entire article »
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Palm Pre to be Released on my Sister’s Birthday
I’ve been a long-time Palm-user, going back to my Seminary graduation when my bride-to-be bought me a Handspring Visor. It was a great machine…until it slid off the desktop sync stand and the screen cracked. I then owned a M100 or something. It was just okay. After that I bought a Tungsten E. It was pretty sweet–huge color screen, sleek. But the battery eventually was shot and wouldn’t hold a charge anymore. After that I experimented with old-school calendar-keeping. It lasted a few weeks until I convinced my dear sweet wife to get a Treo 700p. Convergence. My calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, docs and phone all in one device. I loved it. It was big, it was a bit clunky, but it was a good machine. Then my wife got a … Read entire article »
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For Bloggers and DYI Webmasters
I was talking with Pr. Eric Brown this morning and he mentioned he used Yahoo Hosting. I thought I would share with you what I shared with him (plus some). Yahoo Hosting was a great way for me to start with the Church’s web page. It had a clean interface, basic tools and a nice glossary. But the admin is linked to a Yahoo account, meaning I “owned” the church website, something I didn’t really want. Adding users, password protecting pages, adding .htaccess files (used by WordPress and its plugins a lot) and many other things were difficult or impossible under their terms. I honestly wonder how much they support it too, since not much has changed with the hosting plans and tools in years. Even their automatic WordPress installation is … Read entire article »
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