simon

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by simon 15y ago
Yes and no. (Hmmm, sound like a Tolkien elf there.) The opportunities have never been greater today and the barriers to entry have never been lower or cheaper. There are books and websites galore. If that doesn't help, there are forums and
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by simon 15y ago
I scan the newest feed about half the time that I visit the site. We're all info addicts here. :-)
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by simon 15y ago
Thanks. I'll try to grab a copy and see if it works for me.
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by simon 15y ago
Ok, I'll be the guy who says that he likes the previous version. :-) I don't dislike the new look, but it's not a dramatic departure. And I fail to see the problem that the new look solves. The red bar doesn't bother me, but is there a reas
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by simon 15y ago
Please report back because I'd love for some competition for the Gimp. The Gimp is great, but image editing editing software is an area that Linux is far too low on. And the $99 tag is low enough that I would be willing to pay for it.
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by simon 15y ago
Granted it's a press release and at this point it's all described as the greatest thing since sliced-bread and I have no idea whether any of that is true, but what is interesting is that they felt that there was enough of a Linux market t
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by simon 15y ago
While you're enjoying this classic article (and I do re-read it every time it's posted), you may wish to also take in Tim Bray's - in my opinion equally classic - article about Unicode. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/04/06/U
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by simon 15y ago
I use Pandoc and find it very helpful. I create my sermons in Pandoc's extended Markdown format and then side-load them to my Nook. Sometimes it is good to be the geekiest pastor around. I have also found that Pandoc is still being active
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by simon 15y ago
I have this one. It's excellent.
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by simon 15y ago
If you want maximum inches of shelf space, then The Art of Computer Programming by Knuth is your best bet. Myself, I love slim books that are high density yet well written. The C Programming Language by K& R and The AWK Programing Langu
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by simon 15y ago
I like it, but I'm a minimalist kind of guy in my reading (formatting) preferences anyway. Is there an option for selecting sites? I didn't see one.
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by simon 15y ago
The FB effort is this one: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397551,00.asp And your point about it not being easy to tell is very true. This is why the thought about the virtual chaplain. People would hopefully carry enough real-world
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by simon 15y ago
True. I was painting with somewhat of a broad brush there. Although, you could say that hermits are just extreme members of the type B personality, and that they need far fewer people than others. I'm not sure that even the most die-hard of
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by simon 15y ago
Wonderful thought and worthwhile effort. And I see that Facebook is also making similar efforts. I'm glad to see that. My meta-thought about this is how do you make this proactive instead of passive? If you don't visit raganwald or Facebook
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by simon 15y ago
All very true. People need contact with people. I am a geek and a type B (very happy with my own company) personality type like many others around here I'm sure. I am also a pastor and that's a people business. Some of the best advice I eve
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by simon 15y ago
A nice idea. Some folks may be nervous about expressing ideas without an NDA involved, but do we want their ideas anyway? :-) The design looked nice, but it was not intuitively obvious how to get back from an idea to the main screen.
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by simon 15y ago
Makes me think of culture, which tends not to make me think of your intended content. On the other hand, it's a nice name, so maybe I'd get used to it.
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by simon 15y ago
As opposed to the brainwashing that happens all of the rest of the time? As a pastor I despair of making enough of an impact in an hour or two to overcome all the influence of school and work that people experience for many tens of hours ea
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by simon 15y ago
Very quickly in my case. At the church that I pastor, it is still small enough that I am the principle sound engineer as well, so I get to hear my recorded sermons before uploading them. This cured the use of stop words and also is removing
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by simon 15y ago
Agreed. When preaching sermons (which are all recorded) I soon learned that a short pause was better than a stop word. And as long as you don't look or sound panicked when you pause, it comes across as being thoughtful and people accept it
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by simon 15y ago
Yup. I have installed Ubuntu on a number of computers for members of my congregation and provide them technical support. After one or two calls, it gets real quiet and they just enjoy using it. My mother-in-law has Ubuntu on her laptop and
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by simon 15y ago
So far my first generation Nook likes my side-loaded ePub files real well. I don't put PDFs on it. I also don't buy through B&N as I have an allergic reaction to DRM. :-) I have 173Mb of files purchased and downloaded separately and sid
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by simon 15y ago
It's working for me. The DNS propagation has made it to the midwest of the USA. Beyond that I can offer nothing. :-)
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by simon 15y ago
Some might want more control over the presentation of their photography and a choice of back end service providers (such as getting prints). And, some of the services you mention have a preference to have you license your pictures under mor
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by simon 15y ago
It's worse than that even. In much of Corporate America you are whatever keywords the HR person has been told to look for! Language, framework, operating system ... it's all the same to HR.
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by simon 15y ago
I'm with you. I have twenty one years earning my living as a programmer and I still don't particularly like objects. There are times where they work really well, especially for representing domain concepts, but procedural code makes more se
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by simon 15y ago
British guy here ... you don't even want to think how much tea I get through in a day! I live in the USofA and amaze many of my American co-workers with my volume of tea consumed. (Indian co-workers don't even blink, being partial to a nice
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by simon 15y ago
Sorry to hear that. It'll actually work out to be a blessing in disguise, but the disguise is usually pretty good the first week or two. Wordpress is a great idea for a humble CMS. Start learning PHP if you choose Wordpress. Sitepoint have
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by simon 15y ago
In Cubicleville thinking outside of the box is frowned upon, operating outside of the box is punished swiftly and even realizing that the box has an outside is dangerous.
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by simon 15y ago
Agreed. But an hour is a lot to ask most people before they start to realize some benefits. That's why I recommend the diet first and then short workouts. If those work for them, the desire to exercise will cause them to step it up themselv

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