Author Archives: Joseph

Anti-Gun Laws

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Joseph

Something to rejoice over in 2004 is the fact that a lot of the provisions of the so called “Brady Bill” are set to expire in 2004. Hopefully a Republican congress will demonstrate enough courage to not extend these provisions. … Continue reading →

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Laurie Hyink’s New Blogos

Posted on January 27, 2004 by Joseph

Laurie Hyink (Joe’s wife) has started her own blog at http://www.illumineme.com/blogos/. You can read her second post where she introduces herself, Joe, Benjamin, and Micah (who I haven’t met yet).

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The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth

Posted on January 26, 2004 by Joseph

Last year I purchased a copy of The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth. It is very helpful when you want to try to keep track of all the names of people and places in Tolkien’s works. This year I bought a … Continue reading →

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Righteous in the Little Things

Posted on January 25, 2004 by Joseph

Peter Leithart has posted his Exhortation for January 25. He has given excellent ecouragement from the Scriptures to those of us who may think that our position in life is not important enough. Take heart and be faithful in whatever … Continue reading →

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Supernovas and Time

Posted on January 25, 2004 by Joseph

Jeff Meyers has an very interesting article called, “A Sabbath Conversation: How Old is the Earth?” at Theologia. The article basically points out the fact that even if men or the universe have an apearence of an age greater than … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs on the Mac’s 20th Anniversary

Posted on January 24, 2004 by Joseph

Macworld has a new interview with Steve Jobs on their website. They discuss with him the 20th anniversary of the mac. They also have posted another article by seven different people who look at the 20 years of influence the … Continue reading →

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The Macintosh Turns 20

Posted on January 24, 2004 by Joseph

Don’t forget that the Macintosh is 20 years old today. CNN has a good article celebrating the birthday. You can go to Apple’s website and view an updated version of the original “1984”.

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Fixing the Scripturizer Plugin

Posted on January 24, 2004 by Joseph

The Heal Your Church Website has the plugin Scripturizer which allows the linking of scripture texts. As stated in some of the comments there is a problem when you put the scripture reference in parenthesis. On that page there is … Continue reading →

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Scripturizer Plugin

Posted on January 24, 2004 by Joseph

I added the scripturizer plugin to my MovableType install. It lets you add verses like Genesis 1:1-10 to you blog post and then it will link automatically to that scripture passage in the specified version. I can do passages like … Continue reading →

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Cordwainer Smith

Posted on January 23, 2004 by Joseph

I purchased The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith after reading “Christianity In the Science Fiction of ‘Cordwainer Smith’” by James Jordan. I read lots of Star Trek science fiction growing up and have liked … Continue reading →

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