GMail has granted invitations to allow other people to join the beta test and get an online email account on their servers again. I’ve got ten invitations to grant. Let me know if you’re interested in one, by commenting on this article, and I’ll send you an invite. Update: The GMail invitation form asks for [...]
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Seeing as it is the end of the year, everybody and their brother is coming out with their year in review lists. Dave Barry (or maybe his brother) offers one of the best in his annual column. Here’s my favorite part, which came from December’s entry. In other international news, Iran continues to heatedly deny [...]
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Let it never be said that the Associated Press isn’t right on top of things. Here’s a headline today. Millions Celebrate Christmas Across Globe Our pastor preached from 1 Timothy 1:15 last night. It seems like an appropriate announcement of what Christmas is all about. 1 Timothy 1:15 – NASB 15: It is a trustworthy [...]
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Answers in Genesis is continuing their practice of posting one of their books on creation topics online, one chapter at a time. They’ve started posting the book In Six Days: Why 50 Scientists Choose to Believe in Creation, edited by Dr. John Ashton. The link is to the online index and just the preface is [...]
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By means of follow-up to my comment spam post a few days ago, here’s what I did to completely eliminate comment spam on my WordPress weblogs. I renamed the wp-comments-post.php file, which controls the act of posting a comment, and the callout to it in the wp-comments.php file. That’s it. The comment spam bots that [...]
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Answers in Genesis just completed posting another of their creation science books online. This time, it is Why Won’t They Listen by Ken Ham. Here’s the table of contents. Foreword Chapter 1: A Worrisome Trend Chapter 2: What is the Gospel? Chapter 3: Communication—It’s a Problem Chapter 4: The Cross—A Stumbling Block! Chapter 5: The [...]
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If you use the FireFox browser, you may want to try the changes mentioned in this article to speed up your browser.
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Popular Mechanics has a list of 30 everyday disasters and quick fixes for them online. There are several useful tips in the list, including this: POLTERGEIST DOOR: Every house has one, a door that slowly drifts shut every time you try to leave it open. THE QUICK FIX: Rather than resetting the hinges or propping [...]
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Has anyone seen the English translation of Afghanistan President Hamad Karzai’s inaugural speech today? I’ve been searching for it and cannot find it. Let me know, please, if you do find it.
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Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. Those are the words that President Roosevelt chose to begin his address to Congress on December 8, 1941, one day after the [...]
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