Archive of 2011 | The Kyle File

It works!

The test of my TweaK API wrapper script was a complete success! So, since it works, I can go ahead and share the website. Anyone who would like to use my code to get the shortest link on the planet can go to http://tweaky.tk. The page there will give all the information needed to use my script, including a link to download it. If you have an account on Dlvr.it, you can simply add Tweaky as a 3rd-party shortener by setting the endpoint to http://tweaky.tk/wrapper.php?link=@URL@. Also, Tweaky works very similarly to the shorten function of the TweaK API. You can send an HTTP get or post request to http://tweaky.tk/wrapper.php with the link parameter set to the long link you wish to shorten. Tweaky will return only the HTTP response code, and, if the long link is good, the short link returned by TweaK. Enjoy the shortest links on the planet, courtesy of TweaK and Tweaky. Update The TweaK API and website no longer work, as they have been replaced by Freenom's Random Domains API, allowing…

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The TweaK API…

I have finally been able to complete my TweaK API wrapper script. I had to nearly completely rewrite the code, because the curl_exec() function is disabled on my host, and although I am one of the server administrators, I felt it would be more secure to leave it disabled. Then, dot.tk’s “abuse and copyright infringement department” sent me a rather nasty looking automated form email telling me that they had cancelled the domain I was using for the script, because either the web address was inaccessible or it violated their terms and conditions. The problem with that is that they cancelled the domain name within 4 hours of the time I registered it, so of course it wasn’t even ready for use, and I was busy building the wrapper script, and hadn’t even written a basic index page yet, not to mention the fact that the DNS hadn’t even really had a chance to propagate. Well, as far as I can tell, that problem has been solved, and I was able to successfully validate my script as a shortener on…

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I think an API…

It didn’t quite work. TweaK returns two links. The good news is I think I can fix it by making a wrapper API that will only return the first link. A search indicates that someone already did it, but I can’t find the source code for the script, and I want to be able to release the code into the public domain, which means I’ll be doing it myself. Looks like it won’t be too hard, but until it’s done, if you see a pair of my links on Twitter or StatusNet and you want to click it, just click the first one that looks like bcd34.tk. The second one that looks like tk./bcd34 doesn’t seem to work. In other news, since before the upgrade of StatusNet, my blog posts haven’t been reaching Identi.ca. I hope they get that fixed soon. I can’t seem to figure out where the problem is though, so I plan to eventually migrate this blog to Wordpress, of course hosted at HostingPad, so that I can just install plugins rather than dealing with all kinds of third parties to share my posts across my social…

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August 2011

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Kyle's Featured…

Due to changes beyond my control, Kyle's Featured Store will no longer be presented on Saturday mornings. Also, the Kyle's Coffee and More link has been removed from this blog and from my website. The company that provided the shopping site that gave my customers cash back when they made purchases is no longer offering this service. I apologize for any problems this may cause. The same company does offer other possibilities, so check back for a new Kyle's Coffee and More link, or possibly Kyle's Coffee, in the future, as I may be able to sell the coffee I love so much on my own website. If so, the announcement will be made here, and links will be added where appropriate. The company behind this store asked for an unreasonable fee to keep it going, then completely vanished from the internet, and even its parent seems to be gone. Had I given them the money they wanted, I would have been screwed out of hundreds of dollars, and I seriously doubt that any customer actually received cash…

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Yeehaw! All my…

Over the last couple of weeks, my preferred hosting provider was plagued with many problems that were beyond the control of the administrators. Their main server mass suspended every account and then went offline completely. Then they brought another server online, but the nameservers never worked and there were a host (pun intended) of CPanel issues. However, on Monday, an entirely new server was brought online, and it’s working perfectly, and is faster than ever. I had switched over to another p2h (post to host) provider as a stopgap measure until HostMafia came back online, but the alternate provider had its own problems, including the fact that although my account was allowed unlimited addon domains, CPanel gave me an error on my first addon domain, saying that I was not allowed more than 0 addon domains. A support ticket has produced no results to this day, and the forum posting rules disallow bumping my ticket or even requesting that someone look at it in their live support chat…

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July 2011

Through the Fire

I discovered this song a couple of weeks ago when I sang it at church. Before I heard it, I was told it was classified as "Southern Gospel, and wasn't sure I could do it justice, since I Rarely sing in that genre. But then I heard it, and I fell completely in love with it. Now, for your listening pleasure, I sing "Through the Fire." Enjoy, share and be blessed. Download "Kyle - Through the Fire" [Ogg Vorbis](/uploads/Kyle%20-%20Through%20the%20Fire.ogg) | [mp3](/uploads/Kyle%20-%20Through%20the%20Fire.mp3) I'd like to give a shoutout to Amazon mp3 for making this Ultimate Tracks backing track available for purchase. Thank you.

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I crushed a friend…

Brandon: iPhone 5 is almost Here!! (link removed) Kyle: DROID! Brandon: Ha! No way! iPhone is the phone Jesus would be using. Kyle: Hey, what if we're both wrong? What if Jesus prefers Blackberry? Boy would we be in trouble! :P Brandon: Hmm I don't know.. maybe Jesus who works at the cowboy boot store uses a Blackberry but Jesus who walked on water uses a Apple product. Just ask Adam ;) Kyle: Well, I guess Adam would have used an Apple product. Why, because Eve was charmed by the snake, and they both bought... uh I mean ate the Apple. Lol. Brandon: touche'

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Happy Independence…

Today, here in the United States of America, we celebrate the brave soldiers who died so that we could gain independence from British rule. Because of their great sacrifice, a great nation was born. But also today, worldwide, it is as good a time as any to celebrate the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who bravely and willingly suffered the ultimate shame and humiliation and died so that we could all gain independence from satan's rule. Because of His great sacrifice, each one of us can be born again. Then Jesus said to the Jews which believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, And shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and were never bond to any man: why do you say then, ‘You shall be made free?’” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, that whoever commits sin is the servant of sin. And the servant does not live in the house forever, but the Son lives forever. If that Son therefore…

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Furthermore God said, “Let us make man in our image according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over everything that creeps and moves on the earth.” Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God he created him: he created them male and female. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Bring forth fruit and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every beast that moves upon the earth.” Genesis 1:26-28, THE HOLY BIBLE

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June 2011

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We need time for God to speak to us without anything interfering. Often. Undisturbed. Constant contact with Him. We cannot live successful Christian lives without being connected. Going to church, singing songs, being around other Christians, and things of that nature do not keep us connected with God Himself. TRUE fulfillment comes when we are sold out for God. James 4:7-8, “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. COME NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL COME NEAR TO YOU. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded.” I find myself praying throughout the day, only when I need things. I never take the time during my day to praise him and say “Thanks, Big Papa!” Find somewhere to go and be with God, not to yammer about needing things. Heaven Sent: Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine one you. (via hopesign)E

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Instant coffee is…

Last month, my wife, mother-in-law and daughter went to a local festival. My wife came back home thrilled about a cup of coffee they had while they were there. Then she told me that this amazing cup of coffee was instant. Well, naturally, I remained quite skeptical, since although I trust my wife, my experiences with instant coffee had, up to that point, been all bad. I did receive a link where I could buy the coffee and many other things, and I did give it a quick look. I didn’t, however, feel inclined to purchase this coffee, because again, I had had only bad experiences with instant coffee in the past. Then, last Thursday, I was invited as a guest to a meeting that took place yesterday, where the shopping portal that sells this coffee and many other things was presented and discussed. I got the chance to taste the coffee first-hand, and found out that all the wonderful things my wife and mother-in-law had said about it were indeed true. The cup of coffee I had was simply amazing!…

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Yeehaw!…

I finally got it working. I will still use the Git repository on Gitlab, but PicoSpeaker, my flexible interface to SVox Pico on Linux, now has a fully functional web site at www.picospeaker.tk project is abandoned, website no longer works. And, in the traditional Kyle style, the full site source code is released into the public domain, and can be downloaded by clicking the bright green box at the bottom of any page. Enjoy, and God bless.

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PicoSpeaker gets a…

My little PicoSpeaker program is moving into a new home. The Git repo will still be on Github Gitlab where it's always been where it moved after the Microsoft takeover, but the downloads and all information about the program will soon be available from its official web site official website, now defunct. Enjoy the new look. Wow! I didn’t know I could do all this free of charge! Waaaaay cool!

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You were born to be…

antiquerain: “Before I formed you in the womb I knewyou, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” - Jeremiah 1:5 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” - Romans 12:2

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Confession of Faith

I’m now releasing my faith, by confessing this to be the greatest day of my life. This is the day that the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it. I am a recreated being, “Old things have passed away and all things have become new.” I am created into His glorious image and likeness: I am His workmanship and I am complete in Christ, I am full of His Spirit and divine power, I am God’s property. I have been bought with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, I am free from the curse of the law. Sin, Sickness, Poverty, Fear, Doubt, Worry, Confusion and all that Satan represents, shall not have any dominion over me. I am prospering in my spirit, my soul, my body, and my finances, for I am a liberated person. Jesus said that I would know the truth and the truth shall make me free. I am standing fast, in the liberty wherein Christ has made me free. I am expecting God to meet all my needs, and to do super abundantly above all I dare to ask, hope, dream or desire in every area…

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Experimenting with…

I’m experimenting with adding a share button to my posts, which should make it easier to share them on your favorite social network. I’m currently trying the share button from Add to Any, which allows both sharing and bookmarking on many networks from a single button. Other than the fact that my post title only shows up correctly if you click the button from the post’s page, it seems to work quite well. A tip for screen reader users I noticed that nothing seems to happen if you press enter on the link that says “Share it.” The solution to this problem has so far only been tested with Orca and Firefox 4.x, but you should be able to press enter on the link, press control-home to get to the top of the page, and then press enter again. From there you will be able to tab to the link for the network you want and press enter to go to its share page. The text box will already be filled in with the link, and usually the title of the post. If you click a share button on the front page, however,…

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How to Know You’re…

You know you’re drinking too much coffee when… …Juan Valdez has named his donkey after you. …you can ski uphill. …you get a speeding ticket even when you’re parked. …you answer the door before people knock. …you just completed another sweater, and you don’t know how to knit. …you have to watch videos in fast-forward. …the only time you’re standing still is during an earthquake. …you can take a picture of yourself from ten feet away without using the timer. …you lick your coffee pot clean. …you’re the employee of the month at the local coffee-house, and you don’t even work there. …you’ve worn out your third pair of tennis shoes this week. …your eyes stay open when you sneeze. …you chew on other people’s fingernails. …the nurse needs a scientific calculator to take your pulse. …you can jump-start your car without cables. …you have Styrofoam sofa covers. …if a kettle whistled in a forest, you’d hear it. …you don’t need a hammer to pound in nails. …you’ve worn out the handle on your…

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streamlining my…

I replaced my link to a page containing Feedburner's email subscription form with the direct link. It doesn’t conform to my theme, but since the form opened Feedburner's window to present the captcha verification, I thought it would be better to have the email address textbox in the same place. It just looks a bit cleaner and allows for one less click and page load during the subscription process.

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Email subscriptions…

It's the last piece of the puzzle, and the single thing I missed from Posterous. Readers of The Kyle File can now subscribe via email to my feed, thanks to Google’s Feedburner. I have placed the link immediately below the Get the feed link at the bottom of my left sidebar. If I did this right, anyone who subscribes to my emails will receive a single message once every day that I post. It looks like you can also click Get the feed and you'll see a link to have The Kyle File delivered to your email along with several other options for receiving the feed. If you have any problems or suggestions regarding this feature, let me know in the comments section below.

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Choose to Put God…

If I am the captain of my own ship, the sea will rage and the winds will blow. My ship will be tossed around by the storm, it will sink and I will drown. But if I choose God as the captain of my ship, the sea will rage, the winds will blow and Icebergs will block the way, but the mighty hand of God will steer the ship carefully through it all, I may even be able to hear Jesus say: “Peace. Be still,” and I will safely reach my destination. If I am the pilot of my own airplane, storms will come and turbulence will buffet the airplane. Lightning will hit my wing, and I will crash and burn. But if I choose God as my pilot, the storms will come and the turbulence will buffet my airplane. Lightning may hit my wing, and even knock off an engine, but the mighty hand of God will keep me in the air, and I will safely reach my destination. If I drive my own car, I will drive over potholes, blow out a tire and spin off the road into a ditch. But if I choose God as my driver, there will be…

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May 2011

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Look what I can do…

A modern browser that supports HTML5 and WebM or Theora video is required to show this animation. * [Download Mozilla Firefox](http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-4.0.1) * [Download Google Chrome or Chromium](http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html) var myVideo = document.getElementById('caffeine'); if (typeof myVideo.loop == 'boolean') { // loop supported myVideo.loop = true; } else { // loop property not supported myVideo.addEventListener('ended', function () { this.currentTime = 0; this.play(); }, false); } //No need to set autoplay in the tag myVideo.play(); Mmmmmmmm! Coffee! Actually, it’s an animated caffeine molecule. No gif here! This is HTML5 and a snippit of Javascript in action, and it was quite easy to make it work. And I can even tab to it and controll it with a screen reader. The hardest part was the fallback links to download the browsers that support it, because I had to find each link individually. :) I did, however, choose to implement…

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Sorry, but I have to disagree with many of the American Idol comments I’ve seen so far. Season 10 has seen the worst winner in AI history! At no time has someone who simply has no singing voice gone all the way to the top. A few non-singers usually last longer than they should, but they’ve never made it all the way until now. Ladies and gentlemen, American Idol is officially dead! Please don’t bring it back for another dreadful season! I can’t wait for The X Factor, which I pray will be what AI is no longer: a true singing competition where all the contestants, but especially the winners, can truly sing.

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> One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. Psalm 27:4-6

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The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear, Israel, The Lord our God is the only Lord. You shall therefore love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength:’ this is the first commandment. And the second is like it, that is, 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:29-31, THE HOLY BIBLE

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it don't break…

musicdudeeksdi: Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom. I almost deleted this note but I was blessed when I got to the end. God, when I received this e-mail, I thought… I don’t have time for this… And, this is really inappropriate during work. Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is… Exactly, what has caused lots of the problems in our world today. We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning.. Maybe, Sunday night… And, the unlikely event of a midweek service. We do like to have Him around during sickness.. And, of course, at funerals. However, we don’t have time, or room, for Him during work or play… Because.. That’s the part of our lives we think… We can, and should, handle on our own. May God forgive me for ever thinking… That… there is a time or place where.. HE is not to be FIRST in my life. We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us. If, You aren’t ashamed to do this, Please follow the direction Jesus said, ‘If you are ashamed…

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Hey, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters and you who have no silver, come, buy and eat: come, I say, buy wine and milk without silver and without money. Why do you lay out silver and not for bread, and your labour without being satisfied? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight in fatness. Encline your ears and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I gave him for a witness to the people, for a prince and a master to the people. Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, and the holy one of Israel: for he has glorified you. Isaiah 55:1-5, THE HOLY BIBLE

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No more black boxes…

I discovered the poster attribute in the video tag, along with the proper ffmpeg command to pull an image from an arbitrary video frame. So the black boxes that once characterized my videos have now been replaced with frames from the videos themselves. My code gets a little longer, but I have a template that I copy and paste from, so it’s still extremely easy to implement, and at least in Firefox 4.0, accessibility to screen readers is much better than with the Flash plugin.

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In honor of the first birthday of WebM, my HTML5 video page is now up, offering the ability to watch and download the videos I post to The Kyle File. Your browser should automatically display the video players if it can, and if not, it will show you the download link for the video and a link to the version on my Youtube channel. Due to some trouble I’m having with my video editor, only one of my two videos is online and fully functional at the moment, but I hope to have the problem fixed soon. Also, I have an unfortunate correction to report. In an earlier post, I mentioned offering downloads of video files in the mp4 format along with the WebM files. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, I will only be offering WebM files. But don’t dispare. WebM is a format that is becoming more widely supported each day, it will soon be the primary format used by Youtube, and a link to the Youtube version of each video will be included for browsers and devices that don’t yet support WebM, both…

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Happy birthday WebM!

Release the balloons and streamers and cut the cake for a big happy birthday to the WebM project, which turns 1 year old today! Thanks Google for freeing the VP8 video codec for everyone to use and enjoy, which makes this project possible and makes publishing video on the internet easier than ever, and which could even bring software freedom to the attention of the masses. Just one thing though. Hey Google, could you please show my Lift Every Voice and Sing video a little WebM love? It still wants me to install the Flash plugin in order to watch it. I still have the original file I uploaded if you need it. Thanks.

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12 Not as though I had already attained to it, either were already perfect: but I follow, if I may apprehend that for whose sake also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not count myself that I have attained to it, but one thing I do: I forget that which is behind, and endeavour myself to that which is before, 14 And follow hard toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14, THE HOLY BIBLE

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The Kyle File adds…

I just found out how extremely easy it is, and how nice it looks, to include an HTML5 player for the audio and video files I post to The Kyle File. I’ll be updating my music page and prior posts shortly, and all future audio or video posts will include an HTML5 player with a fallback to a standard download link. This means that if you have a browser that supports HTML5, you will see a nice-looking player where you will be able to play the file directly in your browser, or you can right-click or navigate to the player and use its context menu to save the file to your computer. The player will automatically determine the file format that is supported by your browser and allow you to play or download it. If you have a browser that doesn't support HTML5, you will notice that there will now be two download links for each file, one for the Ogg Vorbis file and another for the mp3 file, (audio), and WebM and mp4, (video). Otherwise, there will be no difference in how you interact with The…

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Jesus, thank you…

drowninginhisgrace: You love me for who I am, not for what I do for you. You love me no matter how many times I slip up. You love me despite how much I worry, even though I know it’s all in Your hands. You love me even when I get really distracted from you. You love me when I try to find satisfaction in something else other than you. You still take me back every single time! I look at all this beauty surrounding me and I can’t believe that you’ve given it all to me. I can’t thank you enough. Jesus, thank you for loving me despite everything...

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Kyle's French Toast

Well, it’s sort of mine, I guess. I ripped it from two different recipes and put it together so that even I can understand how to cook it. I made this for breakfast this morning and actually didn’t burn down the house or myself. My wife and I both loved it. Ingredients 6 thick slices bread 2 eggs 2/3 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional) 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg (optional) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional) 1/2 teaspoon salt Directions Beat together egg, milk, salt, desired spices and vanilla. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or skillet over medium-high flame. Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides 45 seconds to 1 minute or until golden. Serve hot with butter and/or maple syrup.

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Now on GNOME3, and…

So I went ahead and took the plunge and upgraded to GNOME3. My experience has actually not been that bad so far. I did have to upgrade to the latest git version of Orca, because the Mozilla products appear inaccessible to the version of Orca that ships with GNOME. I also have no desktop for some reason in the “fallback” mode, and I can add the main menu applet to my pannel, but I can’t make it completely replace the menu bar in the top left corner that activates when I press alt-f1. However, all these problems are pretty much just minor annoyances to me, since everything else seems to work at least as well as before the upgrade, and I didn’t really use the desktop launchers and icons that much anyway. The desktop will probably become more of a problem when I plug in my mp3 player, but since it shows up in /media, I shouldn’t have a problem with that either. I’m sure I’ll find more bugs, but I’m actually fairly happy with my upgrade decision overall.

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Updated: Finding…

This is an update from an earlier post. I decided to repost it in order to share my experience from the beginning. I hope it helps someone. Here goes one more test of Twitterfeed. I may need to try to find a different syndication system, as Twitterfeed has a little trouble publishing to Twitter, but it’s not publishing to Identica at all. Update: 2 hours later This post still hasn’t shown up on Twitter or Identica. It should post every 30 minutes, so it looks like there are multiple problems at once. I guess I just set up my Twitterfeed account at the wrong time. Update: 6 hours later Hey, it finally published. But only Twitter got it. I seriously need an alternative that will take my feed and publish it to both Twitter and Identica in a timely manner. It’s fine if it takes up to an hour, but 6 hours is a bit long. Update: 1 day later I finally found it! Enter dlvr.it, almost exactly what I wanted. It posts to Twitter and Identica usually in 15 minutes or less, and it even gives me…

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23 For there is no difference: for all have sinned, and are deprived of the glory of God, 24 And are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 Whom God has set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness, by the forgiveness of the sins that are passed, 26 Through the patience of God, to show at this time his righteousness, that he might be just, and a justifier of him who is of the faith of Jesus. Romans 3:23-26, THE HOLY BIBLE

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GNOME3

According to an Arch Linux News release, GNOME3 will be moved to the Extra package repository, completely replacing GNOME2. This may happen as early as today or tomorrow, most likely depending on how soon the mirrors synchronize. I am aware that much work has been done to get accessibility features up and running, but I have also read that GNOME3 won’t be fully operational with Orca until the 3.2 release. I just performed what is likely to be my last upgrade before GNOME3 is moved, but I don’t really want to ignore the gnome package group in all future upgrades until the 3.2 release, which could break something, I definitely don’t want to stop all upgrades on my system until 3.2 is released, and I most certainly don’t feel like going distro hopping again, now that I found one I really like. Has anyone reading this tested GNOME3 with Orca? I know that gnome-shell isn’t working well, but does fallback mode work out of the box? What major pitfalls can I expect in this release, and how…

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April 2011

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O Glorious Love

This is a new version with better sound. I want to give a big shoutout to my friend Jeremiah, who sent me the mic that made this song and many others to come happen. I also would like to once again thank the good folks atBenson Sound for making the accompaniment track I used in this recording available for purchase. Download Kyle - O Glorious Love [Ogg Vorbis](/uploads/Kyle%20-%20O%20Glorious%20Love.ogg) | [mp3](/uploads/Kyle%20-%20O%20Glorious%20Love.mp3)

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To him that excells. A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord, you have tried me and known me. 2 you know my sitting and my rising: you understand my thought afar off. 3 you examine my paths and my lying down, and are accustomed to all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but behold, you know it wholly, O Lord. 5 you shut me in behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 your knowledge is too wonderful for me: it is so high that I cannot attain it. 7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, you are there: if I lie down in hell, you are there. 9 Let me take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: 10 Yet there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand hold me. 11 If I say, “Yet the darkness shall hide me,” even the night shall be light around me. 12 Yes, the darkness does not hide from you: but the night shines as the day: the darkness and light are both alike. 13 For you have possessed my…

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When in sorrow …………………………………………. call John 14. When men fail you ……………………………………… call Psalm 27. If you want to be fruitful ………………………………..call John 15. When you have sinned …………………………………. call Psalm 51. When you worry …………………………………………. call Mat.6:19-34. When you are in danger ………………………………… call Psalm 91. When God seems far away …………………………….. call Psalm 139. When your faith needs stirring …………………………. call Hebrews 11. When you are lonely and fearful ……………………….. call Psalm 23. When you grow bitter and critical ……………………… call I Cor.13. For Paul’s secret to happiness ………………………….. call Col. 3:12-17. For understanding of Christianity ……………………….. call II Cor.5:15-19. When you feel down and out ……………………………. call Romans 8:31. When you want peace and rest ………………………… call Mat.11:25-30. When the world seems bigger than God ……………….. call Psalm 90. When you want Christian assurance ……………………..call Romans 8:1-30. When you leave home for labor or travel ………………. call Psalm 121. When your prayers grow…

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1 Praise the Lord, because he is good: for his mercy endures forever. 2 Praise the God of gods: for his mercy endures forever. 3 Praise the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures forever: 4 Who only does great wonders: for his mercy endures forever: 5 Who by his wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures forever: 6 Who has stretched out the earth upon the waters: for his mercy endures forever: 7 Who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 As the sun to rule the day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and the stars to govern the night: for his mercy endures forever: 10 Who struck Egypt in their firstborn, (for his mercy endures forever) 11 And brought out Israel from among them (for his mercy endures forever) 12 With a mighty hand and stretched out arm: for his mercy endures forever: 13 Who devided the red Sea in two parts: for his mercy endures forever: 14 And made Israel to pass through the middle of it: for his mercy endures forever: 15 And overthrew Pharaoh and…

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To him that excells on Gittith. A Psalm of David. 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is your Name in all the world! who have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and infants you have ordained strength, because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I behold your heavens, even the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have ordained, 4 What is man, I say, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? 5 For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and worship. 6 You have made him to have dominion in the works of your hands: you have put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen: yes, and the beasts of the field: 8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and that which passes through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is your Name in all the world! Psalm 8, THE HOLY BIBLE

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1 And when the Sabbath day was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought sweet ointments, that they might come and anoint him. 2 Therefore early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the tomb, when the Sun was now risen. 3 And they said one to another, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away (for it was a very great one) 5 So they went into the tomb, and saw a young man sitting at the right side, clothed in a long white robe: and they were greatly troubled. 6 But he said to them, “Do not be so troubled: you seek Jesus of Nazareth, who has been crucified: he is risen, he is not here: behold the place where they put him. 7 But go your way, and tell his disciples, and Peter, that he will go before you into Galilee: there you shall see him, as he said to you.” 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the tomb: for they trembled, and were amazed: neither did…

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Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me to rest in green pasture, and leads me by the still waters. 3 He restores my soul, and leads me in the paths of righteousness for his Name’s sake. 4 Yes, though I should walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me: your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the sight of my adversaries: you anoint my head with oil, and my cup runs over. 6 Doubtless kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall remain a long season in the house of the Lord. This passage is taken from an updated version of the Geneva Bible in modern English. This version is a work in progress, and in most cases, a passage is edited from the original Geneva translation immediately before it is posted. The original text of the Geneva Bible is available from the Crosswire Bible Society.

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An end to the blog…

Up until now, I have maintained two blogs, one at Tumblr and one at Posterous posterous, now defunct, both containing nearly the same content. Both of these blogging sites had their advantages and disadvantages, but the Posterous blog was my primary blog site untill recently. It seems that some people were having trouble downloading files that I posted there, especially on later browsers such as Firefox 4.0. Since I’m all about getting my files out there for all to hear, I decided it would be better to host my files in a different place and link to them as needed. As it turns out, Dropbox allows for this in a very simple and streamlined way. All I need to do is to place the file I want to share in ~/Dropbox/Public and then copy its download link, which I can get from Nautilus when I’m in that folder. I can then link directly to it using Markdown syntax in my post to my blog. Initial tests have been quite successful, producing links in my post that go directly to the file in question…

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