Dec 27th, 2008
About a year ago I started using Linux as a trial operating system. I was bogged down with Windows, sick of the space it was taking up and the mess it kept getting itself in. I also liked the idea of Open Source and decided to give Ubuntu a shot.
I'm glad I did.
I started using Kubuntu, purely because I liked the look of KDE more than Gnome. But with bits and pieces happening, and upgrading becoming easier with more Ubuntu packages out there with Gnome, I switched to Gnome for the ...
Dec 24th, 2008
Stripped bare.
Only the essential element of life.
God.
That's what it should be about. That's what everything should be about.
But even Church has got it wrong. Everyone is so focused on what the service should be like, what songs we should sing and how many times we should sing them. There is a complete disregard for God, in His wonder and splendor. We should be humbled when we enter His place. Instead we are so caught up in our own ideas, our own concepts of what "church" should be, that we miss the ...
Dec 20th, 2008
It was my pleasure today to see Christmas in its finest state today.
At church we had it all, from Carols, Candle light and farmyard animals to cap it all off.
But it wasn't the sight of flickering light.
It wasn't the smell of hay.
It wasn't the sound of bells ringing out.
It was the children, who with their biggest smiles running up and down the eisles completely oblivious to the faces of adults trying to shoosh them, frustrated that their own attention had been taken away from the message trying to be shared.
For me, ...
Dec 17th, 2008
Today my Canon EOS 350D arrived in the mail.
A while ago when I got interested in photography and digital cameras were massively expensive, I asked for a film SLR camera for my birthday. A second hand Olympus OM10, which I still cherish to this day.
Since I went digital however, the film days have been over and the OM10 has been sitting on the shelf ever since.
This week I purchased the new DSLR and I fell in love as soon as it arrived. The mechanical chug as it takes the photo I ...
Dec 14th, 2008
Church last night opened my eyes.
It was a sharing service, where people of our youth community get up and share their high's and low's of the year, and their hopes and dreams of the next.
If you were there and are reading this, do not read this as an attack on you personally if comments I have made are directly linked to something you said. This is a mere thoughtful recognition of the short comings of today's society, as opposed to a direct personal attack on any one.
It concerned me at how ...
Dec 9th, 2008
Yeah baby!
Recently I put KDE 4.1 ontop of my Ubuntu 8.10. I have to say, I'm impressed. After putting on the initial RC's for KDE 4, I was singularly unimpressed with the limitations on the panels and the pathetically large digital clock on the right hand side. Whilst it was new and funky looking and a huge step away from KDE 3.5, it wasn't doing it for me. So I switched to Gnome and never looked back.
Until now!
With the release of KDE 4.1 a lot of the bugs have been ironed ...
Nov 26th, 2008
So life has become more and more visual. It continues to impress me the amazing things that nature and life throws our way. The latest man-made gadgets such as new cellphones that are dirt cheap, and wireless interconnectivity on laptops that I have no idea how it works, yet it does, and the amazing world that is the internet, have me stop in my tracks and stop to think.
3 nights ago a shadow flicker struck across my laptop. I couldn't figure out what it was. I looked up, and there was this spider, ...
Nov 17th, 2008
So yesterday I finished the main structure of the site with the core pages. I am looking at adding more to the site in the coming weeks.
This site has been a work in progress over the last 2-3 months. I have been struggling a lot with different design ideas and design inspirations. I'm still not sure that I've nailed it yet, and so some changes are sure to be made. If you have any suggestions it would be great to hear them!
Features:
Full jQuery integration - complete removal of ...
Nov 8th, 2008
Recently I have been re-developing my website.
As you are aware, it is heavily graphics oriented with a focus on my Artwork gallery.
Lately I've been trying out jQuery with relative success. Unfortunately I've hit a snag. Galleria is a plugin which seems to work on everyone else's site absolutely fine. But for some reason, not on mine.
Edit: Finally got it working. A few mis-placed lines of code and other things not in the right order of loading. Works fine now!
Oct 28th, 2008
c1990 - 2008
This morning, Flash passed away. Close to 3 years ago he was diagnosed with terminal kidney failure. He was given 6 months to live. Being the fighter that he is, he lasted beyond what anyone thought imaginable. However, this week, his time had come and it was time to take him to the vet and say our last good bye.
He was a childhood friend, a protector of his property and a dedicated friend to a family who loved him.Many a laugh ...