Dig Deeper Book Review
Dig Deeper by Nigel Beynon and Andrew Sach is a very engaging book that sets out with the goal of giving Bible readers tools (mostly literary tools) to better study and understand the Bible. I really enjoyed this book, but to...
Random Research Friday: Custom Study Bible
Random Research Friday is taking a day of the week to explore a concept, product, idea, or anything that peaks my interest. My goal is to chose a topic I do not have vast experience in and just to learn more. For the inaugural...
Quick Website Prototyping
At this last IndyNDA’s ASP.NET special interest group, we discussed a way to quickly prototype a website. This is one step past creating a quick sketch of a website on paper. This will let you layout and give basic style to a...
IndyNDA Wrap-up for July 2010
This month’s IndyNDA meeting we heard from from Alan Stevens (@AlanStevens http://netcave.org) on “Does Your Code Tell a Story?”. His compared the analogy of writing novels to writing software. With great quotes on the subject,...
Jason Gray – Everything Sad is Coming Untrue (Music Review)
I have been hooked on the new Jason Gray album. I can literally listen to each song without having to skip a song. Jason Gray uses very smooth and clever lyrics and rhymes to keep you interested. The sound of the songs are...
Kindle 2 DX (My Review)
After using the Kindle 2 DX for a few months now, I thought I would give my thoughts on it. So far I love the small form factor (definitely thinner and lighter than a 3-inch software development textbook.) The Kindle has two...
IndyNDA Wrap-up: MongoDB presented by Dennis Burton
At IndyNDA last night we heard Dennis Burton speak on MongoDB. Personally, I have never dived into any other data store other than relational databases (i.e. SQL Server, MySQL…) Dennis did a great job laying out the pluses and...
Mailbox Pickup – Can you read the time?
Sometimes I forget to put my mail out in our mailbox before I head out to work. By the time I get home, the mail has been picked up already. I have two choices at this point: put the mail out tomorrow, or go to a Post Office...
John Piper – Reciting the book of Philippians by Memory
While at the BibleTech conference, I heard mention of a recitation from memory of the book of Philippians by John Piper. John Piper is a popular pastor the of a church in Minnesota. He runs the