This is not true: Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. --Mark 11:24 more »

I installed a new plugin that adds a very useful feature to this site. When you are leaving a comment you will now notice a checkbox labeled "Subscribe to comments by email." Tick that box before you submit your comment, and when someone else comments, y… more »

I recently ran across a book that played a significant role in one phase of my life, so I've updated my religious autobiography by adding this paragraph: Over the next few years I had many discussions with family and friends about my shift in beliefs.… more »

Who is the hero and who is the villain? [youtube]oMwW6Q1JfAA[/youtube] It's a Bible-believing[tm] preacher ranting about how another preacher is too accepting and non-judgmental. This guy made Joel Osteen seem like a nice person who's not too caug… more »

I just added support for Gravatars in the comments of this site. What that means is that you can go to gravatar.com, sign up for a free account, upload your picture, and then the picture will appear next to your comments on this site and any others that… more »

Astounding. (via Signal vs Noise) more »

Google announced their new AJAX Language API today. I thought a translator that worked as you type would be cool and I was able to put one together in just a few minutes: Instant translation Now I wonder how hard it would be to make an iPhone opti… more »

[youtube]W1czBcnX1Ww[/youtube] Boston Dynamics, a small DARPA-funded robotics company is designing the robot in the video for the US military. The video shows the bot, called BigDog, maintaining balance while being kicked, slipping on ice, climbing o… more »

Last week Apple finally released the iPhone SDK so that developers can create programs that run natively on the iPhone. I downloaded the SDK and installed it. It would be fun to learn some Objective-C and try my hand at making iPhone apps, but web deve… more »

Street View in Google Maps now includes Kansas City. more »