MattPayne.org http://www.mattpayne.org/blog Omaha, NE - Computer Programmer Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Brush with fame — Lee Strobel http://www.mattpayne.org/blog/2009/12/14/brush-with-fame-lee-strobel/ http://www.mattpayne.org/blog/2009/12/14/brush-with-fame-lee-strobel/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:07:03 +0000 Payne http://www.mattpayne.org/blog/?p=334 Yesterday, we went to CCC to see Lee Strobel give his speech the Case for Christmas.   Before the service, we stood in line for autographs.  When I asked Lee Strobel what he thought of the book Evangelism Without Additives, he said he had not heard of it.

I wonder how CCC’s and Lee Strobel’s thoughts on evangelism compare with Jim Henderson’s ideas described in his book Evangelism Without Additives.

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So much so, while in Denver last month, I purchased my 2010 planner.    A Quo vadis brand daily journal.   It’s nice that Quo vadis is a Latin phrase meaning “Where are you going?”

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gpg < bigfile.pgp > bigfile

Odd that this trick needs to be used when dealing with large files.
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sudo mount -t vboxsf SharedWithUbuntu1 /mnt

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From InfoQ: Roundup: Scala as the long term replacement for Java

“Scala has been receiving much attention lately as a possible candidate to replace Java in the future. James Strachan creator of Groovy advocates in favor of Scala as James Gosling, creator of Java and Charles Nutter JRuby Core Developer, have done in the past.”

Things I’m looking through include:

  1. Learning Scala
  2. Programming Scala from Ora.com seems to be online in HTML for free (for now)
  3. Ted Neward’s Busy Developers Guide to Scala series on Developerworks
  4. Scala By Example
  5. Scala on Google App Engine

I’m considering buying the book on Scala — Programming in Scala

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The artist looked at the producer
The producer sat back
He said, What we have got here
Is a perfect track
But we don’t have a vocal
And we don’t have a song
If we could get these things accomplished
Nothin’ else could go wrong.
So he balanced the ashtray
As he picked up the phone
And said, Send me a songwriter
Who’s drifted far from home
And make sure that he’s hungry
Make sure he’s alone
Send me a cheeseburger
And a new Rolling Stone.
Yeah.

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http://www.docjar.com/

http://www.whatjar.co.uk/whatjar/welcome.htm

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/mavenbased-jar-search-engine-released-findjarcom

http://findjar.com/

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