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Life as an Immigrant
Jon asked me to post this essay written by our friend. Life as an Immigrant By Marc Brands From 1993 to 1996 I did an apprenticeship in Electronics Engineering at Siemens. In Switzerland apprenticeships are very common, students attend about 16 hours of classes... (More)
Posted by joyful on October 17, 2007, 3:59 pm
Category: General
Using tcpd_wrappers with pure-ftpd
pure-ftpd isn't designed to work with TCP wrappers, which is unfortunate, because then I can't simply add an ip address to /etc/hosts.deny to block the hackers when they guess passwords.  But, since the hackers have tried to login to my servers thirty thousand times this month, and... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 19, 2007, 4:04 pm
Category: Programming
Speaking at IVCF
I was recently asked to speak at IVCF at CMU on the topic of Christian view of success and vocation.  I am supposed to talk for 15 minutes, which will probably go very fast, so I need to be more concise than I usually would be. Our topic for this Large Group is the Christian view of success... (More)
Posted by jondaley on September 14, 2007, 1:43 am
Category: Reviews
Taking His Name
" Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." Exodus 20:7 (KJV)  I've been thinking more recently about what this means.  I grew up thinking that it pretty much just meant don't... (More)
Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:53 am
Category: Bible
Learning to Shoot, Standing Up, J Quote
The other day, Jonathan pointed his hand like a gun at Noah and made the shooting noise (not going to try to spell that one!)  Directly in response, Noah pointed at Jonathan and went, "pfff, pfff, pfff."   6/6 - Noah got to a standing position from the floor without pulling... (More)
Posted by joyful on June 8, 2007, 2:49 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Beginning Puzzles, Candles, MEAT!
5/18 - Noah sucessfully put back one of his big knob puzzle pieces.   In the last few days, Jonathan has been interested in lighting a candle at the table (not just for dinner, but anytime.)  He can now strike a match and light the candle all by himself.  (I have strongly... (More)
Posted by joyful on May 21, 2007, 3:24 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Noah: 9 Months
24 pounds, 9 ounces.  30 inches tall. He didn't cry a single whimper for his shot or any of the blood drawing for his hemoglobin and lead tests.  What a brave, tough guy!   He's added water (flicking his ear with his fingers - an unfortunate way to say it, but... (More)
Posted by joyful on March 26, 2007, 4:40 pm
Category: Noah
Jon's 30th Birthday Party
We had a big bash, hosted by the Moores.  I invited all our Pittsburgh friends that I had valid email addresses for. (So if you missed it and are disappointed, send me your correct email address!) Total attendees: 45 (including babies.)   We all had a lot of fun, and I'd like to... (More)
Posted by joyful on February 14, 2007, 1:05 pm
Category: General
Thoughts on Marriage
A friend of John Kuhns was asked some questions about marriage and what the point of it is.  This was his response: I think you are right that marriage is becoming less and less meaningful these days. People seem to think of marriage as just a very-committed relationship. When you are in a... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 17, 2007, 9:11 pm
Category: Reviews
Excommunication
A good post on judging , and making sure to clarify between judging the sin of the world and of the brethren.  Do we let people be happy, and not say anything, in order to not rock the boat, or do we speak up? Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his... (More)
Posted by jondaley on January 10, 2007, 7:19 am
Category: Bible
Bump Keys
I heard about bump keys recently, and had a little time to play around this morning.  I read an article about them, and watched a youtube video , and away I went.  It took about 15 minutes to hand-file a key.  And then another 20 minutes to try the "pull-back"... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 13, 2006, 7:20 am
Category: Reviews
Saturday Adventure
It has been a long time since the last time Jonathan and I went out on a trip together, and Heather suggested that I take the kids to give her some time to clean and other things by herself. First, we glued all of the dining room chairs, since they have been falling apart more than usual... (More)
Posted by jondaley on December 9, 2006, 7:31 pm
Category: Jonathan, Noah
Jonathan Is Three!
Jonathan woke up late on his birthday morning and discovered a bouquet of Happy Birthday balloons tied to the foot of his bed. He had a good long drink of mommy milk and then discovered his birthday crown on the sewing table which he put on after dressing in his "wedding clothes."... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 18, 2006, 11:15 pm
Category: Jonathan
50 Days of Heaven - Day 4
I sort of got discouraged on days 2 and 3, where I didn't find much that was edifying. But day 4 had a couple interesting things.One was a question I have about "Eden has been trampled, torched, and savaged." I have thought Eden was doing okay.  I guess maybe if the whole... (More)
Posted by jondaley on November 14, 2006, 5:15 am
Category: Reviews
Independence, Construction, Playdough
Jonathan borrowed a playdough pliers from the Kuhns and discovered that it makes nice little barrels.  Since his dough is now all colors mixed up, it is brown.  Lisa thought they looked like Tootsie Rolls.  A few days later when he was telling another friend about the things he... (More)
Posted by joyful on November 13, 2006, 7:47 pm
Category: Jonathan
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