Entries by David

This isn't a video blog entry because the laptop with which I record my logs has been stolen. I've never had anything stolen from me (that I know of) within recent memory. The closest thing was a bike was stolen from me when I was 7 years old. The laptop was sitting in my office building at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer Indiana (you'd think it would be safe there) and someone who has keys to the building walked upstairs and snatched my laptop. They also accidentally destroyed some power adapters when they tripped over them to get to my laptop. It's a really weird feeling I have right now. Remember that peace I talked about in my sermon. Well, I think I have it. I don't care that my laptop was stolen. I don't feel enraged. I don't feel scared. I don't feel violated. I don't feel any of the things that one would think I should feel in a situation like this. I actually feel guilty for not feeling angry. "So this is what it's like to love your enemy," I've been saying to myself as well. I've really been trying hard to detach myself from my "things" as I am hoping to sell them all. I guess it's working.

If I'm really honest I need to give credit to part of this peace being due to the to the full system (everything on the machine) backup that was done by the new Mac OS X - Leopard that I had installed the day it came out. So, I can recover everything up to Monday at 9am. In that time I generated only 3 new documents which I can recreate. The Jasper Co. Sheriff is conducting interviews and the number of people that had access to the machine is very limited. I know of only 6 people it could have been plus any janitorial staff (but I don't think janitorial was involved).

On this thanksgiving day, I am thankful that I don't give a shit about my stolen laptop!

I spent way too much time on takes for this. This is the only one that fit into youtube's specifications Damn glare on my glasses!

Tanakh Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25
Psalm Reading: Isaiah 12:1-6
Epistle Reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Gospel Reading: Luke 21:5-19



The text of the sermon can be found here

Taken from a Core 3 lecture I gave the sophomores at Saint Joseph's College about the two creation stories. You can find the entire lecture here

I think I'm going to be doing video blogs too Let's see how this works

The most common problem with the Linksys WRT GS running openwrt and asterisk is the size limitation. A major drawback is the lack of being able to save voicemail to the box itself. The Netgear WGT634U is the solution (with its phat usb interface). This entry will be a step-by-step install howto for putting kamikaze openwrt onto the netgear wgt643u. The openwrt install from the wiki is here

Openwrt

What you will need:

• A computer with a serial/usb2serial interface (running a kermit like program)


• A serial to 4 pin serial cable (I snip off the end of a samsung data cable and splice it onto a floppy power cable)


• A Netgear WGT634U


• small flathead screwdriver


• tftp server


• usb jump/flash drive

I'm planning on making a big move in May and as such I've begun preparing to sell most if not all of my stuff. I've already made $300 selling my books on amazon (less the $95 spent on shipping). I want to get rid of everything. Everything! Sell Sell Sell! Now, life doesn't happen in a vacuum and the Jesus Moment of the week was me deciding to stay in Rensselaer for the next two semester (and not move to Lafayette and save $200-$300 a month). I just couldn't bring myself to benefit myself personally at the cost of hurting others (through my polluting). I wasn't sure about the decision until today's readings: Hosea 11:1-11; Psalm 107:1-9, 43; Colossians 3:1-11 & Luke 12:13-21.

"Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot" Imagine that you woke up one morning and you discovered you had no birth-certificate, no driver's license, no proof you own your home. No-thing that identifies you as you. Who are you? What is your identity? Are we merely the sum of our possessions or are we something more? Are we the sum of our retirement accounts or do we have something inherently human that makes us.. us?

It's hard to make such a claim in a society that values materials, fame, unreasoned pleasure (see Cicero), or wealth. Everywhere around us we are constantly told that the reason we do things is to get better things. What would happen if no one could own anything anymore. How would we define our society and identity?

So, I've been spending some time playing with making soap and meditation pillows. Well, with all of this stuff I thought I would actually sell it. I've created a website to do so. I've named my business "Metaphysical Farms" and what's really cool about the site is that you can design your own soap and I'll make it. I've been able to connect the site to google-checkout as well as paypal. I'm still working on the design and layout of the site as well as updating the pictures. I'd really like to know what you think! What suggestions!

I'm also looking for people that want to sell hippie stuff too. My mom has these awesome homemade garden planters she has been selling that I'll be listing and Levi has a friend that is wanting to sell some oils or something like that. Do you have anything?!

Here it is: http://www.metaphysicalfarms.com/