Well, the crap’s been hittin’ the fan hard lately. Spammers have taken to a new trick: using trackback pings.
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The Trinity, Part 1
I come from a background in which I frequently felt misrepresented. There are many LDS teachings that are not understood by the majority of Christians. But as much as Mormons cry out for fair representation of their beliefs, there is at least one Evangelical Christian belief that I see misrepresented by most Mormons who attempt to refute/explain it: the doctrine of the Trinity.
WordPress Plugin: LDS Linker 1.0
Notice: A newer version of LDS Linker has been released.
After much toil, I introduce LDS Linker, a WordPress plugin that changes any LDS scripture reference into a hyperlink pointing to the Internet Edition of the LDS Scriptures.
- Download: lds-linker.1.0.zip
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I’ve been thinking for a long time about how nice it would be to have my own private wiki for notetaking and general thought collection. I’d want to be able to access it offline (for taking notes in classes where I don’t have a wireless connection) and I wouldn’t want anyone besides me to have access. I’ve used a few freeware note programs — some even patterned after wikis — but none of them compare remotely to MediaWiki[1].
Introducing “Joey Day : Collaboration”
A friend of mine contacted me over IM with a CSS question today. Through the course of the conversation, he introduced me to an insteresting resource: “pastebin”:http://www.pastebin.com.
The premise is simple. Need help troubleshooting a piece of code? Maybe you’ve been talking to a friend over IM or IRC and they want to see what you’re working on. Pasting the code into the IM window can be a little annoying. Instead, you can simply paste your code into pastebin and give your friend a link. They can edit the code and paste it back so you can see their suggested changes.
I took the liberty of stealing their script (they said I could) and installed it at paste.joeyday.com. There are a few kinks to work out, but feel free to use it whenever you like.
Edit April 18, 2005 @ 2:03 pm: I’ve taken my local installation of pastebin down because I wasn’t really using it.
What’s in a Name?
I fielded an interesting question from an LDS friend of mine yesterday over instant messenger. I’m sure this is not an exact quote, but here’s the question:
bq. I was reading in the Book of Mormon last night and thought of a question I want to ask you. You know how, in 3 Nephi, Jesus tells the ancient American Christians that His church should be called after His name? I’m not trying to be argumentative, but I’m interested to know what you think of this after leaving the church.
The Kinks
As I see it, here are the kinks that need to be worked out of this blog before I’ll be satisfied with it:
* Bring back the Edification sidebar (I like the Interpolation sidebar, so Edification may have to be moved to the “Info”:http://www.joeyday.org/info page).
* Find some way to implement Amazon links (WP-Amazon plugin?).
* Links to scriptures:
** Bible Gateway (with Scripturizer?).
** LDS.org (not sure how to do this, yet).
* Figure out a better color for code elements.
As I notice more things I’ll be adding them to this list. As things get finished I’ll be striking them from this list. Stay tuned.
I’m Back!
There are still a few kinks to work out, but I’ve finally ported the site to WordPress. If you’re not sure what that is, don’t worry about it. All it means is I should start posting more often now (and replying to some comments that have been waiting for answers far too long).
At the moment, however, I’m very tired, so all this will have to wait until morning.
And May I Just Say…
…being married is great. 
A Better Wishlist
Well, smack me up the side of my head with a rubber tuna fish. Jordan over at swirlee.org has found what I think may be “the best way to keep track of a wish list”:http://www.swirlee.org/2005/01/06/a-delicious-wish-list/ using del.icio.us. It’s so devilishly simple I’m not sure why hundreds of people haven’t done it before.