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The Chancel

Apr 18th 2008

By: rmdenby

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This is the chancel area at the church I attend. The walls in this area are now covered by a very nice mural. I love the play of shadows on the wall. So I am glad I was able to take this picture before the walls were painted.
ISP Woes [update]

Mar 21st 2008

By: rmdenby

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[4/12/2008] It has been over a week now and it looks like the MySQL problems have been solved. Access is consistently fast. I am very happy because I have been with iPower for several years now and have been generally happy with the service. I have no plans or incentive to move to another provider now.

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I really need to ditch my ISP. I am using iPower.com for hosting. For the past several months now I have been experiencing significant delays just getting to my sits. On average it takes 30 to 100 seconds just to bring up my page. I talked to iPower customer service and it seems there is a known congestion problem with MYSQL. I am dumbfounded that they are unable to fix this. They are “working” on it but are not able to give a resolution time. I have been dealing with this problem for almost 6 months now! I am glad this is not an e-commerce site because I would be dead in the water. If anyone can get to this blog and read this I would appreciate any recommendation on ISPs.
Maintenance

Feb 5th 2008

By: rmdenby

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I made several updates to the structure of the blog. I think all changes are in place now and everything seems to be working.
1. Moved graphics to an image directory.
2. Updated pointers in all posts containing images to point to the correct location.
3. Purged remaining references to musyoka.net.
Next? Blog-on…
Coverfield-Review

Jan 26th 2008

By: rmdenby

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A modern day monster film Cloverfield is fast paced, well executed, and a different experience than the usual modern film.

Cloverfield is told from the point of view of an individual with a video camera. Only the point of view of the camera operator is seen throughout the movie. Perspectives are provided through the dialog of the characters. The special effects are interwoven throughout the movie. Generally, the special effects do not dominate every frame of the movie but when they are on screen they completely dominate the film.

There are some interesting points in the movie. At the beginning of the film a party is being held for one of the characters because he just received a promotion and was being sent to Japan. This is interesting because this movie is about a monster that apparently came from the sea and was destroying a major city (NYC). Reminiscent of the Godzilla and other monster movies that were produced in Japan. On another note the person with the camera throught most of the move is named Hud. I couldn’t help but think of HUD or heads up display.

I really liked this movie. I was able to (mostly) get involved with the movie and really liked the way it was shot as if it was from a video camera.
Photos Again!

Jan 26th 2008

By: rmdenby

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The photo gallery is online again. Much frustration associated with the configuration. Hopefully I can keep it running this time. It seems it was a directory permissions issue. So I’ll try to customize to look like I want. That will take some time but so be it. I think I can inset photos into a post directly from Gallery too. I’ll see if I can make that work.
A Prayer for Peace in Kenya and the World

Jan 13th 2008

By: rmdenby

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The following prayer is by Desmond M. Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa. I offer this prayer for all of those in conflict around the world and especially for my brothers and sisters in Kenya.

Peace for the Children of God

O God, all holy one, You are our mother and our father and we are Your children. Open our hearts so that we may be able to discern Your work in the universe and be able to see Your features in every one of Your children. May we learn that there are many paths but all lead to You. Help us to know that You have created us for family, for togetherness, for peace, for gentleness, for compassion, for caring, for sharing.

May we know that You want us to care for one another as those who know that they are sisters and brothers, members of the same family, Your family, the human family.

Help us to beat our swords into plowshares and our spears into pruning hooks, so that we may be able to live in peace and harmony, wiping away the tears from the eyes of those who are less fortunate than ourselves. And may we know war no more as we strive to be what You want us to be: Your children.

Amen.
New Year 2008

Dec 31st 2007

By: rmdenby

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Ok. So, I’m going to do it. My new year resolutions. Committing them to blog will give me the ability to review them periodically rather than “conveniently” forgetting them. In no special order.
1. Finish the MS degree program. (Only one course remaining. I’ve procrastinated long enough!)
2. Finish the tool shed.
3. Finish the bookcase in the sun room/study.
4. Begin remodeling my home office.
5. Use Linux as my primary OS.
6. Refine photography skills.
7. Work on and strengthen relationships.
8. Be serious and intentional about my faith.
I’ll try to do a quarterly update.
Stan

Dec 12th 2007

By: rmdenby

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Our friend Stan Wright lost his struggle with leukemia. We miss him dearly. I look forward to the day that we will see him again along with other loved ones lost over the years.
Thanksgiving

Nov 24th 2007

By: rmdenby

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I like to think that I am thankful everyday. In reality I often fall into the trap of wanting more and not appreciating what I have. I was struck by the scenes on the news of people going out at 4 am and earlier to shop for things they really didn’t need. I try not to be judgemental but I think is is safe to say that the iPod, Zune or a plasma HDTV are not essential to anyone’s survival. But, of course, I may be wrong.

It is at least interesting that after a day of thanksgiving, we as a nation indulge shopping and consuming more and more right up through Christmas. I can’t believe how we have twisted these holidays to be all about us. Not about how thankful we are for what we have or how thankful we are for God’s grace. It is all about us. Damn!
Trasna: New Name->Same Blog

Nov 17th 2007

By: rmdenby

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[Update 11/18/2007 12:50 a.m.] The migration is done. For the most part it went well. After setting up the blog I did an export from the old blog using the built in WP export function and then imported into the new blog. It worked well except the links did not come makeit into the new blog. So I’ll have to build them from scratch. I should have just worked directly with the databases. But, live and learn I guess. Anyway, Trasna is ready to go.

I an renaming my blog and will be migrating it to a new domain name. The blog will now be located at trasna.net. Trasna is an Irish word that means a place of crossing or transition. I will continue to post as Musyoka, my Kikamba name. But I wanted a blog title that carries a little bit of a different meaning. Seems like an appropriate name.
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