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Note: This isn't quite functional yet, but I'm working on it... :) -bmc 4.5.08
This morning I took the bus up to Salt Lake with a friend and watched the new Joseph Smith movie. Amazing. I really, really liked it. Before …
It’s time for another round of What-Books-Are-On-Ben’s-Desk. :) We have the scriptures, of course; then Orson Scott Card’s Shadow of the Hegemon (I’m a few chapters in), Donald Norman’s …
Well, I’ve discovered that LibraryThing is very addicting. :) I couldn’t help myself and so I ended up adding around 70 books to my collection (online, that is). …
5. LibraryThing
Have I mentioned LibraryThing yet? It’s an online book cataloguing system with tags and all sorts of neat stuff. Right now I only have one book listed, …
Found a very interesting article on ontology (classifying information — like the Library of Congress system and the Dewey decimal system, for example): Ontology is Overrated.
7. Blank Slate
I’m thinking about moving to a CMS for Blank Slate. Coding by hand is cool, but it’s the 21st century and I think I’d rather focus on the …
After six posts in a single day, one day missed feels like a long time. :) The Internet connection at my apartment has been down since Monday night (hopefully …
I’ve started posting some of my mission pictures on Flickr: Thailand Photos
Check this blog post out: A Few Tips on Restoring Civility
And I read this on Creating Passionate Users:
LESS EGO
Most of you already know our mantra on this — “Users don’t care about YOU–they care about themselves in relation to …
I read this on 50 Books and thought it really hits the mark on the book-reading experience:
Because they appear on the printed page alongside articles about world events and …
13. Bloggishness
Once I switch to BlueHost (which will hopefully be within a week or so), here’s the plan. I realized that there’s no point in creating three new blogs when …
14. Money matters
It has been a hair-raising morning. A couple of hours ago I decided to switch to BlueHost.com for my web hosting company, since they give you 10gb storage …
15. Right and wrong
In the last hour of church today I was about to raise my hand to answer a question when the following thought appeared in my mind: Why do you want …
16. Blogology
Happy New Year!
This morning in the shower I learned a few things about blogs. First, I personally like blogs that are devoted to a single subject area, rather than …
You didn’t think I’d let the year roll to an end without posting some New Year’s resolutions, did you? First let me announce (in a soft and somewhat sheepish …
It was a dark and stormy night. Wait, it’s not night yet. Nor is it particularly stormy, per se — it’s more drizzly than anything. Days like …
19. ‘ello there
I’ve decided to take a short break from Beyond so I can work on the layout for a friend’s book (Translating Scripture: The Thai Book of Mormon). I got …
20. Cameras
On my trip to Mexico (which I’ll write up and post soon), I soon found that I’d much rather take still photos than video. Video’s fun and dandy and …
This time I was in bed, but the thought came to me that today is Christmas and so I really ought to be blogging about the “reason for the season”: …
I was going to go to bed, but I couldn’t help myself. :) So, today in church I was thinking about Christ’s statement in John 15:13 — “Greater love …
24. O Tannenbaum
I wasn’t planning on blogging today (mainly because of a splitting headache) but I guess I’d better write at least a little bit. Christmas was good, though I’ve found …
25. ¿Donde está Ben?
I’m back! Got in a few hours ago and have been busy unpacking and reading e-mails/blogs. The trip to Mexico was great and I’ll write more about it …
26. Yo soy gringo
I’m leaving for Mexico tomorrow at 6:00 a.m., so there won’t be any updates to this blog (unless I find Internet access at the hotel) until Christmas. I’m taking …
27. Lists and lists
I’ve tentatively put some lists at the bottom of the sidebar, but I’m not sure yet if that’s the best place for them. Once del.icio.us is back up …
I’ve been reading up on usability and interface design. Very interesting stuff — I’ve learned all sorts of things that’ll make Beyond more user-friendly. I read one book …
Took my first final this morning. I’ll be done by Thursday, and then it’s off to Mexico till Christmas. More on that later. Tonight for FHE we …
Saw Narnia (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) this afternoon and really liked it. There were plenty of feel-good moments in it, and the Christian symbolism was a …
Today was a reading day, which was nice. Except I didn’t do any reading, either of schoolwork or for pleasure. Pity. What I did do was spend …
32. 4 Degrees
Here’s something I wrote for my critique group meeting (which is in 45 minutes — I hadn’t written anything of substance lately and so I had to come up with …
In the second chapter of Reading the Classics with C.S. Lewis, I stumbled across these interesting paragraphs. Descriptions like these were what inspired me to want to be like …
34. Hwæt!
Tomorrow’s the last day of class. Mmm. :) I’ve been rather stressed these past few days but now I feel pretty good. That confuses me, because I …
35. Brrrrrrrrr
It snowed all day today. I think we should vote winter off the island…
The printing press called today (meaning the man at the press, of course, not the press …
First off, it’d be really nice to have categories on here… I haven’t tried to find out it Blogger does that or not, but it’s yet one more reason …
It’s so icy outside that there was a policeman on the road outside my place just a minute ago putting flares on the road. Winter’s too dangerous for me. …
Went to see The Two Gentlemen of Verona today. I guess it’s been a long time since I’ve seen any Shakespeare, but I found it really funny. The …
39. Art stuff
40. Two more weeks…
Discovered Skype today. It seems to be quite incredible, and I can’t wait to try it. Only problem is I don’t know a soul who’s using it. …
41. Early to bed…
All these late nights are getting to me. :) But soon the semester will be over and it’ll be back to normal early bedtimes. This evening I’ve been …
42. Freeeeezing
It’s cold. Saturday was nice, but Sunday the snow fell and the little red blob in the thermometer jumped off the diving board, and since then it’s been anything …
43. First vlog post
Well, I am now a video blogger. Here’s my first vlog post:
Impressions of video blogging so far: It took …
44. Gobble-gobble
Thanksgiving break is almost over. ~sigh~ Back to a meager diet of Ramen and saltine crackers… Just kidding. :) It’s nice having most of my major projects …
I was depressed earlier today and on my walk home from campus I decided to come up with a list of my favorite things. Here they are, in no …
46. Oompa Loompas
Watched “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (rented the DVD from the bookstore for $1.29). Usually “weird” movies don’t really interest me, but I loved it! Johnny Depp’s sense …
After reading a post today on the BYUMUG mailing list about Mac genealogy programs, I’ve decided to start my own project. It’ll be a next-generation family history application …
48. Tricksy
I’m even more sore today than I was yesterday. This is why I’m not an exercise science major. :) Lately I’ve been reading Alan Ayckbourn’s The Crafty Art …
I went bowling last night for our ward activity. The weird thing is that I’m sore now from it. How do you get sore from bowling?!? ~sigh~
Anyway, my …
Looks like I’m getting back into the groove of posting every day. :) Today was mainly a get-homework-done day. Tomorrow I’m giving a presentation in my English usage …
