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Below are my self-published works.
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Children's Catechism Flash Cards
While trying to teach my children the Children’s Catechism, I found my children easily distracted (big surprise!) and at times getting bored due to the repetition. Further, we always had to use a screen to keep track of the questions, which is less than ideal and less than personal. My wife had the idea to create flash cards, but this would be quite the endeavor to do by hand—unless of course you created just one each time your child learned a new question.
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Old Poems
I read some old poems. The ideas were the same, but the man in the words no more. The sorrows were cold yesterday, bygone the imagery today, the voice distant forever.
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Logos Bible Software On Desktop and Mobile Linux
This post was originally found at the Redemption Studio Forums.
TL;DR: Logos Bible Software versions 8, 9, 10 and the Android mobile app can be installed on Linux computers—desktop, tablet, and phone—through WINE and Waydroid, respectively.
Modern versions of Logos Bible Software have been installable on Linux since September 2019 with Logos 8 using Wine.
Need help?
Find the installer at: Git
See the wiki for help or contact us at:
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Modem Cache Manager
I’ve created the following script to help remove messages from the PinePhone’s modem’s cache. This issue was originally discussed in the following thread, with my post being linked here.
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=10014&pid=71329#pid71329
https://gitlab.com/redemptionstudio/modem-cache-manager/
Changelog 20211202
Version 0.0.5: Rewrite. Pushed an update to grant functionality for alerting when modem is almost full and for clearing read messages. Needs variable validation and a way to auto-detect the modem device.
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Queso Blanco Recipe
Queso Blanco Ingredients One 12 oz can evaporated milk 3 Tbsp evaporated milk (for corn starch slurry, taken from can) 2 tsp corn starch 8 oz white American cheese 1 ½ cups white cheddar cheese, shredded ¼ tsp cumin ⅛ tsp cayenne 3 medium to large jalapeños (optional) Instructions In a small bowl, whisk together 3 tablespoon evaporated milk and cornstarch to make a slurry. Make sure you do not have any clumps.
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PHP Apps In A Subdirectory In Nginx
I needed a way to install a PHP app (e.g., WordPress) into a subdirectory and I kept hitting a brick wall. I couldn’t make heads or tails of what I was missing. This quick tutorial solved my problems. Hopefully it helps someone else!
https://serversforhackers.com/c/nginx-php-in-subdirectory
TL;DR, TL;DW
location /nested { alias /var/www/nested/public; try_files $uri $uri/ @nested;
location ~ .php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; } }
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Ugaritic Font
In addition to my previous posts on the Ugaritic language, I have also created an Open Font Licensed Ugaritic Font, aptly called “Redemption Studio Ugaritic”. The other various fonts I saw were not free fonts, save for one. This font, under the Open Font License, can be used for any purpose as long as the creator of the font is given credit. You can read the license here: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL. I have provided a TTF, OTF, and WOFF file below.
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SBL2 LibreOffice Style Template
When I first began my seminary work, I didn’t know how to handle styling for my documents. Sure, the SBL Handbook had various bits of information, but did I really have to parse through it all for every document?
Yes, and no.
Yes, if I had not realized that LibreOffice’s main way of handling document formatting was intentionally built on creating a document template.
My first inkling was then to find a template document, but I could not find one.
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An Interesting Find
While reading The Letters of Samuel Rutherford,1 I came across this quotation.
In the meantime, I am pained with his love, because I want real possession. When Christ cometh, he stayeth not long. But certainly the blowing of his breath upon a poor soul is heaven upon earth; and when the wind turneth into the north, and he goeth away, I die, till the wind change into the west, and he visit his prisoner.
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Will She?
Image Source: Pixabay
If I wash my hands with foaming apple scented soap strong yet subtle, wafting up, and rub my cheeks and stretch the curling hairs shaping my beard with scented hands will she smell the orchard?
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Distorted Profiles
Image Source: Wikimedia
I’ve hung my portrait in a tower, from the height of the staggered stones, the reflection bends on the sea, waves of light erode that bastion.
On the throne atop the tower I stare at the painted portrait: elongated brush strokes in refined oils deigned my features, the walnut frame contained a mirror captured by imagination. Though I add rich browns and velvet reds something is amiss; over my shoulder the tower bends on the sea.
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Our Comfort Abounds Through Christ
Image Source: Flickr
For Brother Chad.
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles…” -The Apostle Paul
Scoffers ask: “What purpose is there in singing?” in a crowd our voices rang, the faucet shut, the veil shattered at his feet and I held him as he wept.
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A Man Buys Cheese
Image Source: Pixabay
Only five minutes to find a parking spot Do I have my wallet? Ouch! A pebble in my shoe Oh! Good. How much… Block, shredded, or slices? do I have? What is this hole in my shoe? Which aisle is… Twenty dollars cash. Where did it come from? Seven. Huh, I don’t recall its arrival. What flavor do I want? My toes shouldn’t be so free, no, Not mozzarella.
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Bucksnort, Tennessee's Scattered Ballad: Nathaniel Lee Simons
Image Source: Wikimedia
The rusty truck bed was empty, Our hourly work Finished. Grandpa’d say, “Get in.”
Mom and that man rode away When I was Born, their son, they didn’t care, Didn’t call, except for our couple bucks.
The truck’s tires roared and spun mud up. Trees were coursing by, All that wood, A whole river of the stuff, I’d puke holding an axe— I hate splitting wood.
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Ugaritic Cheat/Quick Reference Sheet
I mentioned I was studying Ugaritic in the following post.
Basics of Ancient Ugaritic
I got tired of having to make reference to all the various pages with charts of information. I compiled those charts into the following documents for convenience and share them here.
Ugaritic Cheat Sheet PDF Ugaritic Cheat Sheet ODS Ugaritic Cheat Sheet XLSX