August, 2009

Links for August 17th

‘Public Option’ in Health Plan May Be Dropped – NYTimes.com

While I am an advocate for a public option, this co-op option is interesting. It is especially interesting in light of the actions of people like Shane Claiborne in their own pursuits of healthcare for the poor and marginalized. I hope we hear more about this, but I do hope the decision is not yet made. That being said, Democrats are pathetically squandering their majority, and it is disgusting.

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politics

healthcare

Apache mod_rewrite Examples

I think this is the best example of Apache mod_rewrite functionality that I've ever seen. I have always had trouble writing these on my own.

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htaccess

programming

apache

Populating a MySQL Database using MS Excel

I spent far longer than I'd like to admit trying to get an Excel spreadsheet into MySQL. This is a lifesaver.

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programming

mysql

Links for August 16th

Debunking Health Care Lies (by Reading the Bill) – Blog – OpenCongress

"With Congress preparing to vote on health care reform this fall, talk of what’s in the major House bill has been dominating the news and political blogs. Unfortunately, the public discourse about health care reform has been harmed by false claims, scare tactics, and lies. At OpenCongress, we’ve had the official text of the House health care bill available online for a month for people to read and get the facts."

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health

healthcare

politics

Op-Ed Contributor – Why We Need Health Care Reform – NYTimes.com

From Barack Obama: "But let’s make sure that we talk with one another, and not over one another. We are bound to disagree, but let’s disagree over issues that are real, and not wild misrepresentations that bear no resemblance to anything that anyone has actually proposed. This is a complicated and critical issue, and it deserves a serious debate."

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politics

healthcare

obama

A church story, on Pentecostals, Anabaptists, and politics

August 16th, 2009

As I've said here before, when I look at church history I see strong, real links between the nonviolent, prophetic, anti-Imperial life that Jesus advocated for his followers, and the charismatic, Spirit-filled life that he advocated for those same followers.

Links for August 15th

just keepin' it real | frenetic peace

Good thoughts from Makeesha on a specific marital transition. There are also some great comments.

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marriage

Ajaxian » Social coding step one; Collaboration support in Bespin launched

Collaboration in Mozilla Bespin. I haven't been interested in Bespin up to this point, but seeing this article on the possibilities for collaboration on code makes it interesting. For projects where Subversion (or other version control) is overkill or not possible (for technical reasons, or people reasons), this could be a lifesaver.

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programming

software

mozilla

Links for August 14th

Mustard Seed Associates » Early House Churches » Creating the future one mustard seed at a time

Great thoughts on the structure and life of the early church, and the ways it differs from our own structures and systems.

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church-history

church

Mustard Seed Associates » Connection to Land » Creating the future one mustard seed at a time

Fascinating similarities between Aboriginal and Celtic spirituality.

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spirituality

celtic

Links for August 12th

24-7 Prayer International // Just Imagine: The Places Prayer Takes Us

“God, we pray Give bread to those who do not have bread And to us who have bread give the hunger for justice” Wonderful thoughts on justice and prayer from 24-7 Prayer.

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activism

spirituality

prayer

24-7prayer

Links for August 10th

…as we forgive our debtors. –

"What Christ demands first is love of God and neighbor which means forgiveness and charity to those with whom we associate at any level. The very system of the US economy must run counter to this understanding of the world. Devotion to God is devotion to something very different than system that relies on debt to survive and grow. It relies on a love that forgives debts as an act of devotion not to profit, but to God."

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new-testament

bible

theology

economic-activism

economics

Separate Healthcare Fact From Fiction

Here is another attempt to separate fact from fiction on healthcare reform. Again, I would be happy and encouraged if people were willing to dialogue on the actual issues, but ridiculous lies and fear-mongering are the extent of the discussion, from the Right. Here's hoping.

tags:

politics

healthcare

Tall Skinny Kiwi: Christianity's Next Challenge

Wise thoughts from Andrew Jones concerning Christianity's response to Islam.

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culture

andrew-jones

Links for August 9th

GMate « Agile on Rails

Great set of plugins for the gedit text editor on Ubuntu to improve its programming environment, especially for Ruby on Rails.

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tools

ruby

ubuntu

linux

programming

Links for August 8th

Mark Scandrette » Why we need to experiment and take risks

"So many of us want to live in the Way of Jesus—pursuing a life that is deeply soulful, connected to our real needs and good news to our world. Yet so often our methods of spiritual formation are individualistic, information driven or disconnected from every day life in our society."

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community

ministry

culture

spirituality

The Rage Of The Right | The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

It is really frustrating to watch how people on the Right twist the healthcare issue around. Andrew, as always, has intelligent coverage. I would welcome debates on legitimate issues, but that kind of debate is simply not happening with this kind of stuff being pushed forward.

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politics

healthcare

Links for August 6th

HTML Anchors with 'name' or 'id'? – Stack Overflow

A somewhat random fact in HTML5: the "name" attribute for links is invalid, in favor of "id." Good thing to file away.

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html

html5