We have discovered Minecraft! It is a real nice change from Halo for the kids, let me tell ya! Instead of sniping some guys head off, we build and create things. The worst thing is Pig-Zombies, Skeletons and Spiders…and these look like they are from a 1979 Atari 2600 console.
Its really like Lego’s gone wild, and it is fun! Here is a link to its website: Minecraft.net
We rent a server so that we can play in a world together, and have room for more people, so if your interested click on the Minecraft page above to get more info!
Watch out for them Creepers!
(for those familiar with the game, I can add Bukkit, and some plugins, but for now the kids seem happy with trying to get to the end, and making/trying new things!)
Using a digital camera, I sat and took pictures, while the kids moved their “subjects”. Short videos, but it was our first try, and it came out well.
Used Windows Movie Maker. Had to go to Tools/Options?advanced to modify the time for each pictures and transition to the minimum allowed. Then hit publish and post to YouTube! Pretty easy!
Some recent events include my Brother-in-Law, Commander Mark E. Johnson taking over as the Commanding Officer of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 45 “Wolfpack”.
Also, yesterday Andrew was baptized at FBCW! Woohoo! Proud Dad…
Well, it still raining here in Roswell, GA (north of Atlanta) and we expect rain for another week. Ugh… Last night we had from 10-18 inches of rain!!! The weather folk say this is now set the record for a 100 year flood. I guess it what we need :-0 based on the 100 year drought 2 years ago.
Anyway, I posted some pics. It shows our little drainage creek flooding the lower half of our backyard, and also the road that is about 4 houses down (which that same creek runs under) and how it got washed out. Poor house in one of those pictures had his car in the garage, and the whole garage was flooded to the top…argh!
Its not a good situation, school is out “because of rain” tomorrow (bet folks up north never heard that!), but really there are so many roads washed out like this one, it is very dangerous to drive on any backroad right now.
Anyway,, figured I’d give yall a peek at the south during Monsoon Season (we really don’t have a monsoon season, but it sure feels like it!) YouTube video from our subdivision during the flood…
My Sample Site was hacked, so this includes encrypted password support, and next release may include a Captcha (Good grief! Who wants to hack my simple site, C’mon!) This also allows TinyMCE integration if you so desire, as not everyone if HTML literate. A few more things below, have fun!
v1.03:
- Included support for TinyMCE integration, if desired
- Encrypted all passwords
- Fixed email “from domain” and link, with use of a new global variable
- Added index file to the install to prevent directory browsing
- Added Refresh link to the View Message Board
This version enables the user to transform the Members Only message board to a anonymous ShoutBox or Guestbook.
Release Notes:
v1.02:
- Added shoutboard option (i.e. random posts from anonymous posters instead of members-only). This setting is in the include.php; members_on: This setting changes the posting format from a “members only” (1) to an anonymous shoutboard (0)
Much easier installation than the original, and a new admin form for creation of the Members
Release Notes:
v1.01:
- Handle variable number of teams (Updated postmessage.php to loop through the teams in the member table)
- Auto create database scripts via configure.php
- Create members via Admin Form
- Much easier install!
Wow! Its been a while since I last posted. Summer will do that. Been busy with a lot of things, but one project we got done was changing the fireplace area. We used to have the older dark wood look, that some may say either had an 80’s appeal, or were more suited for a hunting lodge or gentlemans club. (needless to say, as an 80’s reject and a man, I liked it!! In any case, instead, I built cabinets into the bookshelves for more storage, we painted them, and updated the fireplace with stone. We think it came out real nice! Pics below…
After reading through that “Dangerous Book for Boys”, of course I had to build a treehouse for my kids. The design on 1 tree is pretty good, so I went ahead with it (keep in mind it will cost you a few hundred in materials, and a few weekends) Below are some of the pics! Its coming along real well. Its about 7 feet high on the close side, and about 13 or more on the far side, as the ground slope downward. It’s already been infested, as you can see from the second picture!
There has been a lot of news lately about the Miss USA pageant, and Carrie Prejean. She is the girl who answered truthfully about what she believed during the pageant, in favor of Marriage between a man and a woman.
She believes in the sanctity of marriage, so do I.
What was eye-opening to me is how this world reacts to someone who stands up for their Christian beliefs. The attack on this girl is nothing short of awful, from the person who asked her the question calling her vicious names and insults, to the media digging up whatever they can on her to destroy her image. I think this is a clarion call to all Christians, that this is how the world reacts to the message of Christ. Sure she obviously made some bad choices in her life, and a lot of people will dismiss & ridicule her for that, but Christianity is about second chances, mercy and forgiveness. Even on the cross before he was about to die, after living a life of evil, a thief gave his heart to Jesus, and is now in Heaven.
Our past is not about who we are, but it is who we were. We learn from those mistakes and hopefully they help to make us a better person. Who we are and will be depends on the choices we make now and will make. Carrie Prejean chose to stand up for what she believed in front of millions of people, and has chosen to continue to do so, even in the face of ridicule and slander. For that, I applaud her.
I think we should all realize that the path and race that Christ set before us is not an easy one, we will be ridiculed and we will be slandered. That being said, the Holy Spirit will give us strength to overcome, and we will also be blessed and have the promise that God offered through His Son.
“Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.”
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