Yearly Archive: 2009

Dec
21
2009

Sermon: Exploding Christmas Myths – Carol Service.

Recorded yesterday at St Leonard’s. 13 minutes long. Available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3:

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Dec
02
2009

Importing the Lectionary into Evolution

I know I’m not the only member of the clergy who uses Linux so I trust that this post may be of use to others. Also, the notes here may well apply to users of other open source calendars, I use Evolution so I know it works there. Your mileage may – or may not …

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Nov
28
2009

The Smartphone for Linux quest ends…?

For quite some time, I’ve been trying to answer the question What is the best smartphone for Linux users? I’ve suggested that – ironically – Windows Mobile is a solid solution and looked forward to the release of the Nokia N900 (forever delayed it currently seems). My use case was of using Evolution for calendaring …

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Nov
23
2009

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 11.23-26 – Why do we share communion?

Recorded yesterday at St Pauls. 17 minutes long including reading. Available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3: PDF of the accompanying presentation.

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Nov
12
2009

openSUSE 11.2 is now out

Well, it’s creeping onto the servers as I type – so get it while it’s hot! openSUSE Software Download. Read about all our killer features.

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Oct
28
2009

Sermon: 2 Timothy 3.10-17 – Why do we read the Bible?

Recorded Sunday at St Pauls. 36 minutes long including reading and (fairly lengthy) time of response. Available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3: PDF of the accompanying presentation.

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Oct
14
2009

Stupid mis-adventures in Firefox

Sometimes I appear to be an intelligent and clever person. This is not the case. Dear reader, please be assured that I truly am a numpty or – as Pooh Bear would have it perhaps – I am a cleric of no brain at all. Every so often, I do what I call a Cookie …

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Oct
05
2009

Sermon: 2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 – Why do we care?

Recorded 20th September at St Pauls. 12 minutes long. Available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3:

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Oct
05
2009

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 12.4-6 – Why do we worship?

Recorded 13th September at St Pauls. 33 minutes long. Available as Ogg Vorbis or MP3: PDF of the accompanying presentation.

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Oct
05
2009

Smartphone for Linux? N900 = nirvana possibly…

I’ve been on a quest, a quest to determine what might be the best smartphone for Linux users. I was disappointed by what I discovered and ended up with the shameful and ironic view that in terms of functionality, the best option is to go for a phone running Windows Mobile. Since then, I’ve looked …

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