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Comment on Rest In Peace, Mary; You Will Be Missed by Duncan Staples

Duncan Staples — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:28:35 +0000

She was a very nice person with a kind personality to match. I only met her once but she was very kind and giving. Rest in peace.

Duncan

Comment on Holy Wars: Apple Vs. Adobe or What's Old Is New Again by Anarchy and Operating Systems | Things By Simon

Anarchy and Operating Systems | Things By Simon — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:22:45 +0000

[...] I feel qualified to give a reasonably objective view on the endless Linux vs Windows vs Mac OS holy wars that crop up with depressing [...]

Comment on 68: Mountain – Best of Mountain by Roger Belveal

Roger Belveal — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:37:51 +0000

Love Theme from an Imaginary Western and Nantucket Sleighride. Here's a secret, If you have this best of album on cassette, those two tunes are adjacent on oppostite sides which means you can flip and play (or hit reverse if your tape player has such technology) endlessly. Now of course, its on my iPod.

Comment on Chicago-Style Italian Beef in DFW by Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:35:13 +0000

Our social group had been around going strong since 2008 with a few other groups that started before us but us EX-Chicagoans in DFW know where to get our favorites in the DFW metroplex if your starving for a great pizza hook up with us. Or if you want to find the best contact me.
Mangia! Mangia!

Comment on To My STC Friends At the Summit by Louellen Coker

Louellen Coker — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:20:09 +0000

We missed you!

Comment on To My STC Friends At the Summit by Rachel Peters

Rachel Peters — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:53:49 +0000

Same here…

Comment on To My STC Friends At the Summit by Karen Mardahl

Karen Mardahl — Mon, 16 May 2011 19:49:52 +0000

Like!

Comment on Artifact: And Now For a Completely Different User Manual by mkanderson

mkanderson — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:58:33 +0000

No problem at all. I'm glad you enjoyed finding it as much as I did.

Comment on Artifact: And Now For a Completely Different User Manual by Gavin

Gavin — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:13:54 +0000

Thank you SO much for putting this online. I've been searching for this for YEARS. I last 'read' it in the late '90s after selling my old Amiga computer.

Great stuff – lots of funny memories. Especially page 17 – FAT!

Comment on UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time by Tweets that mention UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time — MK Anderson -- Topsy.com

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:03:26 +0000

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Comment on UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time by mkanderson

mkanderson — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:28:47 +0000

Thanks, Lis. I appreciate your kind words. I have so many interests, I feel at times I'm all over the place, but it's certainly helped me in my career. However, after a few humbling experiences I also learned I can't do/know/be everything.

Comment on UX Machina: On Being All Things To All People All Of The Time by Lis Hubert

Lis Hubert — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:21:04 +0000

Great post and thank you so much for the mention! I especially love that point about both self-awareness and ego… they really bring out some of the individual limitations in our growing field. I also completely agree that you, as human nature dictates, are prone to specialize. To Don's point and your's we need to learn a wide breadth of information about design in order to figure out where we, as individuals fit in. Although we seem to contradict each other as you point out, it seems, to me, that we are almost in unison. Don saying "we need to learn alot about a lot" and Lis saying "we need to take what we've learned and discover what we like out of it". Just some random thinking to help our thinking. Well done!!

Comment on A Few Thoughts and Memories on MLK Day by Tweets that mention A Few Thoughts and Memories on Martin Luther King Day — MK Anderson -- Topsy.com

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:29:47 +0000

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Comment on A Few Thoughts and Memories on MLK Day by Sarah O'Keefe

Sarah O'Keefe — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:42:55 +0000

Thank you for a powerful story.

Comment on On Guard Apologetics Conference 2010: Super Summary by Chris Shannon

Chris Shannon — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:33:54 +0000

Jen,

I appreciate your comments, but was a little confused by some of them.

I am not sure what you mean by “Christianity is on the defense”, but I thought the article below on the revolution that has been taking place amongst Christians for years in the area of philosophy might interest you.

The Revolution in Anglo-American Philosophy: How the field of philosophy has experienced a Christian renaissance over the last half century.
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5352

I have never heard anyone explain biblical faith in the way that you do. Biblical faith is typically explained as trust or conviction in something you have good reasons to believe is true. The link below provides a nice, short explanation of this if you are interested.

Reasonable Faith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnVJHIeshpM

You stated that logic and reason can never be used to prove the existence of God. You might be interested in the article below.

Five Arguments for God
http://thegospelcoalition.org/pdf-articles/Craig_Atheism.pdf

If you or anyone else like to explore topics related to God, science, philosophy, etc. then some of us get together once a week. Our website is http://www.reasonablefaithdallas.org. We are affiliated with philosopher Dr. William Lane Craig’s ministry, Reasonable Faith (www.reasonablefaith.org)

Take care,
Chris

Comment on My Struggle with Depression by Carolann

Carolann — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 03:23:00 +0000

The worst thing about depression is the fact that nobody understands it, so it is seen as a character flaw or even laziness. I am being treated now but it still rules my life, the only escape would be death. When you have depression, it pisses people off. My husband can't stand me because sometimes I can't act happy. People say, "you have a husband and grandbabies who love you how can you be depressed?" I say, would you ask a person with diabetes "you have a husband & grandbabies who love you, how can you have diabetes?" I don't know why I have it & I would give up both my legs to get rid of it, ask anyone with depression and they will tell you the same. I am a Christian & I go to church but I feel bad that the love of Jesus hasn't cured me. I just feel empty & worthless. It's been that way d it's since I was a kid and it's still that way at 46. It never goes away, just get's managed with pills.

Comment on Rest In Peace, Mary; You Will Be Missed by Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:09:44 +0000

My condolences to you and the family.

Comment on Rest In Peace, Mary; You Will Be Missed by ooomeez

ooomeez — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:02:00 +0000

I was sorry to hear the news – what a shock. Rest in peace, Mary.

Comment on On Guard Apologetics Conference 2010: Super Summary by Jen

Jen — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:09:11 +0000

Hey Keith,
Yeah, Christianity is now on the defense. I can relate to everything you say here because I've been there and felt that too. I think as humans we feel the need to logically explain everything, and therein lies the problem with God. The belief there is a God is often referred to as faith, and faith is commonly defined as a belief in something even though you have no logical reason to believe. I don't think logic and reasoning can ever be used to prove the existence of God.

Some argue that lots of people are Christians simply because it's what they know, which is sad really. I prefer to think of my relationship with God as being a conscious decision to believe in Him and follow Him IN SPITE of what I know. I know theology sounds silly, and I know spiritual mumbo jumbo evokes lots of eye rolls. When I go back and re-read philosophical ontological arguments for the existence of God, I even roll my eyes sometimes. (Majoring in philosophy at a liberal arts university fueled my atheism.) But the truth is that I don't care.

Cutting this short for now. Lots to do. Enjoyed reading the post.

Comment on We Can Put A Man On the Moon But Can't Sync Contacts & Calendars by Tweets that mention We Can Put A Man On the Moon But Can't Sync Contacts & Calendars: Plaxo, Google Apps, Outlook, and heartburn — MK Anderson -- Topsy.com

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:38:25 +0000

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Comment on Blasts From My STC Past by Karen

Karen — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:45:11 +0000

Reading this during a break while cleaning up (and throwing out) old papers. You, sir, have given me the courage to throw away print copies of nice VBA macro snippets I thought I would need again some day.. (Don't ask why I bothered printing them in the first place. We've all made mistakes in the past…)

Comment on The Laziest Generation by mkanderson

mkanderson — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:10:31 +0000

Since I wrote this article so long ago, I've noticed this attitude creeping into everybody's demographic. Adults whine to the government about frustrations of every day life. It's highly unusual for me to witness somebody take responsibility for anything publicly. These children are only emulating their parents.
As a parent myself, I continually feel some of the worst obstacles I have to navigate my children around are other parents.

Comment on The Laziest Generation by JHara

JHara — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:43:48 +0000

I'm a teacher of "the even lazier generation." I see laziness in 5th graders at its purest form. They are too young to be angry. They don't have pent up aggression. I do think it comes from a feeling of entitlement, but not from being rich. Many of them live in trailers or apartments and are lower class. They still all feel that they someone will eventually give them what they need or want.

I'm analyzed this up and down and have decided that it comes down to respect of authority and lack of consequences. Parents often get upset when students are given consequences (therefore, not backing me up) and students often run to parents to defend them when they haven't done something. Other times, when parents are supportive, students haven't had consistent consequences in previous years, so the threat of them isn't enough to get them to do work.

I grew up in a house with a pastor for a dad and a teacher for a mom. Everything I did was motivated by fear of consequences (which I appreciated then and now). I didn't want to disappoint anyone in my life. Students today, whether 5th graders or 12th graders, don't have any fear of authority or fear of consequences to motivate them. Is it all because we sue each other over coffee that's too hot instead of thinking "oh, I should be more careful with my hot coffee"?

Comment on On Guard Apologetics Conference 2010: Super Summary by mkanderson

mkanderson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:09:50 +0000

Allen: Thanks for your kind words. I will check out your blog. I'm intrigued by what I saw at the conference but I'm still digesting everything. I think this will be a long, painful process.

Comment on On Guard Apologetics Conference 2010: Super Summary by mkanderson

mkanderson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:08:01 +0000

Melissa: I've noted the book. I will definitely check it out. I've often said that if money were no object, I'd go to seminary because of the questions that have plagued me my whole life. I've certainly lost my faith in both God and people. As much experience as I had early on, I never had satisfying answers to the most basic of theological problems. What does that say about Christendom?