the Wagaman Web http://wagaman.org thoughts, theories, theology, and the rest Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:31:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Life after Life after Death http://wagaman.org/2008/life-after-life-after-death/ http://wagaman.org/2008/life-after-life-after-death/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:25 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/?p=212 Three years ago, Kelly and I took a two-week Survey of the Old Testament class. What we didn’t realize before we stepped in to the classroom was that we were headed for a radical transformation of our faith. We both considered ourselves evangelical Christians and had beliefs similar to most American evangelicals.

There were many things we learned during those two weeks with Dr. Richard Pratt, but the one thing that stuck with us the most was how different his view on the final outcome of the world is and therefore our role as citizens of the world.

This video of N.T. Wright’s views seems to jive with what Dr. Pratt said that summer. You’ll have to watch it for yourself.

]]> http://wagaman.org/2008/life-after-life-after-death/feed/ Deke does 101 Photoshop Tips in 5 minutes http://wagaman.org/2008/deke-does-101-photoshop-tips-in-5-minutes/ http://wagaman.org/2008/deke-does-101-photoshop-tips-in-5-minutes/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:09:27 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/?p=211 Deke McClelland. What a crazy dude! Thanks for being so eccentric!

]]> http://wagaman.org/2008/deke-does-101-photoshop-tips-in-5-minutes/feed/ Remodeling http://wagaman.org/2008/remodeling/ http://wagaman.org/2008/remodeling/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:10:00 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/?p=210 When Kelly and I moved in to our house in Columbus, OH, we said we would eventually do some remodeling on our kitchen. Two years later we are finally getting ready to do the work. We are getting Jason Bally of Belt and Bally Builders to do the remodeling work.

We are going to replace our counters with an Avonite surface. Avonite is currently offering a deal where they throw in a free stainless steel sink for free, although the seamless sinks are pretty cool. We picked out a brushed chrome faucet and soap dispenser set by Kohler and are getting carbonized strand bamboo for the flooring. The floor will extend in to our dining room area and also be in the initial entryway to our house.

]]> http://wagaman.org/2008/remodeling/feed/ RailsConf Speakers http://wagaman.org/2008/railsconf-speakers/ http://wagaman.org/2008/railsconf-speakers/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:50:38 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/?p=209 Speakers for the main sessions of RailsConf 2008 are available now. A number of Columbus/Cincinnati Rubyists are showing: Jim Weirich, Joe O’Brien, Aaron Bedra, Dan Manges. I wish I could go. Oh well, maybe next year

On another note, Blip TV has a number of the keynotes from RailsConf 2007 online.

]]> http://wagaman.org/2008/railsconf-speakers/feed/ How to upgrade to Ubuntu Hardy Heron http://wagaman.org/2008/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-hardy-heron/ http://wagaman.org/2008/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-hardy-heron/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:27:59 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/?p=208
  • Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list as root. Change every occurrence of gutsy to hardy.
    sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  • Check that Hardy was installed correctly
    sudo dpkg –configure -a
  • Reboot and Test the Upgrade
    sudo lsb_release -a

    • Hopefully, you should see something like

    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description: Ubuntu 8.04
    Release: 8.04
    Codename: hardy

    ]]>     http://wagaman.org/2008/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-hardy-heron/feed/     Snow Fun! http://wagaman.org/2008/snow-fun/ http://wagaman.org/2008/snow-fun/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:03:37 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/2008/snow-fun/

    ]]>     http://wagaman.org/2008/snow-fun/feed/     The Corporation - Shareware version http://wagaman.org/2008/the-corporation-shareware-version/ http://wagaman.org/2008/the-corporation-shareware-version/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:01:54 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/2008/the-corporation-shareware-version/ My friend, Keith, posted this video on his blog. I had to echo it, because it looks like a good find. The youtube video has 24 segments and is intended to be shared.

    Please post your thoughts as comments. I’ll start this conversation with a question.

    How can the world hope to continue sustaining life while thousands upon thousands of corporations each independently fulfill their own agendas by taking the world’s resources with no heed for the collective future outcome of the global community?

    ]]>     http://wagaman.org/2008/the-corporation-shareware-version/feed/     Family Photo of Four http://wagaman.org/2008/family-photo-of-four/ http://wagaman.org/2008/family-photo-of-four/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:07:28 +0000 Benjamin Wagaman http://wagaman.org/2008/family-photo-of-four/ Here’s our first family photo of the four of us. Fantastic.

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