Remembering Back To The Future
February 10, 2009
One movie that the 80s kids will surely remember is Back To The Future. Time travel, skateboards, suspenders, and cowboys!
I managed to watch all three of them again a few weeks back and though the effects were obviously from the 80s, the storyline will still be appreciated by today’s generation. I love it how they managed to weave three (or was it four?) different era in one trilogy. Though, the various time skips might confuse you a little.
Living by Faith
February 8, 2009
For in it (E)the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “(F)BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” (Romans 1:17)
In Scripture, we read that strong faith is essential for facing life’s uncertainties. It prompts us to look beyond our trials to the One who’s promised to guide and sustain us.
As trust in the Lord increases, obedience becomes a higher priority than pleasure or profit. Moses’ life illustrates this—he chose to forsake the advantage of Egyptian royalty in order to be identified with God’s people. Placing his future in the Almighty’s hands, he became the Israelites’ leader and gave precedence to the Lord’s interests over his own.
As The Economy Sinks
February 8, 2009
Mom have long been planning to renovate the kitchen area. She wants to elevate the area to make it flood-proof on rainy seasons, add good ventilation and exhaust, replace the kitchen sinks, and tile the counters.
Unfortunately, materials are quite expensive these days and so my contractor friend advised us that if the renovation can wait, it is best to delay the project. So with all the economic crisis we are hearing all around the world, I guess it is practical and wise to heed his advise.
How have the world financial crisis affected you or your family? Are there any pleasure you were forced to give up?
Litratong Pinoy: Tsokolate
February 5, 2009
Bihira lamang sa atin ang hindi nahilig sa tsokolate. Sa nakararami, ito ay naging bahagi ng ating kabataan, pag-iibigan, at libangan. Isang pagkain na pilit mang ipagkait sa atin ng ating mga magulang dahil sa nakasisira ng ating mga ipin, ay ating binabalik-balikan sa kasiyahan man o kalungkutan. Mga tsokolate na nagdadagdag ng kulay sa ano mang panahon ng ating buhay.
Ito ang aking lahok sa Linggo ng Tsokolate ng Litratong Pinoy. Isang masarap na huweves sa inyong lahat…
The Sufficiency of God’s Grace
February 2, 2009
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness ” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
The Lord pledges to give us everything we need for life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3). It’s a promise He always keeps. Yet when life hits us hard, we may be tempted to doubt and give up. If our faith starts to waiver, we need to think about what He’s already given us and then look for evidence of Him at work.
We should remember that our Father has freed us from sin’s penalty. Because Jesus died in our place, we owe nothing for our wrongdoing. He paid the entire price, so we now have righteous standing in God’s sight. At salvation, we each became a new creation and were given Christ’s righteousness (1 Cor. 1:30). Originally, we were headed toward permanent separation from the Lord, but now our eternal destiny has been changed to a heavenly home with Him. And God’s Holy Spirit lives within us as our constant companion and source of strength.
Google Returns A “This Site May Harm Your Computer” For All Search Results
February 1, 2009
If you made some Google search around 8PM last night, you might have encountered the said result and may have wondered if Google has been hacked. Also, I noticed that some of my legitimate mails in Gmail were flagged and was sent to my spam folder. What happened? Google explains…
Very simply, human error. Google flags search results with the message “This site may harm your computer” if the site is known to install malicious software in the background or otherwise surreptitiously. We do this to protect our users against visiting sites that could harm their computers. We maintain a list of such sites through both manual and automated methods. We work with a non-profit called StopBadware.org to come up with criteria for maintaining this list, and to provide simple processes for webmasters to remove their site from the list.
We periodically update that list and released one such update to the site this morning. Unfortunately (and here’s the human error), the URL of ‘/’ was mistakenly checked in as a value to the file and ‘/’ expands to all URLs. Fortunately, our on-call site reliability team found the problem quickly and reverted the file. Since we push these updates in a staggered and rolling fashion, the errors began appearing between 6:27 a.m. and 6:40 a.m. and began disappearing between 7:10 and 7:25 a.m., so the duration of the problem for any particular user was approximately 40 minutes.
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