LGBT - choose any 3
The BBC reports a fascinating development at this year's Pride march in London, which took place last Saturday (8th July 2018).
Here's the summary from the beginning of that BBC report:
Members of lesbian and feminist group Get The L Out demanded to march behind the rainbow flag, which marks the start of the event, organisers said.
The group argues the trans movement is attacking lesbian rights and said it protested to protect those rights.
Kettle Review: AEG EWA7800-U 7 Series
Yes, I really am writing a review of a kettle.
For those who don't know, I love my coffee. A kettle is one of the most fundamental pieces of kit you need. The right kettle helps when it comes to brewing with a cafetiere, pour-over filter, chemex or aeropress.
Mid-Range
The AEG EWA7800-U 7 Series Digital Kettle (paid link) is a mid-range kettle. What I mean by that is that it sits between the cheapest and the most expensive.
Moving from Piwik to Matomo on Drupal
I'm a big fan of Piwik, an open source analytics suite. Think Google Analytics, StatCounter, Sitemeter, etc. … only self-hosted an open source. There are many benefits of using it:
Security and Performance: Remove old Modules
Yesterday, the Drupal Security team issued a Security Advisory for the Mollom module, SA-CONTRIB-2018-038. The module is now marked as "unsupported".
The security team is marking this project unsupported. There is a known security issue with the project that has not been fixed by the maintainer.
Dismissing Paul
Paul Barnett has written (paid link) a very helpful, carefully applied, commentary (paid link) on 1 Corinthians.
Preaching seemingly irrelevant issues
The other day I was asked why we spend time in church (during sermons) talking about issues that may not be relevant for us today.
Unpacking the Question
On the face of it, it's a good question.
If I look out at the church family here, I can think of many subjects that speak directly into needs we know and feel. Maybe there are issues about unemployment, family life, over-demanding employers, ageing and dementia, the housing market, and so on.
Choosing a Bible Translation for Church Use
500 years ago, William Tyndale lost his life in his campaign to give the English people one Bible in their own language. Today, we're spoilt for choice, with many excellent English translations of the Bible. Here's a paper I wrote in 2013 to help us decide which translation we should use in church.
Calder High Sleeper Bed: Review and Construction Tips
Having recently bought and built a Calder High Sleeper Bed (paid link), I thought I'd leave a brief review here, together with a few tips when it comes to building it.
Fixing circular login failure commenting on Wordpress blog
Here's a technical problem I encountered a while back.
Someone wrote a blogpost using the Wordpress platform. I wanted to post a comment. I wrote my comment, and entered (as requested) my name and email address.
I then received a message that I have to log into my Wordpress account:
"You are being asked to login because {my email} is used by an account you are not logged into now."
So I enter what I thought was my Wordpress password, and I discover that I have remembered wrongly.
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