Mind Matters

...totally unnecessary information from my head

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The evil of S(E)Q(UE)L

Any techie that has worked extensively with data has probably used SQL once in his lifetime. I started using SQL early in my programming days, when I worked on a record-keeping software soon after I learned C++. It was very instrumental in that project, and pretty much in any job I've worked for in my career. As long as there was data, there was SQL (in most cases).

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www: Write What you knoW

In this Wild Wide Web we surf through, all the distractions around us can derail us from remembering the true purpose of the web: expressing what you know and learning from the expression of others.

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Why I believe the gospel

I'm not writing this blog post to convince you to believe in Jesus Christ; I simply would like to give my own reasons for believing the gospel. I don't believe anybody can really be convinced through argument (or a blog post) anyway. It's a choice to believe: you hear the truth and you either accept it or reject it.

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The power of piping

It's no secret that I love working with GNU/Linux. The ease that I get at my fingers is uncanny and like no other. I don't even have to touch my mouse most of the time.

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Giving my text a face

Recently, I've looking at different websites on my RSS feed. I do that from time-to-time to steal ideas from others on what to put on this website.

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My setup

Complexity has always been a sworn enemy of mine. I have abandoned whole codebases and projects because of complexity. I try my best to keep it out of my life because it brings about unnecessary stress.

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Cache rules everything around me (C.R.E.A.M.)

For the past couple days, I've been battling with some refresh issues in my browser. In this blog post, I'd like to talk about these issues, and how I resolved them.

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"X" marks the spot: my first chiasmus analysis

I have been reading a lot about literary structures used in the Bible. One structure that recurs often is the chiasmus. In this blog post, we'll be analyzing the first chiasmus I discovered myself while studying the Bible.

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The Bible is lit!

Yes, the Good Book. We all think of it as the moral code of God, the standards to follow to live a righteous life. But what if I told you it's so much more? In this blog post, we would be taking a look at what makes the Bible lit.

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A lesson from Jack and Jill

Ancient poetry never ceases to amaze me. There are a lot of hidden gems in dense poetry that are easy to overlook when reading it, even in nursery rhymes. In this blog post, we will take a look at the classic poem Jack and Jill and see what makes it such an interesting poem.

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