Category Archives: Technology

So long, Steve, and Godspeed.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by bfwebster

The second personal computer I ever owned[1] was an Apple II, with no floppy drive. I bought it, along with a small color TV, from my close friend Robert Trammel while we were both living in Houston sometime around 1980.We … Continue reading →

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The nine billion blessings on the food

Posted on March 23, 2009 by bfwebster

A common discussion among Latter-day Saints (and among many other Christians as well as believers in other faiths) is the all-too-easy tendency for prayer to devolve into mechanical recitation as opposed to, well, talking with God. That’s why this website … Continue reading →

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Comparing programming languages to religions

Posted on December 17, 2008 by bfwebster

Courtesy of Slashdot comes this tongue-in-cheek comparison of various programming languages to specific religions. Yes, Mormonism is in the mix: C# would be Mormonism – At first glance, it’s the same as Java [equated to fundamentalist Christianity], but at a … Continue reading →

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Money-back tithing guarantee, ATMs at church

Posted on December 12, 2008 by bfwebster

Here’s an approach to tithing we probably won’t see from Church HQ any time soon: Here’s something different. LifeChurch.tv, the church with locations in Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and online is offering a three-month tithing challenge. Give for three months. If … Continue reading →

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Post-Rapture “friends and family” notification service

Posted on June 3, 2008 by bfwebster

No, really. Courtesy of Dave Barry (yes, that Dave Barry) comes this link to a website that promises — for a fee — to send e-mails and do electronic delivery of documents to a list of people once the Rapture … Continue reading →

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Church Handbook of Instruction posted online

Posted on May 14, 2008 by bfwebster

…but not legally. Wikileaks, a website devoted to publishing confidential materials, has posted the 1968 and 1999 versions of the LDS Church Handbook of Instructions. The Church has responded by sending Wikimedia a takedown notice for copyright infringement. On the … Continue reading →

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Restoring the earth and ourselves: Brigham Young

Posted on February 17, 2008 by bfwebster

In the (out-of-print) anthology To The Glory of God (Deseret Book, 1974), Hugh Nibley had an entry entitled “Brigham Young on the Environment” (pp. 3-29). The entire article is worth reading, but I’ve always been intrigued by the following passage, … Continue reading →

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