In which I am less of an idiot

As I was sitting contemplating my angsty post previous (oh what lovely angst it was), I realized I was doing a disservice to the community. Our pastor has been preaching unity, and unity was not what that last post inspired. For those of you who didn't read it, I'm half-sorry. For this reason, I'm going to restate the constructive portion of it below:

You are hereby commanded to give God glory through the things you do. Go and do things that give God glory, and serve each other. If you see a need in the church, go and ask "how can I help?" If things are changing and you are scared, you should take comfort that God is still in control, and He may be using you for His glory.

That's a much less abrasive and divisive version of what I wrote earlier. To all my brethren at the church, I love you. While none of you may have had the opportunity to read my diatribe, I do look forward to the day in which I can offend you in some other way, before I think better of it.

Much love,

Daniel

A decidedly nerdy post

Hey folks, Dan here.

People. More specifically: Software engineers. I have a message for you.

Don't write shitty code.

If you do, the following statements will be true:

1. Someone will have to fix it someday
1a. It might be you, so do it for your own sake
1b. It might be me, so do it for your own sake

That is all.

Frist

Blogs are stupid. When I first heard of the concept, my immediate reaction was both one of fascination and of horror. Fascination mostly because I want people to respect me and listen to the things I have to say, and horror because giving everyone in the world a microphone makes for a very noisy, meaningless environment.

So, why do I (we) think that I'm (we're) worthy of contributing to the noise? That's a good question, I suppose you'll have to tell us if we are. I tend to think I'm decently intelligent and that my viewpoints are worth something. Time will tell.

Maybe someday this blog will be widely read. That'd be nifty. I hope you are amused (and possibly enlightened) by the stuff (and crap) we post here.

Much love,

Dan (and Noelle)