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8 days

BethM — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:15:43 +0000

Ever wondered what your house would look like if you tried to move all your junk home from college and pack for a summer-long trip at the same time?

It might look something like this.

Eight days till my first flight leaves for Uganda. To be honest? I’m terrified. But I’m pretty sure God has a record of working around that.

sometimes

Katy — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:04:09 +0000

I’m in the WordPress 3.3 credits

Paul Hastings — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:15:49 +0000

Strange how life is, you know? One day you’re a coder, the next you’re a grassroots activist, then back to coding again… and now you’re back in public policy. Strange.

Anyways, I hope that this post doesn’t sound too self-aggrandizing, but I felt I should record this at least for posterity’s sake.

I’ve never committed critical code to an Open Source project before, but hey, code is code and every bit counts.

Last November I wrote about contributing core code to WooCommerce, and this week I was reminded about an even bigger contribution that I made to the WordPress 3.3 core code just before I left for Thailand in December. The code I contributed to WordPress 3.3 was absolutely minuscule… but hey… like I said, code is code.

When WordPress 3.3 was released my username/moniker, “paulhastings0″ (tip for stalkers: try Googling that) was included in the release announcement.

Plus, my username/moniker is actually included in the back-end of several million websites around the globe (every website using WordPress 3.3 to be precise)

Find the credits

Find the WordPress 3.3 Credits

Locate Paul’s username/moniker

"paulhastings0" is in the WordPress 3.3 credits

The WordPress 3.4 release is imminent and I won’t be included in the credits since I didn’t contribute to that release, but I’ve done my part for the time-being and given back to a project that’s had a tremendous impact on my coding life.

Plus, Thomas Umstattd now owes me a steak dinner.

Kudos WordPress. Kudos.

Glimpses of a Promise, First Recording Out

NathanE — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:27 +0000

I have finally been able to record some of my songs which yall requested that I put to music. I am happy to oblige yall, so here is Glimpses of a Promise, the first of several recordings which should be coming up in the span of these next few weeks. Of the songs I have [...]

Mission Possible: 100th Post

TimothyB — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:35 +0000

I MADE IT!!!

This is my 100th post

My first blog (the one before this) only made it to 6 posts in its year long life. When JibeNow shut down and I had to make Genius Inc. I decided that if any of my blogs ever made it to 100 posts then it is a successful blog…

Well…. I made it

So what are we going to do in celebration?

You could comment…

You could eat 1oo pickles…

You could do both…

NEXT STOP: 200

The End of One Adventure is the Beginning of Another

JosephC — Wed, 16 May 2012 04:30:00 +0000

It is official, I am done with school for the year. I had an incredibly blessed year; I made good grades in each of my classes, and more importantly, I made new friends and became closer to the the ones I already knew. This year was definitely a learning experience for me, and I am so thankful to have been blessed with the opportunities that I was given.

I can now say that I have conquered Algebra 1, Geometry, English 2, Biology, Government, and, although I would not consider this mountain any where near conquered, I have begun the process of mastering guitar. Although I still have so much to learn, I have to say that I have come a long way since the beginning of the school year. This year has given me a healthy dose of perspective, knowledge, maturity, and personal growth. Sadly this year has also given me a good sized dose of pride, but I think that can be, and will be solved, without too much difficulty.

Although one great year has ended, another is about to begin, and I can sense that it has the potential to be even greater than the year that I just completed. This next year, although still largely unplanned, will be an amazing learning experience for me regardless of what happens. I have so much to learn, and this year is going to teach me a lot. I cannot to find what God has in store for me this coming school year. Life is so exciting!

Once Upon a Time…

NathanE — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:23:39 +0000

I spent my first 11 years living on St. Maarten and Dominica (not the republic). My parents were missionaries to the area. We faced numerous hurricanes that destroyed many of the native houses and some of our homes too. They did destroy almost all of our pictures. Sometimes we flew to the United States for [...]

Once Upon a Time…

NathanE — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:23:39 +0000

Once Upon a Time…

NathanE — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:23:39 +0000

Mother’s Day

HannahB — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:32:11 +0000

Mothers do a lot of things: cook, clean, take care their families, etc. For all their hard work, they have a day dedicated to honor them: Mother’s Day. However, there hasn’t always been a Mother’s Day that honored mothers. According to Catholic Online, the early Christians were the first to honor mothers. At first, it [...]