I recently met a very helpful dude online. I was trying to debug some snazzy Javascript at Mike Manor Music and I was hitting a wall. I posted a plea for help at MooForum. Troy replied on the forum that he was willing to help. He provided the code that I was using for free. He also offered to give support for the code for free. We used GTalk and Pastie to narrow down the code. Troy patiently taught a newbie (me) some basic methods for debugging code. When we finally found the bug I was ashamed. The bug was something I introduced into the code. It ended up being a simple fix. I thanked Troy and offered to pay him for his time. He declined and we parted ways. With the internet being mostly anonymous it was nice to meet someone willing to step out and be a real person. More than anything, it taught me to never underestimate the power of unconditional service. If you get the chance, or you need a web developer, you can find Troy at consider: open.

Yesterday, I (re)stumbled on the site Joe’s Goals. I love the simple look and the ease of use. Completing each goal gives you points. The ability to share your goals with others also gives me a big kick in the dooper to keep up with my habits. If you are like me, and you start things without finishing them, then check out Joe’s Goals.

I love to compete. Maybe you have some of the same goals and you can challenge me to score more points! Bring it on!

Although I prefer using the

“Just because you spoke the love language of blogging and macs we will let you in. That and seminary students deserve more perks. Have fun and remember we only work with Camino and Firefox on Macs right now (Safari support will come at some point though). Blessings!”

The great thing is that Camino is my favorite browser. Even better is that after all that special treatment and after previewing the quality of eBible (even in its beta stages) my new prefered online Bible is eBible!