Coming to realize that, unless you’re using Jenkins with a paid cloud service that supports real authentication/authorization, no one uses Jenkins with a proper security setup, because there are no plugins or configuration options that support such a thing.

I’ve decided to resume development of Initiative! for the iPad. I’m still a bit grumpy about having to pony up the $99 (+ tax) for the developer account, but this is for me.

The Houston Astros cheating scandal is disgraceful. The team should be stripped of its titles, fined heavily, banned from the sport for a number of years, and all players and management involved prevented from participating in any capacity for the same period.

And counter-arguments like this are utterly retarded. (Sam Hill, you’re a disgusting, terrible person.)

Every one of these organizations that acts on their hypersensitivity needs to be treated likewise: publicly eviscerated every time they make a mistake.

Mind blown by two things I heard at church today:

  • The Church, God’s “work of art,” is on display before the angels, for which they give him praise.
  • The son of Rahab, the prostitute, was Boaz, who was in the line that led to Jesus. She and her family weren’t just saved from the destruction of Jericho, but pulled into the lineage of the savior she came to hope for.

The descent into depression is usually never sudden. It’s a slow, meandering slide that you don’t notice until you’re enveloped by it.