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I think one of the problems with studying Theology is that mission becomes really glamourised at the same time as you find yourself with the least non-Christian contacts. You tend to forget the reality of being a Christian in the real world. Thankfully I’ve had a couple of wake-up calls recently…

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This post is somewhat redundant, as you’ve probably noticed by now, but the site has a whole new design. If you’re interested in some of the design choices and features then read on, Macduff.

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One of the things that struck me about the story of The Ramones was the irony of their lack of success. How did they manage to have such a massive impact on everything music, creating a new genre and inspiring other bands for 20 years plus, and still not make it big themselves?

But then, I think of others who fit that profile. I guess the ultimate example is Jesus. He died a criminal’s death after a 3-year career, but millions of people now are willing to die for his cause. Maybe it’s not about how well-known you are, but how big your ‘ripples’ are. Hopefully I can make some decent ripples in my time.

Is it still possible to be original with music? I saw a film festival documentary on The Ramones on Saturday night, and it threw up some questions.

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If you haven’t discovered Engrish.com, you should.

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Here’s the problem: I’ve built most of a wiki. However, I need to figure out how to implement locking. That is, I don’t want people’s changes overwritten by other people’s changes. This is easy enough, except I’d also like some kind of real-time collaborative capability, which makes things more tricky. Here’s some requirements:

1. It must not destroy any unseen changes
2. It needs to have a pretty quick turnaround (i.e. 30 seconds wouldn’t be out-of-the-ordinary as far as close-to-real-time goes)
3. It needs to work without any quirks on the user side. That’d just be a pain. (Okay, and I needed a third point. Two points just looks silly)

The reason for these is that some of us need to collaborate on what eventually will be fixed documents. It’s the sort of thing dialog is needed for.

Ultimately I’d prefer to just use something like SubEthaEdit, but we’re not all gonna be on Macs all the time. Of course, the other option is just that we IM or something, and one person “takes minutes,” and we email back and forth or something. Suggestions please…