Well I just had my first flame comment on my Blog, and what a bad one it was!
 
The person (who blogged anonymously) took my first Blog entry and said a lot of very, very bad and unprovoked things.
 
I think this is very sad for them that they need to bear their soul to the world instead of confiding in Christ, or a Christian they trust. If you are the anonymous poster and are reading this, I pray that God really blesses you and helps you with the issues that you shared in your comment.
 
It is also sad for the children that roam this blog site as the language was entirely obscene and should not be read by anyone. Indeed, after reporting the issue to the webmaster, I have deleted the comment so that no one can read it.
 
Because of this my wife and I have closed all commenting to all non-registered users on our blogs. We really like to blog, and have not been put off in the slightest. We have done this so that anonymous people are not able to make inappropriate comments.

Mark

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Ok to start, a few things you should know about computers

1. They are incredibly stupid. They make Homer Simpson look clever.

2. They are completely obedient. They will always do as you tell them to do. Even it’s wrong.  If they don’t do as you tell them, it’s because someone already told them not to.

3. If asked, they will repeat things over and over and over…….. And over. You need to tell them to stop (See 1 and 2). Did you see the brooms in Fantasia?

4. They are able to do lots of things at once (Unlike us men).

5. Although they will readily talk to each other, they will not talk to you. They are ignorant beyond belief. They have to be told how to communicate.

6. They are only machines, don’t anthropomorphise them. Speaking nicely to them and stroking their keyboards does not make them do anything any better or faster.

7. They are very logical. They make Mister Spock look positively illogical captain.

8. They can catch viruses, by coming into contact with infected computers on the internet. They need to get anti virus software to protect them.

9. They allow the Gospel to be sent to anywhere in the world, even where it's banned.

10.They allow Christians to share with one another, whether they are in the same street, or across an ocean. Thus we can build one another up.

11.Although you may never physically meet a fellow blogger, the words they share about themselves and God can touch you as if they had said them personally.

Hebrews 3:12-14 (New International Version)

See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

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Right, here goes. Garrisongang has tagged me. It was great to meet you the other week.

1. How many Bibles are in your home?

About 10.

2. What rooms are they in?

Every room except the kitchen, bathroom and the boys bedroom

3. What translations do you have?

New International Version, King James Version, New King James Version, Revised Standard Version, The Message (New Testament Only)

4. Do you have a preference?

I prefer to use the New King James Version, but we tend to use the NIV at church

5. Nominate an interesting verse:

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:9.

Sometimes we forget that we are truly forgiven the moment we truly confess.

6. I nominate……

My wife, debismumt4, Pauli(darthyxpu) and jayfromcleveland (That’s all my friends, Sorry Guys!

Feel free of course to ignore this.

Tag Your it! 

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Well after my wife (debismumto4) got started on blogging back in January, getting on my computer has been tough. She's really got the blog bug. So to redress the balance (and get more computer time), I'm starting my own.

So what am I going to blog about? Computers, that's what! Well, specifically computer programming. After all I am a computer geek both at home and at work. But first, something about me and my family....

We are a family with 4 kids and have been home schooling for 3 years. We are Christians and attend a nearby Baptist church, where I am the youth leader.

I work as a computer programmer for a large fashion retailer in the UK, whilst my wife does the hard work at home. If you want to know more about us, just ask!

So back to blogging.... Well I hope to encourage computer programming amongst home schoolers (Parents and Kids). Whoa, don't all leave at once! If your still interested read on. I want to help people to learn programming because even if you don't use it professionally, it helps reinforce other skills such as math, logic, typing (as if you bloggers need that), patience (when your computer program has bug in it) and geekyness. Err, you may not want to encourage that last one.

If you are new to programming, maybe I can help you start. If you are an old hand, perhaps I could use your help. I'll try to keep things as generic as possible so that if you are a C++ programmer you'll get as much out of this as a UNIX shell scripter. Also, if that last sentence made no sense, I'll try to keep my postings non-geek.

So there you are... Comments and questions on programming or computers and the internet (but not web pages, I don't do that) are more than welcome. 

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