2011 on Ricky Moorhouse

Merry Christmas

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:00:06 +0000

My 2011 Christmas Card

Get your advent calendars here

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:58:13 +0000

Yes I know it's now the 2nd December so this is a day late, but here's a list of the online advent calendars I've seen so far (and I'll probably keep adding to it!)

24 Ways - Web development tutorial every day till Christmas

DTS Advent Devotionals - A devotional each day on the names of Jesus

Adfont Calendar - A free webfont every day in advent

Prezzo - A competition to win vouchers each day

11/11/11 11:11

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:07 +0000

What I was doing...

Fixing a bug in some SQL

But God did not permit Laban harm

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:45:31 +0000

You know that I have served your father with all my strength, yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. (Genesis 31:6-7)

In the many years that Jacob had worked for Laban, he had a tough time. First he agreed to work for 7 years so that he could marry Rachel and then Laban swapped his daughters so that he ended up marrying Leah instead, then he had to work a further 7 years to marry Rachel. Laban consistently deceived Jacob, and attempted to cause him harm by changing his mind and their agreements so many times, but as he did, God protected Jacob from coming to harm. Just before these verses we see God at work in the situation in that which ever marked cattle Laban said Jacob could have, God caused to prosper.

A chat with Vodafone...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:54:22 +0000

The vodafone website doesn't seem to have any record of my data usage and is confused about how much I'm allowed (see screenshot below), so when I received a text from them saying I was near my limit (with no detail as to how close, just the price for going over) I decided to get in touch with them about it.

Here's the full transcript from my online chat with them, with just my personal details removed:

Firewall rules for Synergy in iptables

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:02:31 +0000

For a while I've been turning off iptables to let my secondary machine connect as synergy client to let me use one keyboard and mouse across both machines. Finally today I decided to set up the rules properly to do it, so here's how:

Create a new rule file in the iptables chain directory for incoming rules:

sudo vi /etc/iptables.d/filter/INPUT/53-custom-synergys.rule

with the following lines in it:

# Allows incoming flows for Synergy.
-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 24800 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 24800 -j ACCEPT

Restart iptables for the rules to take effect

But God came to Abimilech in a dream

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:47:42 +0000

Abraham told Abimelech Sarah was his sister, so he'd taken her to be his wife. Before he does anything, God comes to him in a dream to warn him.

God keeps Abimelech from sinning thus resulting in him bringing fear of God to him and his people and providing for Abraham and Sarah.

Reaction: Arose early to obey

"You are a dead man...for the penalty of your sin is death"

God comes and prevents the sin from increasing - he protects Sarah where Abraham should have done, but more than that - Abimelech's nation now fears God. For God always recieves the glory.

Pray more

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:43:18 +0000

If we were to talk less and pray more, things would be better than they are in the world
John Owen, The Holy Spirit: His Gifts and Power [Christian Focus, 2004], 362

But God remembered Noah

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:53:40 +0000

He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark. And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. (Genesis 7:23-8:1 ESV)

MySQL: From multi-master to circular replication

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:32:52 +0000

Disable anything that will write to the database
- Update the my.cnf files for all servers to support circular replication, by adding log-slave-updates and ensuring you have unique server ids and the auto increment values are suitable. Then restart mysql to pick up the config changes.
- Ensure your existing replication is up-to-date using: SHOW SLAVE STATUS
- Stop replication on both existing servers using STOP SLAVE
- Create a backup of the database from the server that will be just before your new server in the circle using: mysqldump --master-data=1 -a -c -Q {db} > {filename}

Distraction free writing - Artsy Editor or Wordpress 3.2

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:10:47 +0000

For a while I've been following the updates on a new plugin for Wordpress - Artsy Editor which gives you a completely clean page in which to write your post with easy access to the formatting options through a popup which appears intelligently when you select text, as seen in the image above. You can also drag an image into the editor to upload and insert it where you are typing. All in all it works really smoothly.

From around the web...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:17:04 +0000

Here's a few articles I've read recently that are helpful and challenging:

In Reminders Are More Effective Than Rebukes, Tullian Tchividjian reminds us of the need as Christians to regularly remind each other of who we are in Christ, rather than focusing on our sin and that we re-focus on Jesus for "because of Christ’s work on your behalf, God does not dwell on your sin the way you do"

A prayer for strength for one of those days: Dear Lord Jesus, it’s looking like one of THOSE days ... Am I whining? Yes I am, Lord, but I’m bringing my bad attitude and my very busy day to you.

My new profile pic

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:47:40 +0000

Reminders are more effective than rebukes

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:34:11 +0000

I need to be told by those around me that every time I sin I’m momentarily suffering from an identity crisis: forgetting who I _actually_ belong to, what I _really_ want at my remade core, and all that is_ already_ mine in Christ.

Tullian Tchividjian - Reminders are more effective than rebukes

Sort by Surname

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:36:24 +0000

ORDER BY SUBSTRING_INDEX(full_name, ' ', -1)

Eight

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:00:23 +0000

Drawn in pencil, photographed with iPhone - post processed in Camera+ and Iris.

I'm 30 today!

Thu, 05 May 2011 04:00:41 +0000

So to celebrate my 30th, with thanks to my mum, here's 30 photos of me, one for each year:

Would you record a Psalm for me?

Thu, 05 May 2011 01:00:56 +0000

For a while, I've been wondering about putting together a different kind of audio bible, one with a different person reading each chapter, but I didn't get very far with it - so I've decided to test this out and collect recordings of the first 30 psalms for my 30th birthday.

So please could you record me a psalm for my birthday?

Reserve your psalm in the comments below and then you can either post a link to the recording or email me the file ( ricky at this domain). Please can you include with the recording which Psalm it is and your name.

Systems Bar

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:05:02 +0000

New systems bar for HostDB shows the number of systems with actions required and has quick links to recent system records viewed.

Sanctification - Rom 12:1-2

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:25:23 +0000

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2, ESV

"Do not be conformed to this world" is in the passive as it is something that happens subconsciously so we need to make a conscious effort not to let this happen.

Hope and Fear - Psalm 56:3-4

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:55:01 +0000

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psalm 56:3-4, ESV

God is Faithful - Deu 7:9

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:07:28 +0000

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Deuteronomy 7:9, ESV

Banana & Chocolate chip muffins

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:16:49 +0000

Had a lovely afternoon making these Banana & Chocolate chip muffins with Abi and Jessica:

I'd used the last 2 eggs at lunchtime so when we decided to do some cooking I searched for recipes without eggs - turns out that the best thing to search for is eggless recipes. I then found the recipe for these muffins which after I made a couple of alterations to, we had all the ingredients for. We all had fun making them and they were delicious, although unfortunately I decided to only make half the quantities so we only had 6! The recipe with my alterations is below (makes 6)

5 Minute Mug Brownie

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:27:40 +0000

A while back I saw that Pete had posted this on twitter, and we decided it was worth a try - since then I can't remember how many times we've made them as it's so simple and tastes good! Just posting it on my blog so it's easier to find in the future!

Ingredients

4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
A splash of vanilla extract (we didn't use this)

Getting more from your meetings

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:47:47 +0000

From the earliest days of the church, first with Jesus and his disciples, then with Paul and his protégés, and on down the line, the gospel moves forward because one generation of leaders cares enough about the next generation of leaders to invite them into the room.

Jamie Munson - Getting more from your meetings