Python 2.7.9 was released nearly a month ago and with it came some SSL-related changes (it backported the Python 3.4 ssl module and does HTTPS certificate validation using the system's certificate store). The latter can cause some problems with home-grown CA's, however. On Mac OS X, the …

Python 2.7.9 was released nearly a month ago and with it came some SSL-related changes (it backported the Python 3.4 ssl module and does HTTPS certificate validation using the system's certificate store). The latter can cause some problems with home-grown CA's, however. On Mac OS X, the …

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from my family to yours. My wife found the most awesome card for my teammates at work and it is just too good not to share with everyone -- for those who are programmers or into IT, this …

We've started a Bible study at the church so I'm going to just share some of the thoughts and scriptures that we look at each week. This is our first week and the topic was What does it mean to be a Christian? The first thing we looked at was …

Full disclosure: I have not and will not participate in Halloween, and I personally do not believe that Christians should. And while this posting talks about Halloween, it's not about Halloween itself. It's about misinterpreting scripture to suit your own desires.

The scripture in question is Romans 14:

“Receive one …

Whenever I hear (non-Christians) talk about Christianity it's always about "religion" and how they're "not into religion." When they make statements like this, I know that they have not heard the real gospel of Jesus Christ, nor do they understand what Christianity is all about. When people talk about how …

Recently I wrote about Christian Statements of Faith, which talks about the foundational pillars of Christianity -- those things that make Christianity what it is. In this posting, I want to explain some theological terms that every Christian should know (sadly if you ask most Christians what these terms mean you …

In the course of my studies I've come to realize that a lot of people have no idea what Christianity really means -- even people who profess to be Christian really don't understand what it means, and this is the real disappointment as the North American church has done a fantastic …

I've had to rearrange the layout of the blog to accommodate some new postings that will be showing up here in the future. As an aside, my apologies to those who visit and see that I have been sadly lacking in any kind of content on the site. I will …

I've refrained from posting or saying anything about Heartbleed all week because I didn't want to add to any sensationalism and hype, and I've also been too busy actually dealing with it (as opposed to simply talking about it or running around with hands waving in the air like a …