Cool Ruby on Rails site: Airbnb.com

AirBnB.com is a bed-and-breakfast booking engine for people’s guest bedrooms all around the world. It appeals to people on a budget, and people who prefer to stay with “real people” when they travel (as opposed to hotels). Stephie and I found out about it, listed our guest bedroom for $50 a night, and we are hosting our second guests tonight. Travellers can search by city and...

Announcing Chanhassen Grace Crews

Chanhassen Grace Crews was born on 12/23/2009 at 10:44pm to Josh and Stephie Crews at Maury Regional Hospital. She is very healthy, 8 lbs 10 oz, 21 inches. We love her so much!...

Creating an income governor

I once heard John Piper talk about setting up an “income governor” for his family where his disposable income would not affected by the success of his books (or other stuff).  He wanted to limit how much money he would make, so he set up in advance a plan for  a maximum income. I think the point is along the lines of Psalm 30:8b-9: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with...

Grand Unified Theory solved

From AP The Grand Unified Theory is one of the great quests of physics for the past 100 years. Light works like this (little particle-waves, no medium needed), magnetism like this, protons like this, electrons like this, gravity like this– each field of physics has separate pockets of study and explanation. There is yet no unified theory of everything. The great theory that will explain all...