On the left is our old rectory fire tube boiler, installed c. 1967. On the right is the new high efficiency condensing boiler, with all the improvements that accompanied it, including asbestos abatement. Thank God for tradesmen who know what they're doing and care about their craftsmanship. These guys are good dudes, albeit rough around the edges. But they want to know how to do things and do them well. I, for one, appreciate them. Young men, take note. Such competence is not a bad way to make a living, even today.

It is the mark of a great mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. HILAIRE BELLOC #quotestr

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Having trouble posting and getting stuff onto nostr.wine Posted this note hours ago: View quoted note → Only shows up on the following relays: This is my relay list: Any suggestions @hodlbod @Mazin ?

Found this Spring app (I forget who linked me up with it) from NostrBand and installed it onto Android from GitHub:

GitHub

GitHub - nostrband/nostr-universe: Explore the Nostr apps safely!

Explore the Nostr apps safely! Contribute to nostrband/nostr-universe development by creating an account on GitHub.

Very cool way to access many different Nostr apps in one place, and log in securely on mobile. Everything appears to run like a PWA. #grownostr #listr

Man, I am kind of baffled as to why nostr.wine is so rarely connecting. For a paid relay, it's only working about half the time according to Coracle. I am logged in via browser extension. Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong? @hodlbod #asknostr

On desktop, Coracle has turned my head big time. The updates and evolution of clients are fast that I can hardly keep up, but this feels like the strongest on desktop at present! Hopefully an integrated wallet soon @hodlbod

Read the whole thing:

First Things

The Rise of Antihumanism - First Things

In 2009, one of Google’s self-driving cars came to an intersection with a four-way stop. It came to a halt and waited for other cars to do the sa...

Testing this new share function from Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/track/106550263?u Wir Christenleut haben jetzund Freud, weil uns zu Trost Christus ist Mensch geboren, hat uns erlöst. Wer sich des tröst‘ und glaubet fest, soll nicht werden verloren. We Christian people have joy now because for our consolation Christ has been born as a man, he has redeemed us. The person who takes comfort in this and believes firmly will not be lost.

I thought I saw a question on #godstr about favorite psalms. I spend so much time praying the psalms every day, it's hard to pick one, but I found this recitation of Psalm 103 one of the greatest ever.