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WeeklyGameJam (now defunct) was a theme-based game jam hosted through itch.io each week. It was fairly laid-back for a jam, giving devs a full week's time, allowing for premade assets and code, and accepting late submissions. The host, Joshua Mclean played and critiqued the submissions on ...

Welcome to Blessfrey.me, my webdev playground written in BottlePy! Twice a month, God willing, I post my projects and personal reflections. Originally in PHP, Blessfrey.me now thrives on Bottle Python web framework. To celebrate my website, I'll share some of my front end and back end code, ...

Several people have asked me how to learn Japanese, so I'm going to keep all the resources together in this post.

First tip before anything else - immersion!

The most you immerse yourself in Japanese, the more you force your brain to actually use and learn it. The ...

You don't get attention unless you want it. My study wiki emulates my Bible study leader's methodology of examining Scripture through the eyes of each character, no matter how minor, and has brought the Bible to life for me. But without promotion, could it help anyone else?

I am converting ...

It's a new year! Instead of resolutions, I prefer a single word to guide me.

Word of the Year

My church encourages its members to choose a guiding word each year. Where New Year's resolutions present a daunting starting line and perpetual possibility of failure, a single word is almost ...

God makes it clear. Psalm 27:14 ends with"Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord." There is nothing to fear. His timing is perfect, so wait on Him. And you will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, so sing praises to Him. ...

Colon cancer can look a lot like grief or fatigue, so I didn't recognize it for maybe 2 years. Lining up so well with my mom's passing and other stressful events isn't bad timing, though, because God's timing is always perfect.

It's just grief.

I've had low energy for months, maybe ...

Now, I read a chapter a day, digging deeper than I ever did at anyone else's pace.

Reading plans were dragging me through the Bible instead of guiding me.

Every church, every Christian group I've been in, they say you should read through the Bible once a year. As someone who deeply ...