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Month: June 2014

  • How to use non-www URL with a TypePad blog

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    TypePad supports Domain Mapping for a domain name that has a custom DNS service to set its CNAME record. However, typically a domain name’s DNS requires an A record with an IP address. But, TypePad doesn’t easily support the non-WWW URL for a domain name, and relies on the registrar’s DNS manager to do a redirect — from TypePad’s help…

  • Ideas that shaped Western and Eastern cultures

    Ideas that shaped Western and Eastern cultures

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    Scholars have noted the major thoughts and philosophies that have influenced Western civilization and Asian cultures. The 3 major influences of Western civilization are Greek culture, Roman culture, and Christianity. “The Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman traditions are the two principal components of Western civilization.” — in Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society, Volume 2 by Marvin Perry, Myrna Chase,…

  • Not all web hosting servers are alike, some are faster

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    As Internet adoption continues to ramp up at a brisk pace around the world, people want faster websites and search engines do too. With WordPress running nearly 22.4% of the Internet (at the time of this post n 2014; in 2021, over 42% – check wordpress.org for current statistics), having a compatible and speedy web hosting…

  • No more sexually explicit Google AdWords soon

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    Policy changes are being made to Google AdWords some time between late June 2014 and around September 2014 to prohibit sexually explicit content, aka “adult content.” Very few in mainstream media and tech blogs have drawn attention to this (yet?), except for: Google Basically Shutting Down Adwords On Adult Starting Later This Month (thedomains.com – June…

  • Are you a pastor looking for a church?

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    There are many pastors and many churches in the USA, Canada, and around the world. Finding the right context where the pastor can best use his unique God-given gifts to bear much fruit with a local congregation can be quite the challenge and needs both divine guidance and human assistance. On this blog post, we are compiling…

  • How to get the new gTLD domain names you want

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    With new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) launching every week this year and the next, there’s quite a feeding frenzy for potentially popular domain names. There are domain investors (aka domainers or cybersquatters, cf. domain name speculation) as well as individuals and organizations that want to get certain domain names. The thing is: only one entity…

  • What Peter Drucker said about pastors and churches

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    Peter Drucker has a living legacy as the father of modern management for his keen insights and observations about people and organizations that have revolutionized the for-profit and the non-profit sectors. Many multitudes of organizations have accomplished more results and become more effective by applying Drucker’s principles. One commentary about the most difficult leadership positions…

  • Number of Korean Churches in the USA and Canada

    Number of Korean Churches in the USA and Canada

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    Here at the 2-week residency of the D.Min. Asian American Ministry Track at Talbot School of Theology. Thanks to Dr. Ben Shin for inviting me to present 2 class lectures. This afternoon was on how the history of Christianity in Asia and in America impacts Asian Americans today. I wanted to get some more recent…