A petard is a small bomb used to blow up gates or walls of an enemy’s fortifications. William Shakespeare coined the phrase “Hoist with his own petard,” in his play Hamlet:
I’ve realized that the volume of content here on Sixteen Small Stones has been in stead decline for some time. As I’ve thought about the reasons, I’ve decided that my posts have become much too narrowly focused, and so I … Continue reading
Back in October of 2009, Daniel Bartholomew and I announced our ScriptureLog project, an open source plugin that turns WordPress into a collaborative scripture study platform. At that time only we only had The Book of Mormon available. Then in … Continue reading
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of the Species” by Charles Darwin. If you’ve followed this blog for a significant time you know that I have doubts about the compatibility of Darwinism and the belief … Continue reading
The Obama Administration has updated the White House website to include visitors logs. This is a wonderful development and even though I don’t generally agree with many of the things that the administration is doing, this kind of transparency should … Continue reading
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