Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will. (Luke 2:14, Douay-Rheims)

With the joy of the Incarnation of God, I wishing you and yours all the best and peace today and tomorrow.

Reduce, reuse, repurpose, recover and recycle

See, how much money I recover?

Next time, while waiting on a line, I will try to complete my reading ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME instead of reading CNN News. I read it begin on Jun 2015 but until now just 50%.

If we can reduce the electric, water, gas usage, shopping, and other resources, we can live better. Be frugal not stingy.

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” - Benjamin Franklin

No Need Do Not Call List

My phone numbers already in DO NOT CALL list for a long time, over 10 years, I think. But the spammers, scammers keep calling to my number. Especially with the upcoming general election, my phone keep ringing with strange numbers.

I used to not pick up any strange number. When I have a spare time, I googled these strange numbers to see who they are. If they are complained by other people, those numbers will be block.

On iPhone, I use Block Contact feature.

On Android phone, I add to my SPAM - DNA (Do Not Answer) contact that automatic put all calls go to voicemail.

And the best blocking feature I like most, coming from Google Voice / Hangout. Why?

.NET Core

Last month, in addition to learning about Microsoft Azure, I also installed and used .NET Core on my MacBook Pro. This is not the first time I used .NET on Mac OS/X. I already used open source Mono and Xamarin Studio Community when they are available few years ago.

A note when install .NET Core SDK, you must restart your Mac after installed. Otherwise, you can not see or issue "dotnet" command.

Started at the basic, simple and move on...

Playing with Free Trial Microsoft Azure

Finally I give Microsoft Azure a try. Trying to learn more about cloud computing. I followed cloud computing development since 2009 and my first cloud application using Ruby on Rails, Git, and Heroku. A little bit scary when I look into a pricing and security. Hopefully I will not bill additional charge after done with $200 credit.

Add new virtual machine. Remote to it. Play around. Delete it. Build another one. What is the heck of resource group?

Andrew Carnegie

“Concentrate your energy, thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it; adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.” ― Andrew Carnegie, The Empire of Business (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902)

“Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.” ― Andrew Carnegie 

“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!” ― Andrew Carnegie

“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” ― Andrew Carnegie

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” ― Andrew Carnegie

“Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.” ― Andrew Carnegie

“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.” ― Andrew Carnegie

“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” ― Andrew Carnegie

“In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves.” ― Andrew Carnegie,The Gospel of Wealth

“Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.” ― Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, “THE ROAD TO BUSINESS SUCCESS: A TALK TO YOUNG MEN“  
From an address to Students of the Curry Commercial College, Pittsburg, June 23, 1885.
http://www.historytools.org/sources/carnegie.html
“To summarize what I have said: Aim for the highest; never enter a bar-room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm's interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for, as Emerson says, 'no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.'” ― Andrew Carnegie

“It was a hard life. In the winter father and I had to rise and breakfast in the darkness, reach the factory before it was daylight, and, with a short interval for lunch, work till after dark. The hours hung heavily upon me and in the work itself I took no pleasure; but the cloud had a silver lining, as it gave me the feeling that I was doing something for my world—our family.” ― Andrew Carnegie

Difference Bible translations at 1 Kings 19:20

New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE): 
Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you.” Elijah answered, “Go back! What have I done to you?”
 
New Jerusalem Bible (NJB):
Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. 'Let me kiss my father and mother, then I will follow you,' he said.Elijah answered, 'Go, go back; for have I done anything to you?'

Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (RSV-CE):
And he left the oxen, and ran after Eli'jah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"

Douay-Rheims (D-R):
And he forthwith left the oxen and run after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.

Bản dịch Việt Ngữ của Linh Mục Nguyễn Thế Thuấn, CSsR.:
Ông liền để bò lại, chạy theo Êlya mà nói: "Xin cho phép con hôn từ tạ cha mẹ con, rồi con xin đi theo ngài". Êlya mới bảo ông: "Ði về đi, và nào ta đã làm gì ngươi đâu?"

Nhóm Phiên Dịch Các Giờ Kinh Phụng Vụ: 
Lập tức ông bỏ bò lại và chạy theo Êlia mà nói rằng: "Tôi xin đi hôn cha mẹ tôi, rồi tôi theo ngài". Êlia nói với ông: "Ngươi đi đi, rồi trở lại, ta có làm gì ngươi đâu?"