Mừng Xuân Đinh Dậu 2017. Happy New Year. Year Of Rooster 2017.

Trước thềm năm mới, cầu chúc mọi người một năm an bình, nhiều may mắn, sức khoẻ và tràn đầy ơn Trên.

A Prayer on the Inauguration of a President

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This prayer, from the U.S. edition of the Book of Blessings (no. 1965), is an adaptation of the prayer for the Church and for civil authorities which was composed by Archbishop John Carroll for use on the occasion of the inauguration of George Washington in 1789.

Almighty and eternal God,
you have revealed your glory to all nations.
God of power and might, wisdom and justice,
through you authority is rightly administered,
laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed.

Assist with your spirit of counsel and fortitude
the President of these United States,
that his administration may be conducted in righteousness,
and be eminently useful to your people over whom he/she presides.
May he encourage due respect for virtue and religion.
May he execute the laws with justice and mercy.
May he seek to restrain crime, vice, and immorality.

We likewise commend to your unbounded mercy
all citizens of the United States,
that we be blessed in the knowledge and sanctified in the observance of your holy law.
May we be preserved in union and that peace which the world cannot give;
and, after enjoying the blessings of this life,
be admitted to those which are eternal.

We pray to you, who are Lord and God,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

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?