The gods must be snacking: People are drawn to Kaluapele, the sacred summit area of Kīlauea. Visitors are often compelled to leave offerings to pay respect to Pelehonuamea, the elemental deity of volcanism and creation. Native Hawaiians have honored deities at Kīlauea for centuries, and many express their reverence with hoʻokupu (offerings), personal pule (prayer), or oli (chants) to Pele. Others offer her hula kahiko (traditional dance) as a way of honoring this wahi kapu (sacred area). ...

I’m not a DHH hater nor fanboy. I became aware of him by Internet chattering about his views, Ruby on Rails, moving away from the Cloud for some of his company’s products (I think?), and something about choosing JavaScript with no build system. And yet somehow I ended up getting three of his books. Rework is all about rethinking some of the common (dare I say “best”?) practices in maintaining and leading a business. Seeing and listening to someone start-ups and other business owners trying to strike it big and “moving fast”, this is a refreshing antidote to the poisonous paradigm that pervades a lot of the entrepeneurial world. ...

When you’re a child, adults tell you to put things in your own words when writing or speaking. When you’re an adult, ideologues tell you to write and say things exactly in their own prescribed manner.

Every so often I hear this phrase come up at the start of some conversations with certain Christians. I’ll say, “Hey, how’s it going?” and I typically will get the reply, “Oh, better than I deserve…”. I’ve heard it so often now that my internal BS alarm went off and I figure there’s no better time to dig into this saying than now. I’m not sure where the phrase originally came from, but as far as I can tell, it appears to at least been popularized by people like Dave Ramsey or pastor C.J. Mahaney of Sovereign Grace church. ...

Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer. – Sabotage Studio tl;dr Great: Overworld movement, music, presentation ...