Updated some internal software tonight, including the forum software and some hit-tracking PHP stuff. Judging by some of the latest search strings, here are some quick answers to things I didn’t quite have, but almost.

• Hebrew verb “to kiss” is nashaq, Strong’s number 05401, pronounced with the first “a” like “aw” in “saw,” with the emphasis on the latter half of the word. It’s spelled Nun-Shin-Qoph (also spelled and identical with Nun-Sin-Qoph). Usually used where phileo is used in the Greek NT. See [1] this page for details.
• Setting up a Canoscan scanner under Fedora Core X where X >=2 is fairly easy. Run xsane-config as root, let it yell at you, then try it as a normal user. (This seems to initialize it for me.) According to [2] the Linux USB Scanners page, the Canoscans use a Plustek backend, which you can find [3] here.
• Rafaello Sanzio (Raphael) actually included himself in the far right of the School at Athens (i.e., Scuola di Atene); you can find him beside Sodoma in the far right and center of the painting. He’s looking at you, wearing a cap on his head. (He signified hereby that he was very much on the scientific/Aristotelian end of things.) [4] Here is a closeup of the fellow from this picture. You can find his self-portrait at [5] this link, but the text is in Greek. Poli kalo!

Just in case you didn’t catch all that, I do check the logs (more than I should!), and I do notice who comes to the site and why you’re here. Thank you for your patronage; come back often and let me know if I can do anything to help you.

Updated some internal software tonight, including the forum software and some hit-tracking PHP stuff. Judging by some of the latest search strings, here are some quick answers to things I didn’t quite have, but almost.

• Hebrew verb “to kiss” is nashaq, Strong’s number 05401, pronounced with the first “a” like “aw” in “saw,” with the emphasis on the latter half of the word. It’s spelled Nun-Shin-Qoph (also spelled and identical with Nun-Sin-Qoph). Usually used where phileo is used in the Greek NT. See [6] this page for details.
• Setting up a Canoscan scanner under Fedora Core X where X >=2 is fairly easy. Run xsane-config as root, let it yell at you, then try it as a normal user. (This seems to initialize it for me.) According to [7] the Linux USB Scanners page, the Canoscans use a Plustek backend, which you can find [8] here.
• Rafaello Sanzio (Raphael) actually included himself in the far right of the School at Athens (i.e., Scuola di Atene); you can find him beside Sodoma in the far right and center of the painting. He’s looking at you, wearing a cap on his head. (He signified hereby that he was very much on the scientific/Aristotelian end of things.) [9] Here is a closeup of the fellow from this picture. You can find his self-portrait at [10] this link, but the text is in Greek. Poli kalo!

Just in case you didn’t catch all that, I do check the logs (more than I should!), and I do notice who comes to the site and why you’re here. Thank you for your patronage; come back often and let me know if I can do anything to help you.