Email Sucks
In a job interview a long time ago I was asked what I hate to do the most. At the time my response was, “write USB device drivers.” I had to do that at Sorenson Vision and I hated…
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Internet Failure
By total chance I found this article about the internet failing in two continents. This hurts the economy of several Middle Eastern and African countries which sucks. Wasn’t the…
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Godaddy EPP Code
I keep trying to setup new websites because I like to pollute the internet. Ok not really, but I want to setup another domain on my bluehost account because I can have as many as…
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Professionals and The Enterprise
Professionals and the enterprise Under threat of divorce if I didn’t hang my Christmas lights this past Christmas I braved the elements and managed to put them on the trees. Of…
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A Modern Prophet
President Hinckley passed away sunday night. He was 97. It isn’t possible to say enough good about a man whose example to all was unity, peace, and to “do a little better” and…
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The Logistics of Life
I stopped to get gas this morning, nearly froze and spent $92 for 30 gallons of gas. My truck isn’t big, but it drinks a lot and it has two tanks.I only drive it about 12 miles a…
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What I Do for a Living
People ask me what I do for a living and I gave up explaining a long time ago. Now I just say I write software and for those that don’t understand that I tell them I work with…
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Lego is 50
Lego turned 50 today. I love Legos. There was much rejoicing: Build the Millenium Falcon to celebrate Go Lego Retro Lego over time
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Jeremiah was a Bullfrog, Lucifer is a Cat
Whether I like it or not my daughters are big fans of the Disney princess world. I am realizing that most things around here are whether I like it or not. Anyway, the have seen…
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Watch Your Roomba
We left the Roomba on its own to vacuum again tonight. I had to rescue it from under the table once since the chairs were playing pong with it. For revenge the Roomba like a…
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Adult Breakfast Cereal
No not ‘adult’ I mean grown up. These kinds of cereal are easy to recognize in the store. They are on the top shelf well away from where the kids can yell, YUCK! They are…
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I Love Our Facebook Application
While our house plans application on Facebook is not anywhere near as popular as Superpoke nor will it ever be it is a great application for me because the Facebook users find…
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The Master Simulator Made Me do it
Robots evolve good and evil attributes. Interesting.
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Walmart Continues Conquest
There is a Walmart in Idaho Falls where I grew up. A few years ago my dad told me that it is the only Walmart that has a fishing pro shop. I was never a fisherman but there are…
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Framework Problems Will Ruin Your Day
I created a code generator that writes all the of the code that connects ThePlanCollection.com website with its database. It is kind of like ActiveRecord that makes Rails so…
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A Gazillion House Plans on ThePlanCollection.com
I updated ThePlanCollection.com last night. I must admit that updating when you are tired is not always the best idea, but I figure everyone else is probably asleep so there isn’t…
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The Flower Shop In Logan
My brother and sister in law bought the flower shop in Logan (Utah). It is always scary to start up a new business even when you are buying an existing one. My brother is even…
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The Roomba Ends Christmas
Christmas is frequently heralded at our home by the purchase of poinsettias. They are beautiful flowers that originated in Mexico and which really have no business hanging out in…
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Maddox
We went out to eat on our way back from running errands in Ogden. Finding a restaurant on a Saturday night in an unfamiliar area that you can take four kids to is not a trivial…
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Use Mac Ports on Leopard to get Ruby on Rails Running
I am stealing this from Dave South, Logan Ruby User Group Illuminati. If I don’t extract it from my email I’ll never find it again. So I’ll ask for Dave’s forgiveness for the…