I’m not a twitter power user but people frequently ask me what it is and why would I use it. I used to tell them it was a ‘micro-blogging’ service. Of course that explanation assumes that the person asking the question knows what a blog is and why they would need a smaller version of…
FamilySearch conference
I’m at the FamilySearch conference today. Right now Phil Windely is talking about open data and the related technical formats – REST, Json, RDF, and Microformats. I think this is good information for this crowd since sharing data is key to genealogy research. For years the methods of sharing data and integrating systems has been…
Super Cheese
This is the most impressive cheese ever: Each serving has 1176 calories with 11 servings per container which means this thing has 12,936 calories.
A Couch
This is a couch:
Joel With Coffee
Don’t let him fool ya. Here’s Joel with a cup of coffee at the last OCW conference: Everyone needs a little pick me up.
Black Cherry Vanilla Coke
I don’t drink a lot of soda so when I do drink it it has to be good. A couple of years ago Coke came out with a flavor that I grew to love – Black Cherry Vanilla. I bought a couple of 12 packs and kept them in the basement. I drank the last…
My Macbook Pro, the Single Link DVI cable and the Not so Genius Apple Bar
I and Callie took the kids to Salt Lake a while back so they could go to the Children’s Museum at the Gateway. They had a great time. At the end of the day we wandered around the area a bit and since there is an Apple store I dropped in to see if they…
Mountain West Ruby Conference
I’ve been to a good number of conferences over the years. A lot of them cost a lot of money. If you are a geek and a ruby lover (who isn’t?) then the best event you’ll ever attend is the Mountain West Ruby conference. The schedule is up. It’s only a hundred bucks and the…
The Pro Bikers Don’t do This
I keep my bike on the trainer in my office during the winter. My son found a new use for my Madone: . It’s just a guess but I bet the pros don’t use sippy cups.
Customizing the email sent by PasswordRecovery in ASP.Net
I spend most of my time working with Ruby on Rails these days. However, I still do .Net programming mainly for ThePlanCollection.com. Our password recovery system has been a bit flaky lately so I decided it was time to review the code and get it into polished condition. I found out that I was redirecting…