I've made a few changes to the website to bring up some features we want and make things a little easier to use. The most noticable is that long posts (of which I write quite a few) are now showing just the first paragraph or two with a link beneath to continue reading. This is […]
Filed under: Geek, Website on August 21st, 2006 | 1 Comment »
There must be an unwritten rule somewhere that if you're a phone company, one or more aspects of your company must be lousy. Some companies go for pricing, others for service, a couple for reliability, and yet a few go for the grand slam of all three at once. This is the story of fighting […]
Filed under: Geek, Rants on August 21st, 2006 | No Comments »
In the course of a weekend, I learned that roofers more than earn their keep. Tearing a roof off is really hard work, and it was only through the help of our friends and family that we actually got it done in time for the roofers to take over. (No, seriously. I was finishing up […]
Filed under: Homeownership on August 21st, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I feel good today. Really good.
Filed under: Health on August 17th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
As a first-time homeowner, you're going to have no idea what you're getting into. Homes are an expensive money-sucker that never seems to run out of things needing fixing or improving. We've already repaired a significant number of plumbing issues (including the pipe that had been nailed into by the previous owner), and now we're […]
Filed under: Homeownership on August 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Anyone who follows the antics of Salt Lake’s mayor knows he’s about as complacent as an starving crazed weasel. (Oh, yes, I chose that particular animal on purpose.) As if we aren’t embarrassed enough at his absenteeism, his questionable spending habits (be they on going to Torino or buying a bunch of booze on taxpayer […]
Filed under: Politics on August 15th, 2006 | No Comments »
This is a response to a blog by Rep. Craig Frank.
TRAX is actually a winning proposition. It moves 3-4 times as many people per square mile as a highway expansion can, it largely utilizes existing rail corridors (eliminating eminent domain issues), ridership regularly exceeds esitmates, and… it runs in the black. Yep, public transportation that […]
Filed under: Politics on August 14th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I’d first like to explain that I am the world’s most unaffected person by sales people and closers and all smooth-talking, gelled-up professionals whose job is to make me spend more money. That’s why *my* job this evening was to call Winder Dairy and cancel our weekly milk delivery. Don’t get me wrong: We LOVE […]
Filed under: Rants on August 10th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Some researcher has figured out what the rest of us already know: around half of the people playing World of Warcraft are hopeless addicts. Yep, she figures about 40% of the people playing that game have clinical signs of addiction, and I don’t doubt it. Every day for the last year, the conversation in the […]
Filed under: Geek on August 9th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
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