Monthly Archives: February 2007

To Block or Not to Block

While reading a post from Amidst a Tangled Web (a ‘blog that I read frequently) regarding the bombardment of advertising that we’re seeing in the world around us today. One of his points was in reference to online advertising, to which I (respectfully) have a different perspective. Regardless of whether you’re a “big site” or [...]

STUPID HEADLINES: Black holes shed light on galaxy formation

“Black holes shed light on galaxy formation, ” that’s what the headline reads over at MSNBC.com. The article is about how certain “black hole experts” are concluding that black holes were instrumental in “helping” galaxy’s form. Which makes sense to me… but the headline… either the journalist is just stupid, or has a very poor [...]

Salt Lake Mayor "Rocky" a Hate-Monger or a Hypocrite?

In a radio interview Salt Lake City Mayor “Rocky” Anderson described anyone who mentions the religious background of the accused Trolley Square Murderer, Sulejman Talovic, to be “spreading hate.” He said the police and FBI have found absolutely no tie to Talovic’s religious background (Muslim) and the shooting rampage that he’s accused of. Further, Rocky [...]

ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit's Accordion Control: Databinding

I have two pages that dynamically load title and content data on a page for press releases and similar data. Today when attempting to present this data using ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit’s Accordion Control I ran into a bit of a headache. It turns out that it’s both “tricky” and “insanely easy” to databind the [...]

Salt Lake Killing Spree Stopped by a "Good Guy with a Gun"

The killing spree that was perpetrated Monday night at Salt Lake City’s Trolley Square shopping mall was reportedly cut short by a “Good Guy with a Gun.” An off-duty Ogden City police office was instrumental in ending the shooting spree. The gunman, Sulejmen Talovic, was an 18-year-old Bosnian non-practicing Muslim refugee who lived in Salt [...]