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  • New theme

    To go along with my recent upgrade to Wordpress 2.8 and the "speedification" of the blog in general, I've opted to update my theme, too. What do you think?

  • Joe will never buy TomTom again

    From deceptive advertising, ridiculous upgrade pricing, and erasing all your saved data without warning, Joe details why he'll never buy a TomTom product again .

  • I will never buy Tom Tom again

    I purchased a Tom Tom Go 720 for my wife as a gift last year (2008). I was afraid this would be the typical “insensitive” husband gift, but she said she loved it. Tom Tom has…

  • Frugal Tip: Open the Windows

    This year we decided to be a bit more thrifty with our use of the central air conditioning unit. We live in Utah where it’s fairly cold in the winter, fairly hot in the summer…

  • WHO raises flu pandemic to highest level, how NOT to catch the fl

    Joe has a couple articles on the Swine Flu (and influenza in general) that you might be interested in: WHO raises flu pandemic to highest level, How NOT to catch the flu: Part…

  • Frugal Tips

    Joe is writing a new new series of articles on his website called “ Frugal Tips ” which are some simple things that we’re currently living that are saving us money. Take a look…

  • Frugal Tip: Ditch your Land-Line

    Most people have a traditional telephone, even when they have a cellular phone in their pocket or strapped to their “utility belt” 24/7. So long as your coverage is decent at…

  • Frugal Tip: Downgrade at-home Netflix, upgrade Streaming Netflix

    First off, I’m assuming that you’re already paying for Netflix’s 3-DVDs unlimited plan that we talked about last time . If not, this tip might not apply to you (or it might make…

  • Frugal Tip: Switch to Netflix instead of Redbox to Rent Videos

    So you Ditched Paid TV like I suggested in my last article, but you’re going through withdrawal at the lack of programming available on broadcast TV (especially in the off-season…

  • Frugal Tip: Ditch Paid TV

    Continuing with the TV theme of the last few frugal tip s, here’s another. If you are paying for basic cable or satellite TV, consider ditching it for over-the-air (OTA) TV…

  • How to not catch the flu (part two)

    No, I didn’t intend for the title to rhyme. Sorry. Before you read this, make sure you read the disclaimer on the “part one”, it applies to this post, too. Picking up where we…

  • Frugal Tip: TV on YOUR Schedule

    Today’s tip is going to be a little more techie than the prior two, and we’re going to make some assumptions, which I’ll get in to. Assumptions First I’m going to assume you…

  • WHO raises flu pandemic to highest level, what can you do to fight the Swine Flu? (part one)

    According to MSNBC , H1N1 (also known as the Swine Flu) is the “First global epidemic in 41 years”. Ironically, WHO “officials urge nations not to restrict travel”. This isn’t an…

  • Sorry for the Downtime

    WordPress 2.8 was released today and I decided up upgrade all the blogs I administer to this latest version. The following sites were upgraded without any issues…

  • Frugal Tip: Alternate to Shaving Gels and Creams

    No, this isn’t the “how to shave for less money” blog, though it’s starting to sound like it. Hang in there with me! When I was a boy I just had to shave like my dad did, even…

  • Frugal Tip: How can you Shave and Save?

    I’m a man, and like most men hair grows out of my face on a regular basis. I handle this hair somewhat seasonally (I’m clean-shaven in the summer, goatee in the autumn and…

  • A new thread: Frugal Tips

    I don’t know if I should call them “Frugal Tips” or “Thrifty Tips” we’ll go with the former for the time being (I’ll use both tags so you can easily cross-reference all of them)…

  • Amazon Web Services Sale

    Background If you’re not familiar with Amazon Web Services (AWS), it’s a set of services that Amazon uses for their business and has extended to the general public as well. Most…

  • Quinoa Salad

    Ingredients 2 cups cooked & cooled Quinoa 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper ½ cup chopped parsley ½ cup fresh lemon juice ¼ cup olive oil ½ cup chopped cilantro - or - ¼…

  • Recent Votes by Legislators in Utah's 1st Congressional District

    Recent Senate Votes Cloture Motion; Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act With this vote the Senate chose to open debate on a bill that would give the FDA regulatory…

  • Free Exchange-like syncing to Windows Mobile

    This article details how and why I switched from Mail2Web’s Hosted Exchange to Google’s services. If you just want to know how to make the switch yourself, jump down to the “…

  • ASP.NET Tip: Debug mode

    Background ASP.NET applications let you specify if they should be run with extra debugging “stuff” turned on or off via the web.config file. Production applications should run…

  • The Evolution of TV and the death of traditional Cable

    The days of Cable and Satellite TV are numbered, but Cable will survive. With most tech-savvy homes in America having some sort of DVR (Windows Media Center, Tivo, and generics)…

  • Toy Story 3

    Yup, you read it right… they’re making a third installment of Toy Story.

  • Prolonged Detention = No Habeas Corpus for you!

    Everyone who believes in the rule of law, habeas corpus, or the Constitution should watch this video. I’ll let it speak for itself.

  • The inherent flaw with MSIE8’s X-UA-Compatible “feature”

    For more than a decade it’s been the web developer’s most frustrating challenge: different browsers rendering the same stuff in different ways. The problem is that there are no…

  • Ruger Redefines the AR-15 Platform

    Ruger just introduced their first AR-15, the SR-556™, a two-stage piston driver AR-style rifle. According to their website , the piston driven SR-556™ “runs cleaner, cooler, and…

  • Webmaster Tools Vulnerability

    Background For those of you who aren’t web masters or web developers, you’re probably not familiar with Google’s, Yahoo’s, and MSN’s webmaster tools. These are the “big 3” in…

  • Honda rips off Prius?

    My wife and I watched a commercial the other day, in it everyone was driving a Toyota Prius. It was an awesome commercial, until the “end credits” ran, and we found out the car…

  • Firearms Training

    Strategic Tactical Group is offering 3 two-day training courses in Wendover, Utah on June 27th & 28th, 2009. The courses being offered are Building Clearing (for the Home Owner)…

  • Windows 7 RC1 ROCKS!

    I recently rebuilt my Media Center PC (don’t use Antec cases or PSU’s, they used to be good, but now they blow chunks), upgrading to all new equipment other than my terabyte…

  • Gun Semantics: Using the correct words, and using words correctly

    I’ve finally gotten to the point where I have to call on the carpet not only those that want to further restrict lawful firearms, but those who advocate against those…

  • Are you on Obama’s Terror Watch List?

    Last week, Barack Obama’s message to the world was: “the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.” Just because the majority of the attacks against…

  • Experiments with Homemade Wheat Gluten

    Gluten is a vegetarian alternative to meat. When prepared and seasoned correctly it can be almost indistinguishable from hamburger, ribs, chicken strips or chicken nuggets, or…

  • Condition Yellow

    SittingDuckPolicy.com has written up an article on levels of awareness and your readiness to defend yourself. Lieutenant Colonel John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (May 10, 1920 - September…

  • Help Chuck Get a 3rd Season

    I love NBC’s Chuck . Tonight (4/27/2009) is the 2nd season finale, and we’re still waiting for NBC to order another season. We don’t know whether NBC will order a new season or…

  • 7 Deadly Sins of Web Development

    Develop for a specific browser (rather than by the standards) : When most beginning web developers start out they typically use the browser that's most commonly on their desktop…

  • Web Developer's Cheat Sheet

    CSS Color Guide: Everyone likes colors. They make your web pages more, well, colorful! This is a quick reference for CSS colors, great for when you want red, but not red, or…

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

    “Rock, paper, scissors,” sometimes called jan-ken-pon, rochambeau, or roshambo, is typically a two-person game of chance used to help with decision making. Unlike truly random…

  • U.S. Gov’t Nationalization of Banks

    When the U.S. Government announced bailouts for the nation’s banks many of us were stuck wondering things like: Why didn’t the airlines get a bailout? Are the auto-makers going…

  • Dipped into the emergency fund

    Those of you who read my blog often know that I’m on the Dave Ramsey path to financial freedom. I’ve been working on step two for two months now, and doing pretty well, with over…

  • The Truth behind 90#

    Background Have you gotten an email that says something like “I got a call from AT&T saying they were running a test on the line and to press 90#, but I was suspicious and didn’t…

  • Running Naked with Silver: What they didn’t tell you about the Bank Bailout

    Running Naked “Naked Shorting” is a commodities market term that means selling something today for something that you won’t have until later. A good example is with grains. A…

  • Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes

    I’m Paiute, so when my brother picked up a copy of this book I was compelled to read it. I’m typically not into recreational reading of history at all, let alone “ethnohistory,”…

  • Interested in the NRA?

    Now that the Obama Campaign has taken office it’s more important than ever to join the NRA. To help make this easy the NRA is running a special for a limited time: sign up and…

  • Who is 1-770-644-7400?

    My wife got a call from 1-770-644-7400 this morning from a man with a thick Indian accent saying we had an outstanding balance of $2,500 with Bank of America. He stated that we…

  • Microformats: Empowering Your Markup for Web 2.0

    I’ve been a web developer in some capacity since 1994. That makes me an old-timer (or “early adopter” depending on your perspective). I’ve taken training courses, college…

  • The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

    Barry Mower of Lifetime Products recommended Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover to his employees. He said that the “system” in the book wasn’t easy but that a lot of people…

  • How to Scare IE Users into Upgrading with only ONE Line of Code

    UPDATED: WordPress instructions, new files, answers to questions, etc. addressed at the end of the article. We all know about the security risks of running old versions of web…

  • Local Review: The Mobile Source

    Background My wife can be hard on her cell phones. Her first phone was a Motorola flip, it did a good job but it started showing its age and needed to be replaced. Next was a…