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  • TheBiglerFamily.com

    I’m the webmaster for another website ( http://theBiglerFamily.com ) which is dedicated to family histories along the Bigler line (which includes the Porter’s, Landies’…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-08-02

    @fuelfrog 462.3 30.10 7.361 #

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-08-01

    @overheard by @mikedopp "Joe, I've officially pooched my site (blog.mikedopp.com)" with help from BlogEngine.net 1.4.5 #

  • Dell Schanze: Candidate for Governor, Idiot for Life

    My former boss, Dell Buck Schanze (of the late Totally Awesome Computers) is making a run for Utah’s Governor on the Libertarian ticket. He’s recorded an auto-dialer message…

  • The Survey for People Who Make Websites

    A List Apart is calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites to pool their…

  • Let there be eggs!

    We got a small flock of chicks this spring with the hopes of producing our own eggs for eating. After a few long months our diligence has paid off! Here are our first 5 (brown)…

  • I think one of our rabbits may not be a boy

    My wife runs a preschool and daycare out of our home. It’s different kind of preschool, it’s hands-on and all about teaching the children to explore the world around them. They…

  • I drink too much caffeine

    A co-worker of mind started stacking his Dr. Pepper cans on the wall, so Mike and I decided to contribute our Diet Mt. Dew and Mt. Dew (respectively). The scary thing about this…

  • PayPal’s “killer app” — and how they screwed it up

    I use PayPal almost exclusively for my online transactions. It’s fast, it’s easy, and very convenient. I go out of my way to find merchants that accept PayPal as a payment…

  • Trailer: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

    The latest step in the Harry Potter septilogy gives a glimpse into the life of a very young Tom Riddle, who grows up to become the wizarding world's most powerful and evil…

  • Law Professor and Law Enforcement Officer Agree: never talk to the police about a crime, even if you're innocent

    In a brilliant pair of videos, Prof. James Duane of the Regent University School of Law and Officer George Bruch of the Virginia Beach Police Department present a forceful case…

  • Maybe Algae is the Solution

    My buddy Lord Snarffingham referred me to a very interesting video regarding energy production from algae and how it’s finally being commercialized. It’s a very interesting…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

    It's a woot off @ http://www.woot.com ! # @overheard "It's okay, I have really low expectations" #

  • Google Checkout: Sign up now and get free processing through the end of last year!

    While submitting our storefronts to Google Local Business Center today (07/29/2008) I stumbled across something funny: an incentive for businesses like my client’s to use Google…

  • Operating Systems: an experiment

    What happens when you ask people to test-drive the “next version” of Windows, code name “Mojave” and record their impressions – then reveal that “Mojave” is really just Windows…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

    @overheard 4 year old: I love Curious George. He's the coolest monkey ever. # I'm at Clearfield, UT, USA - http://bkite.com/014xM # I'm at Clearfield, UT, USA -…

  • BlogEngine 1.4 Screws Upgraders

    BlogEngine 1.4 is the latest in a string of updates for BlogEngine.net (a .NET blogging platform). This release was supposed to add widget support (something us WordPress users…

  • How to fix: Google not indexing Commerce Server 2007 pages

    Alternate Titles: ASP.NET 2.0 URL Rewriting Causes HTTP 500 Errors for GoogleBot How to disappear from Google, Yahoo, MSN etc. with Commerce Server 2007 in less than a week…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-27

    MISSING CHILD:11yo Scott Boyer shrt blnd hair 65# last seen 10pm7/26,wht tshirt/shorts near 1840W 2000S in Syracuse,UT;call Davis Co Sherrif # MISSING CHILD UPDATE: 11 year old…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-26

    pizza gods must be angry: dominoes computers are down (can't make pizza w/o a computer?) & pizza hut has a new location w/o a listed tel #. # papa john's pizza puts me on…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-25

    @overheard That single-handedly unraveled my whole plan with just one email! #

  • A Desperate Call to Action: “Flash Developers Need to Optimize All Their Flash Documents for Search”

    These days there seems to be a lot of hoopla around Google’s recent announcement that they’ve begun to index inside Flash Documents. Where many people blindly see news “Search…

  • Secure Connection Failed error message with GoDaddy Certificate in Firefox 3.01

    We switched our preferred SSL Certificate provider from Thawte to GoDaddy recently and all has been well for several months. This morning it was brought to my attention that…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-23

    @overheard the stench from all this hair crap is making me woozy # Word of the day: Specificity # @overheard @mikedopp says "I'd make an ugly Jen!" #

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-22

    I have 12 Xobni invites, DM me if you'd like one. # Why are so many head-hunters calling/emailing me? Any why can't they speak English? # @overheard "Joe's all about the…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-21

    Fire alarm at work. Glad it's not raining... much. # fire department responded to the alarm... # Just 30 minutes after going in from the last fire alarm here we go with another #…

  • Better Forms using Definition Lists

    I’m a fan of using the Definition List element. For those of you that are unfamiliar with it, a Definition List is just that, a list of terms and their definitions. The syntax is…

  • Fire Alarm at Work

    This morning the fire alarm went off at work, prompting the evacuation of the building. Luckily this led to some impromptu meetings between us (IT) and Marketing regarding a…

  • Shirt of the Week

    As most of you who frequent my ‘blog know: I dig “Geek Wear.” This week’s featured shirt is from a site called Taktic Gear, titled “How to Participate in Democracy.” Not only…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-20

    we got our first egg from our chickens today! wahoo! # and just like that one of the girls laid another egg... then Jessica dropped the first one. glad they weren't in the same…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-18

    LaGarde/Storefront "discontinued" Platinum Support around the 1st of the year as part of restructuring. Glad to know that - 7 months later. # note to 1st level support techs…

  • Michael goes to BSA Camp Kiesel

    Article by Joe Levi: Michael goes to BSA Camp Kiesel.

  • Lunch

    Here at work we're a pretty social bunch. A new deli (Two Hen's Deli) opened up just off-campus that serves good food -- and a lot of it. Since they're really new and some in the…

  • The Library: When low-tech is better than hi-tech

    I went to the library the other day, figured I’d look and see if there were any books on off-grid power. There are two sets of computers, one set used to surf the web (that you…

  • My first 500+ mile tank of gas

    It’s been a goal of mine to drive over 500 miles on a single tank of gas ever since I got my new Prius. This isn’t all that difficult for other Prius drivers, but for my daily…

  • A T-Mobile Dash meets and untimely death

    I work at a company that “makes stuff” and has a fairly large campus (a dozen or so buildings at this location alone). The buildings are basically very long warehouses that sit…

  • Solar Powered Wireless Web Security Camera

    I’m a very interesting sort of geek: I stream my movies from Netflix to my computer (which outputs to my big-screen HDTV and 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound), and I raise a small flock…

  • My Latest Accomplishment: Lifetime.com

    As most of you know, I’m a professional web developer by day, super hero by night (when I dream I can fly!). My latest project has been the flagship website for Lifetime…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-17

    @overheard "I guess it's time for me to warm up my sausage" # @overheard blad-headed retard! you just shut off my thin [computer]! # @overheard @mikedopp "I just need to make…

  • Our Electric Future

    “The politics of energy is warping diplomacy in certain parts of the world,” said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in recent Senate testimony. From the July/August 2008 issue…

  • WordPress 2.6 “not found” permalink bug fix

    WordPress 2.6 was recently release, and I jumped right in. I didn’t back up my files (bad practice!) and after the updated files had been loaded and the upgrade.PHP file run…

  • Mike Dopp for President?

    Article by Joe Levi: Mike Dopp for President?.

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-15

    has no one heard of a "web pod"? # @mikedop @overheard said by co-worker @ work while on phone: you'd better hurry and take me. #

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-14

    @overheard @mikedopp "I'm having problems syncing today" "Yeah, it's your buoyancy" # @overheard "If you have a Zebra problem, you should really call animal control" "It's a…

  • McCain a Polygamist?

    Senator and presumed GOP nominee for President of the United States of America has an interesting marital history. In his 2002 memoir, "Worth the Fighting For," Senator McCain…

  • A Modern Declaration: The Sovereign States of America

    Not so very long ago the Colonies assembled in Congress to Unanimously Declare their separation from Great Britain by way of Sovereign Independence. The drafted a document and…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-10

    @overheard we shouldn't tag team bloggers, we'll tick off the internets # @overheard not yet, I'm trying to all my everythings # @overheard not yet, I'm trying to enter all of my…

  • It’s not a modem

    Once upon a time, long, long ago, people used to connect their computer to another computer using a device called a modem. This modem would “modulate” the digital information…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-09

    @overheard Saw Speed Racer at the dollar theater last night. I want my two dollars and two hours of my life back. # @overheard The last 20 min of Speedracer I realized there was…

  • Twitter Updates for 2008-07-06

    observing National Firearm Open Carry Weekend by having dinner at a city park with my Glock on my hip... # funny, my kids won't eat roast beef sandwiches, but when you tell them…