Monthly Archives: July 2005

It Builds Character…

This story is enough to turn your stomach. A coach offers one of his players $25 to hit his disabled teammate in the head. Apparently the disabled boy wasn’t a good player. The coach wanted him out of the game. … Continue reading

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My Last Booksigning…

My last day of book signings is this Saturday. I’ll be down in Utah County at the following locations. 30-Jul – American Fork- Seagull 10:30a-12p30-Jul – North Orem – Seagull 12:30p-2p30-Jul – South Orem – Seagull 3p-4:30p I have enjoyed … Continue reading

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Dear Senator Clinton…

An excellent letter to Senator Clinton can be found over at the LA Times. It really is a good read. I’ll quote several of my favorite sections here, just in case your clicking finger is tired. “If the alternative to … Continue reading

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P2P Users Not Evil?

Can it be true? Those who use P2P services are also spend four and a half times more money on legal downloads than those who do not use P2P services. Granted, a lot of that is probably because those using … Continue reading

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Ads in Games

I’m fine with them putting ads in my video games, as long as they give me the games for free… I’m not about to pay $50 for comercials.

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No More Sun Bathing For Me

I just found my house on MSN’s answer to Google Maps. This is as close as I can get to my house on Google Maps. Clearly Microsoft has a better picture of my back yard, but is that a good … Continue reading

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London

My mom (mum) and dad (dad) are visiting London this week and next… So this story wasn’t exactly welcome news. But apparently there are no casualties, so that is good.

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Google Maps

If you haven’t used Google Maps yet, you really should give it a try. It’s a great tool, and it’s open source so you can do all sorts of fun things with it. If you have used google maps, and … Continue reading

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Creative Commons

So I just read an article by John Dvorak. The title is “Creative Commons Humbug”, but it might just as well be, “I’m clueless and snarky”. I had a nice post all thought out in which I make fun of … Continue reading

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The Belly Laugh

So I was driving down to SLC to do another book signing (didn’t sell any books, but I saw my cousin Kristy, so the trip was worth it). Saturday radio is almost as exciting as collecting early French tin foil. … Continue reading

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