Catching Up After a Long Break

by admin on November 1, 2008

If you look at the dates of past posts you will clearly see several months went by without anything added to this blog.  Work got busy, kids started school, etc… the usual things of life.  Here are a couple photos from the last couple months to show that life did indeed go on while I [...]

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HostingCon Sale Contract Signing

by admin on July 31, 2008

It has already been reported in a number of places that Interjuncture, the company that created and ran the premiere hosting event HostingCon, had agreed to sell the conference to iNET interactive at the end of the 2008 event.  The final event of HostingCon 2008 was a networking barbecue event on the rooftop of Navy Pier.  The event ran [...]

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HostingCon Trip

July 30, 2008

I headed out to Chicago’s Navy Pier for HostingCon a conference I had not attended before.  I went not as an attendee but a part of the 100+ exhibitors showing their wares and services on the expo hall floor. 
I love going to new technology/internet conferences and seeing what type of attendee they attract.  Not surprisingly [...]

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My Near Death Experience or the STP (Seattle to Portalnd) Bike Ride

July 16, 2008

Three years ago my wife got intrigued with the idea of riding the STP (Seattle to Portland) bike ride.  For those not familiar with STP it’s a 200 mile bike ride that has 9,500 riders each year.  (The ride is limited to 9,500 or they would have more.) She began to train but didn’t have enough time to be [...]

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Sometimes Life isn’t Fair. Losing One of the Good Ones

June 20, 2008

This week my wife’s mother passed away after losing her battle with cancer.  Petra was diagnosed with colon cancer In September and rushed into surgery the same day to have a tumor removed.  Once she had regained enough of her strength she began Chemotherapy hoping to overcome the cancer or at least extend her time with her family.  The doctor’s did [...]

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David Caruso and Lexicon Digital Communications Show PubCon In Movie Stills

June 18, 2008

I just noticed on the Lexicon Digital Communications website the 3+ minute “LDC Movie” which shows David Caruso, Nils Lahr and Frank Nein traveling to the Las Vegas Convention Center (and a few other locations) where they take a moment to look out at the Vegas landscape.  This is the fruition of the photo and [...]

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Live Search Cashback Broken

May 21, 2008

My buddy Oilman has a liveblog write up on the Microsoft Live Search Cashback program which was officially announced today at Advance08.  Read his writeup for details on the program but the basic theory is that if you purchase items from advertisers on Live Search you will get a small percentage of the purchase price [...]

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Getting What I Don’t Deserve – Canon 40D

March 29, 2008

“We may not always get what we want, we may not get what we need, just so long as we don’t get what we deserve.”
That quote (from the movie True Colors starring John Cusack and James Spader) has always amused me. A friend of mine and I used to quote it to each other [...]

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Get Your Valentine’s Back Hair Removed

February 12, 2008

Why didn’t I think of that?  I can get my valentine’s back hair removed for a V-day present!

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Comedian Nick Griffin on Drinking

February 7, 2008

“I stopped drinking, cause I drink too much.  Plus, I’m 40 and I have gray hair.  You’re 40, you have gray hair, you drink too much…you’re no longer a WILD MAN…you’re a DRUNK!”
“Young people drink cause they think life is AWESOME!  Older people drink cause they know…IT’s NOT!  And because we hate young people!”

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