Nathan Prather

Justice Louis Brandeis coined this marvelous phrase: “Sunlight is the best disinfectant” in praise of transparency and honesty in public policy. It also works in marketing, public relations, and customer service.What’s weird to me is how few companies and organizations actually practice this in an effective manner. In this the Connected Age, I can’t fathom how a company thinks it can “manage” its way out of a crisis without stating the simple truth.

via Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant « The Sophistry.

Andrew Sheng: Why should a financial engineer be paid four times to 100 times more than a real engineer? A real engineer build bridges. A financial engineer build dreams. And, you know, when those dreams turn out to be nightmares, other people pay for it

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Just watched this movie with Matt Damon.  Most excellent and makes me want to never invest in the stock market again.

KSBA’s is hiring a new .Net Software Developer for the full description and to apply go here:

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=QHKCV0B&ff=21&APath=2.21.0.0.0&job_did=J8D1FX5YQR7SP59HBB6

Today I installed an over the air antenna to pick up local channels.  My dad helped me get this installed on my roof which was an adventure but I get really good reception

I’m still using insightbb for my internet connection but I’m only using http://www.roku.com/ to stream TV shows from Hulu Plus and Netflix.  I don’t get in ESPN but I’m okay with that  I mostly watch the Daily Show and news anyway.

WinSCP :: Free SFTP and FTP client for Windows.

Heard about this on the Startups for the Rest of us Podcast and giving it a go, so far so good…

Update:  Didn’t care for it, sticking with FileZilla

Testing it out here.  This better show up in the first page results for a google search
or I want my money pack!  Oh yeah, it’s free.  :-)

Dad, Mom, and Brother Matt.

Left to Right: Grandmother Prather, Mom, Dad, Mom and Dad Near, Grandfather Cecil Prather, Helen Prather

Pop Schreck and my Mom.

Mom when she was a baby.

Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008

via Download details: Consolas Font Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2008.

This is the Font I use for my development.  It’s a must have!

I followed Scott Hanselman’s podcast and blog and built my own

developer machine over Christmas.  It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.

Here’s a link to Scott’s Blog series that I followed: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UltimateDeveloperPC20Part3UPDATEOnBuildingAWEI79AndRFCForBuildingAGOMGodsOwnMachine.aspx

Specs for Nathan 2011 PC from NewEgg.com