Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant

April 20th, 2011 No comments

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.

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Favorite Quote from Inside Job Movie

April 8th, 2011 No comments

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

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/quotes?qt=qt1461131

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

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We’re hiring a new .Net Software Developer

March 31st, 2011 No comments

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

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Insight Cable $100 per month bill no more!

March 13th, 2011 3 comments

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.

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  1. March 14th, 2011 at 03:12 | #1

    Way to go!! I really want to do something like this (how I dislike Insight!!). Is it possible to watch live NFL games with your system?

  2. March 14th, 2011 at 03:27 | #2

    I don’t think it’s there yet, but it looks like you might be able to purchase it from directTV: http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=34975&p=225118&hilit=sunday+ticket#p225118

  3. March 14th, 2011 at 04:40 | #3

    You have to have DirecTV service to buy the Sunday ticket package. I have been a DirecTV subscriber since it’s inception and have been reasonably happy, unlike most cable subs. However, the new modes of program delivery (like Hulu) make it pretty easy to NOT have any of that stuff. Besides there are soooooo many digital channels available now that you can have plenty of TV at your disposal, with better picture quality, over the air rather than through cable (which doesn’t give you all the local channels, anyway).

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WinSCP :: Free SFTP and FTP client for Windows

February 17th, 2011 No comments

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

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Just installed the All in One SEO Pack for WordPress

February 16th, 2011 No comments

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.  :-)

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30+ year old pictures of my family…

January 23rd, 2011 No comments

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.

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

January 16th, 2011 No comments

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!

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My Ultimate Dev Machine 2011!

January 4th, 2011 No comments

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

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

August 10th, 2010 No comments
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
James Madison (Federalist No. 51) Wednesday, February 6, 1788
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