Category: Personal

Geico: Free Pie & Chips

24 Jun, 2006

I have to say, the Geico Free Pie & Chips commercial entertains me. Every time it comes on it puts a smile on my face. If I were looking for auto insurance, I’d check out Geico. 😉 Good job Geico, keep up the good ads!

Blocking Images

24 Jun, 2006

It seems that not a whole lot of people listened to my warning the other day so I’ve started blocking sites. I don’t like to do it, but I need to get my bandwidth and server load under control. Your site is blocked if: If I contacted you and you didn’t respond or update your […]

ZoHo – Online Office Applications

20 Jun, 2006

There has been lots of talk online about Writely, iRows and Google Spreadsheet lately that I though I’d take a moment and talk about the Zoho offerings. ZoHo is a company that makes an online word processor , spreadsheet application, polls, to-do lists, chat and more. Most applications are free and are all very good; […]

Chicklet Creator Important Announcement

16 Jun, 2006

— discontinued — The feed buttons you have on your blog are causing my server to have performance issues. I had asked people to update their buttons a while ago and it hasn’t helped enough. Now an ever increasing image is going to force people to update. Every few days the image will grow larger […]

Google Browser Sync – Firefox to Flock

14 Jun, 2006

Seeing that Flock has now entered public beta, and I think it kind of rocks, I wanted to try and sync Firefox and Flock so I could go back and forth. Well it kind of worked. First I had to edit he Google Browser Sync extension so it would install in Flock. No problems there. […]

Watch Out Firefox – Flock Rocks

12 Jun, 2006

When I discovered the other day that Flock has been updated, and was now a Universal Mac application, I decided to check it out. I thought Flock was cool back in the day, but now it rocks! I love my Firefox, but I’m constantly checking out new browsers to see what they have to offer. […]

Flock Finally Goes Universal

8 Jun, 2006

When I saw Flock today on MacUpate, the same question passed though my mind, ‘is it Universal yet?’ I have an Intel iMac at home and Flock performed less than great. I’m not sure why but it just felt wrong. So, I searched for a build that ran natively on Intel Mac processors with no […]

Watching Wood Disappear

5 Jun, 2006

It’s amazing how the simple things in life can be so enjoyable. We recently built a deck and all the old wood was piled in the front yard and the nails were removed. That was not the fun part. Once we were done, I had Christi make some signs that said ‘Free Used Wood’ and […]

Congrats Kari Rabe

1 Jun, 2006

Kari Rabe from my hometown of Chatfield Minnesota was on Wheel of Fortune last night and did excellent. I think she went home with about $50,000!!! I know (knew) Kari as I was friends with her brother Luke in high school and I’ve hung out with the whole family. That was a long time ago […]

My First Press Release

31 May, 2006

Check out my first press release: TopRank Online Marketing SEO Designer Named to 2006 WebAwards Judging Panel No, I didn’t write it, we have a talented bunch of PR people who do that. They got it posted on Yahoo News and Google News too just to name a few. How Exciting 🙂