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Archive for December, 2007



Should I buy a BlackBerry Pearl?

Published on December 22, 2007

I popped into the Verizon store today to check out the phones. I’ve been wanting to get a BlackBerry or some other productivity device. I found out that after January 10th I’m eligible to get a BlackBerry Pearl for only $50! Sounds like a great deal to me.
Do you own a Pearl? If so, what do you like and […]


GAO & David Walker: government has failed financial audit for 11th strait year

Published on December 21, 2007

I think that what is said here is so important that I’ve decided to paste in the whole article. Like I’ve said before - David Walker is one of my hero’s. Please read the following article with careful consideration: 
For the 11th straight year, the federal government failed its financial audit, GAO announced Monday, in a widely anticipated […]


Friday round up - politics as unusual

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Here are a couple of interesting things that popped up this week:
More than 400 scientist are directly disputing Al Gore’s claim that the debate about Global Warming is “over”. Man-made global warming is the biggest piece of socialist FUD ever invented.
Vladimir Putin may have amassed a $40 billion (yes, billion) fortune as the President of Russia. […]


Recent great quotes

Published on December 20, 2007

“When the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him to soon.” -Horatio Nelson
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein
“I’d wish you good luck but you wouldn’t know what to do if you got it” -Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross
“Act as if…” -Ben Affleck […]


The bubble is back!

Published on December 19, 2007

This hilarious video about sums up the current state of Web 2.0 lameness. Have fun…

 


Did you seriously say that?

Published on December 14, 2007

Ever since Huckabee got a bump in the poles polls and since Mitt’s “speech on religion” the loons have been coming out of the woodwork. Take for example the recent outrageous statements made by MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on The McLaughlin Group:
“Romney comes from a religion founded by a criminal who was anti-American, pro-slavery, and a […]


People to watch

Published on December 11, 2007

Here are a few people who have intrigued me lately.  
Mario R. Capecchi
University of Utah researcher, Dr. Mario Capecchi was just awarded the Nobel Prize for scientific advancement. Dr. Capecchi has lead a incredible life - consider his amazing story of survival during WWII:
“Mario Capecchi was born in the Italian city of Verona in 1937. His father […]


MBA school - to go or not to go - a guide to the eternal question…

Published on December 5, 2007

I indicated in another post that I was going to tackle the eternal question of whether one should get an MBA or not. Sorry for the long post but I hope it helps those of you who have been wondering. Here it goes…
My Story
I graduated from UVSC with an undergrad in business. I had attended BYU but ended […]


How do you define “legitimate”

Published on December 1, 2007

While out on Facebook today I came across a picture that spoke a thousand words to me. It’s a picture that defines “legitimate” in Utah.
Here’s the picture. 
In case you can’t open the link this is a photo of Josh James and John Pestana at the NASDAQ on the day they took Omniture public. That’s legitimate. I stared at that picture […]




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