One of my long-term goals is to make enough money off the internet to enable to me to quit my job while still enjoying the same level of income. Many people have similar goals, I think. It isn’t so much that we hate out jobs (I personally love mine), but rather that we’d like the […]

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For all the good that the internet accomplishes, I’m still astounded by the sheer amount of negative stuff on it too. I am constantly helping friends and family get rid of viruses, spyware, and adware. Even worse than that, many folks are having passwords stolen, computers and servers hacked, and other security-related problems. Indeed, safely […]

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I’ve been working on a new project for the last few days, and now it is finally live. The idea behind this project came as some friends and I were discussing various online banks and the relatively high interest rates they have. I’ve used ING Direct for some time now, but a ton of new […]

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I love High-Definition TV - whether it is a football game, nature show on the Discovery channel, or even just a regular televison show, regular TV does not compare. The only thing I don’t like about HD is that, up until recently, there have been few good HD DVRs. Tired of waiting for my current […]

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SB 63, arguably my favorite bill in the Utah Legislature at the moment (admittedly for trivial and selfish reasons), failed to make it out of committee today. The bill, introduced by Dan Eastman, would have removed the requirement for a front license plate on vehicles in Utah - the argument being that the front plate […]

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Those who know me know that I am not Orrin Hatch’s biggest fan. In fact, I’d go as far as saying I severely dislike the man. He supported destroying PCs of suspected software pirates (even though he pirated software himself - oops!), sponsored the INDUCE Act, supported tightening bankruptcy laws to help “Americans become more […]

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News.Com posted a story today about the growing popularity of the LAMP Platform. As someone who has been involved in LAMP development for the last 5 or 6 years, I have a few observations:
- Yes! More money & recognition for PHP Programmers
It isn’t uncommon to see J2EE developers with only 2 - 4 years of […]

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In Utah’s Governor race, Jon Huntsman has advocated growth as the solution to Utah’s Economic problems. Growth, no doubt, is good in a lot of ways and will help in the short-term. I have to ask, though, if we are going to continue to rely on growth to solve our budget and economic problems? I […]

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