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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A few weeks back, I posted a rather frustrated rant about DishNetwork. It would be unfair for me to not post the result.
Shortly after my post, I was able to work with someone at Dish’s home office. The result was night-and-day different than my previous attempts. He had me an install date for just a […]

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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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In case you missed it, over the weekend, Orrin Hatch claimed that Saddam was in bed with Al Qaida.
“And, more importantly, we’ve stopped a mass murderer in Saddam Hussein. Nobody denies that he was supporting al-Qaida.”
In a clear attack on Democrats, Hatch added, “Well, I shouldn’t say nobody. Nobody with brains.”
Wow. Even coming from someone […]

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Much has been said about the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy ruling against Wal-Mart and requiring it to immediately being providing the emergency contraception drug (aka “morning-after” or “Plan B”). Many folks are arguing that such actions are anti-American, new, and unconstitutional. In fact, the ruling is none of these.
Wal-Mart itself is not being […]

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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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As you probably have already seen, Exxon Mobile posted a record profit the other day, in the amount of $36.2 Billion for 2005. Given the huge increases in prices at the pump recently, there is considerable outrage over such huge profits. It is understandable, then, that executives at Exxon were trying to keep a low […]

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Today, I took some time out of my busy schedule of, umm, doing important stuff, in order to read up on bills currently being considered in the Utah Legislature. A few I found interesting:
1. One of my personal favorites, S.B. 96, from Rep. Buttars, titled “Public Education - Instruction and Policy Relating to the Origins […]

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