Archive for April, 2006

Firefighting Full Circle

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Fourteen years ago in a small town called Dammeron Valley, Utah, a 16 year old starting hanging around the fire station on training nights. Chief Kyle Talbot wasn’t quite sure what to do with this exhuberant young man that wouldn’t go away. After months of putting up with my presence and my yearning to be [...]

Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

While in Boston we were able to get some great seats to a Red Sox game at historic Fenway Park. We were pleased to be seated in the family section where there was a little bit cleaner, friendlier atmosphere. The Sox ended up losing to the Tampa Bay Devilrays but it was still a fun [...]

A week of fun in Boston

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

This past week I was on the east coast for a webmaster conference in Boston, MA. I was quite impressed with the friendly nature of the city and was largely unaware ofits rich history. During the day we spent many hours at the Hynes Convention Center near Copley Square learning about web geek stuff. But [...]

Webmaster World Boston Notes

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

After lurking in the webmaster world forums for more than 3 years I decided it was high time to attend the conference and meet the people that make the webmaster world tick. Boston was a great setting for the conference and the Hynes convention center was adequate for our needs. I especially enjoyed the wireless [...]

Pubcon Boston 2006 - The Flight Delay

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Our flight from St. George was delayed because of a winter storm. When we finally left St. George it was nearly 2:00 MST instead of the 8 AM flight we had been planning on. The next flight to Boston from SLC was at 4:52 so we waited a couple hours killing time at the airport. [...]

My New Dell Inspiron 710m laptop

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

I have been a fan of Michael Dell for many years. His story of success and overcoming unbeatable odds is inspiring to me, not to mention the fact that Dell builds a great product. My latest purchase is a Dell 710m Inspiron Laptop with 1 Gig of RAM and a DVD burner. The size and [...]