If it doesn’t fit anywhere else, it goes here.
http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/fed_bailout/
It takes only five minutes to read it.
It takes only another five minutes to act upon it.
But those ten minutes you spend, combined with those others will spend, might just save this country from making a mistake we will be paying for decades from now. Doing nothing is not the answer, but doing the wrong “something” could be worse than…
When I first started blogging it was all here on Don Loper. But I really enjoy writing, and so over time I’ve expanded the number of blogs I write on to match my interests. Here’s a comprehensive list:
The Organic SEO. This blog is focused on search engine optimization and search engine marketing. It’s actually woefully lacking in new content. If…
We recently ported MWI’s official blog from weloveblue.com to mwi.com/blog and switched from MovableType to Wordpress (as we’re doing with all our blogs). The blog feed address is the same, so if you’re subscribed to the old blog you don’t have to change anything to maintain your RSS subscription to the new blog.
One new feature is that you can now sign…
My wife’s family has these major family reunions every other year. The last two times we’ve had the reunion at the Hidden Springs Ranch in Altamont, UT. It’s a great place, really, except that it’s three hours from Salt Lake City and some of us drive Audis with cruise control modules that have burned out and cost $500 to fix…
I haven’t been posting much lately because I’ve been in the process of moving this and other blogs over to Wordpress, which I’ve found over time to be vastly superior to MovableType (sorry guys). I’ve also been busy working on The SEO Consultants. The blog will function more or less the same with the same RSS feed, although the interface is…
Every year it seems that I switch cell phone companies and plans in an effort to get a better phone and better service at a cheaper price, and yet somehow I end up with lame phones and expensive plans with no real improvement in service. Well, let’s do it again. What would you recommend?
I’m a fan of sitting back every once in a while, looking at my life, and asking myself “If I could change one thing that would make a greater positive difference in my life than anything else I could change, what would it be?” But then I was thinking about how often it is easier to see another person’s faults…
Hey Utah, be careful what you search for on Google because thanks to Google Trends we, and the Deseret News, can see exactly what you’re looking for, and it’s ain’t pretty. Apparently Utah is #1 in the nation when it comes to searches for things like “pornography,” “naked girls,” “striptease,” “topless,” “nude,” “strip poker,” “lingerie,” “blonde” and “brunette.”
I just logged into my Linkedin.com account and noticed I have exactly 500 connections, which is something of a milestone for me, I suppose. Do I get to join some sort of special club or get an award or anything?
I’m looking for a web-based upload/download tool if anyone has any recommendations.
Essentially I need someone I can easily integrate into a client’s website so that their site visitors can upload large files and then also download those files. Typical FTP is too cumbersome and confuses some of this client’s visitors, so I’m looking for something simpler.
The folks over at London Market (563 South 700 East in Salt Lake City) have rented an entire theater for the 12:01 AM Wednesday (that means you go Tuesday night and leave on Wednesday morning) premiere of the new Harry Potter movie at Jordan Commons. You want tickets? You can get them for $5 apiece just be walking into their store…
I’m part of a group called My Troop Letters that creates opportunities for people to write letters to Utah soldiers who are overseas. We take care of collecting the letters and getting them to the troops at no cost to the letter writers. We had a booth at the Taylorsville Dayzz event last weekend and got covered on ABC 4…
Does anyone have any contacts with Utah Audi dealerships? I’m not looking for sales staff, I mean administrative types, marketing type, dealership owners, etc. If so, shoot me an email. I’ll explain why later.
Want a free lunch with yours truly? Now’s your chance. But not everyone will qualify. In order to qualify for the free lunch you must:
1. Be a complete stranger to me. That means we’ve never met, I don’t know who you are, and preferably I have never heard your name. However, if you do already know me you can still…
** UPDATE ** - The space has been leased. Windows open, windows close. Sorry folks.
No, MWI is not going out of business. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let me announce that I am moving the MWI to a virtual office setup. I’ve put it off for a long time, but I’ve decided after four years of being…
We’ve got a few things over here at MWI that we don’t use anymore, most of which is in great shape but doesn’t do anything around here but clutter up the office. If you’re interested in any of it let me know.
Office desks
Miscellaneous filing cabinets
Matching short black filing cabinets on rollers
Folding tables, various sizes
Cisco 7940 Series IP phones x 10
Mac…
Need some advice here…does anyone know of a phone system that works like a PBX system but can be plugged into an Internet connection? Yes, I know about Alianza, but they don’t deal with small companies any more. If you’ve used something or know of something I’d appreciate your input.
Well, maybe. With this type of thing nothing’s sure until it happens. If any of you are familiar with the area and have recommendations as to where to live, where my wife can find a job as a project manager, what the local gang signs are, etc., I’d appreciate your input.
My wife and I have been planning on it, with…
Just a small matter of business here. When you post comments on this blog there is no need to include HTML code for line breaks. MovableType puts those in automatically, and therefore if you put in HTML code your comment will be spaced out twice as much as you intended. MovableType also automatically adds the href tag to links and…
Just for the sake of variety, and the people who complain about the dark background, I switched things up a bit. Same colors, but in different places. Let me know what you think.
There are at least 62 people who have subscribed to DonLoper.com since I switched to using FeedBurner to publish my feed. I probably don’t have a clue who more than 10 of those people are, but here’s your chance to let me and all those other subscribers know who you are. I’m inviting anyone reading this to post a comment with…
I have no specific reason for asking this question other than that I’m curious. I’m always happy to listen to advice on how I can improve myself, my company, or my blog. I would appreciate any comments anyone has relevant to Don Loper and how you believe it could be better. Possible topics could include design, usability, content, spelling, grammar,…
Yep, that’s me. I can’t imagine that I was more than six years old at the time when my dad bought his first computer, a TRS-80 from RadioShack. Can you believe RadioShack was one of the first computer manufacturers/retailers and today they’re…well, what does RadioShack do anyway? I don’t think I’ve ever been to one since this photo was taken.
Although…
I just got my first iPod today, the new Shuffle that is a clip. Having never owned an iPod before I’m still figuring some things out and haven’t really had a chance to get the full experience.
First impressions and answers to questions:
1. It’s definitely small.
2. It’s definitely light. I can clip it onto a t-shirt and not feel like it’s…
I suppose this is mandatory content from time to time. Here’s my list of Utah blogs that I am currently subscribed to. I hesitate to post this since there are probably some blogs I was subscribed to that I forgot to resubscribe to after reformatting my machine, and I’m sure I will be subscribed to some new blogs within the…
About three weeks ago I had an issue with my donloper.com email. I check a lot of email addresses through my email client and since my donloper.com email was acting up I turned it off. Then I forgot to turn it back on again until about three hours ago. 467 messages, included 68 notifications about new comments on the blog.…
Would you like to advertise in Utah’s premiere business magazine (which shall remain nameless), but you don’t want to fork out the cash? Well, here’s a deal for you–you might be able to trade your services and/or products for that advertising space. No, I’m not talking about ITEX or any other trading network, it’s something completely different. If you’re interested,…
According to research using two monitors can improve your productivity by 20-30%, which I’ll buy, but I’m not sure two is enough. At least two 20″ monitors are not enough.
I’ve been holding onto both a cellphone and a Palm for a long time now. I’ve tried out various devices that combine the functionality of the two only to return to them. But I’m just about ready to try the adventure again. My question to you, kind reader, is what would you recommend? I’ve narrowed it down to the Treo…
I just switched our RSS feed to FeedBurner. If you are subscribed to our feed please switch it to http://feeds.feedburner.com/donloper. For those of you who don’t know, FeedBurner allows you to track things such as how many people are signed up for your feed, what browser they’re using, when bots hit your feed, etc. Just some basic tracking stuff.
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It’s 1:20am, and that means it’s prime time for a blog entry before I go home. Not wanting to think too much at this time of the morning, I’m opting for an installment of the World Famous Fives. A Top 5 with myself, that is:
Top 5 movies and/or TV shows that are randomly connected in some obscure way to myself:
1.…
I’ve been meaning to do this for months but it’s hard to find the time. DonLoper.com has been redesigned with a cleaner, easy-on-the-eyes design that loads faster. At first you might think black is harder to read, but think about it. Reading on a white screen is like looking at a light bulb.
If you find anything that isn’t working right…
