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Ultimate Milkshake

I play Ultimate Frisbee about three times per week during my lunch break. If it weren’t for competitive sports, I don’t know how I would get my exercise. For some reason, after playing ultimate or basketball I crave dairy. In the past I would often stop at a grocery store on the way back to [...]

May 13, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Yada  No Comments

New Theme

I know i have changed my theme a number of times in the past, but this is probably the first time I felt a reason to. I was thinking my site looked too red. I wanted something more green (pink crossed my mind, but only briefly!). That’s what I love about Wordpress and the Wordpress [...]

May 6, 2009   Posted in: Yada  15 Comments

Dave Ramsey Recovery Plan

What is Dave Ramsey’s Economic Recovery plan? He laid it all out on Feb 27, 2009:

Sorry, the mini mp3 player didn’t work…

March 6, 2009   Posted in: Yada  Comments Closed

Dave Ramsey Coming to Salt Lake City (Discount code)

After huge success last year, Dave will be returning to Salt Lake City this year for his Live event. The Live Event will be held Saturday, May 16th at the E-Center. General admission will be $41 per person, but you can use the promo code “Alpine” to save $15 per ticket! Tickets sold out fast [...]

March 3, 2009   Posted in: Yada  Comments Closed

Newegg Rocks!

When my friend built his own computer, I was quite impressed. I’ve always been computer savvy, but building my own computer seemed over my head. What if I bought all the parts and ended up getting a processors that was not compatible with a motherboard for example. I was sure I could figure it out, [...]

December 27, 2008   Posted in: Yada  7 Comments

Django Tip: get_FIELD_display()

I’m posting this because it seems rather simple, but it took me a while to find – even with some tips from some helpful people in the #django IRC channel.
Let’s say you have a ChoiceField set up like the documents describe:
 
class Foo(models.Model):
GENDER_CHOICES = (
[...]

October 3, 2008   Posted in: Yada  5 Comments

I Hate RC Willey

So it was labor day. For some reason – likely do to excessive advertising, I think of RC Willey on Labor day. My wife has been wanting a bedroom set. We were planning on ordering from Canopy, but I thought it would be fun to go look at RC Willey and see if they [...]

September 22, 2008   Posted in: Yada  4 Comments

Windows Live Writer

This is a test post from Windows Live Writer.
Someone said it was the "bomb diggity" so I had to check it out!
Not bad indeed!
It certainly looks cool:  
And it’s like editing directly in my blog as it uses my existing CSS!
Wow!

September 19, 2008   Posted in: Yada  6 Comments

Star Trek Meets Monty Python

Star Trek Meets Monty Python
Wow, someone definitely had a LOT of time on their hands! Thanks for the effort though. It was certainly enjoyable
Technorati Tags: monty python, star trek, mashup

July 31, 2008   Posted in: Yada  Comments Closed

Remember TRBL

This post (like many I write) is mainly for myself.
When using CSS padding or margin, I generally will write margin-top, margin-bottom, margin-left, etc. I know there is easier syntax where I can specify all for with one line such as
margin: 0 10px 88px 10px;
The problem is, I can never remember which one is where. Know [...]

June 19, 2008   Posted in: Yada  One Comment