It's apparently why I had a 7 year stretch that I was never asked the speak in Church (for you non-LDS people out there, that's considered forever and quite lucky), of course I've got another 2 year streak going now so hopefully we'll eclipse the 7 year streak. It's taken over 5 years and the last 2 of those of having a post every single day, but this is post number 1,000.  Not that it's any accomplishment, I just needed something to post today :D

I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago but somehow it got lost in the shuffle.  It looks like someone was in such a hurry to post "Breaking News" that they forgot to double check their work, or was that "word"?

Adobe is purchasing Omniture (Provo, UT) for $1.5B If I remember correctly, IBM purchased a piece of myComputer.com (predecessor to Omniture) several years ago and now Adobe is purchasing the rest of it. This is one of the Dot Com companies that made it big and was still around and is now going for a pretty penny. If only I had come up with the idea first...yeah right!

My only question is what happens if the diaper fills to greater than 100%.  Is there something in the code that instantiates the bath object?

Presiden Eyring has an iPhone!?

Hillcrest High was put on lock down today, because a local business was robbed at gun point. Not long ago my own children's school was put on lock down from a situation that I found out about through the local media.  No letter was ever sent home from the school, no phone call made to our home, no nothing. As a parent, I had to find out from a news report that I found on a local news media website.  It caused me to wonder why were they not communicating with me, the parent.  Sure maybe my children were not in danger, but it would have had some type of communication, even if it was as simple as a "You may have heard that there was a lock down at our school today, let me tell you what that means for your student..." and then explained what procedures they may go through.  I would much rather be informed about things like this be able to speak intelligently with my children about something like that then have it an unknown. On the flip side, what a great tool (if it hasn't already been developed) for someone to develop.  Take something like Google Maps and integrate it a subscription type emailing system, where you allow businesses and individuals to sign up for alerts of anything happening in their area.  You could send out coupons, event and informational alerts, etc. Take the Hillcrest incident I mentioned above.  So the store above is robbed, they send out the information to those people, the school gets it and is put on lock down (or is put on lock down in their typical fashion), they then alert their parents in through the same email type system. It all happens in a matter of minutes and for relatively little cost compared to composing  a paper letter replicating it and sending it home with students. Now who wants to help me develop and market it?

As a parent, my wife and I have had a few of those times when we've turned our back and one of our children wasn't where they were supposed to be (surprise surprise, it seems to almost always be the same child too). It was a story on the new today for the Amber Alert GPS which seems like a pretty cool product for parents to use.  My original concern was that it seemed rather expensive for the unit, especially if it was something that my child is going to carry around all the time.  I suspect that it may get destroyed quickly and for that price, it's expensive to replace.  The monthly subscription plans aren't too bad, though the unlimited plan is a bit expensive. Once I saw all of the features that it has I would consider getting one for each of my children, but I may wait for their next generation product and see if their prices come down or they add features.

In today's digital age, this is actually the way to be able to run a Neighborhood Watch. For the record, I also know Renee and she's on top of things.  It doesn't surprise me that the Neighborhood Watch is functioning this well with her at the helm.

but, this is why computers have spell check (I know I'm just as guilty).  It's a bad cell phone photo, but it says "Make a Wish Chairty".  They were plastered all over the grocery store.

something tells me that my house will be the only one on the block that won't get the faster service.