Archive for the ‘blogging’ Category

redhatbluehat podcast 5

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Another interesting political podcast where we discuss the pros and cons of lifting the offshore oil drilling ban, what we should do with the detainees resulting from our war on terror and whether Michelle or Cindy is the hottest first-lady candidate.  Definitely worth a listen.

affiliate marketing growing to 3.3B in 2012

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

I was excited to see that JupiterResearch published a report today that shows that the online affiliate marketing industry is continuing to grow and provide advertisers with a way to "reach and acquire customers".  The most interesting part of the press release about the report was that advertising spending in ...

featured watch 1 - ventura v-tec delta

Friday, June 13th, 2008

If you know me, then you know I like to talk about watches.  I also like to collect them and currently own nine different watches.  One of the more unusual ones I own is a Swiss made digital watch from Ventura called the v-tec delta.  Ventura went out of business ...

new redhatbluehat podcast (4)

Friday, June 13th, 2008

I was out last Thurdsay for some minor surgery but was back in the saddle for this week's podcast.  Most of the discussion revolved around Obama and McCain, the war on terror, taxes and the budget this week.  I also mentioned that I was rethinking my choice for president and ...

cuts like a knife but it feels so right…

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Last Thursday, I went under the knife to have my left submandibular saliva gland removed (the one under my left jaw bone).  It had a huge stone in it and had stopped working years ago.  Needless to say, that wasn't the best way to spend a Thursday.  On Friday I ...

iphone rumors

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

OK- the hype is building with the second coming of the jesus phone a few days or weeks away.  There are no shortages of rumors on the new iphone - but I thought I would knit together my favorties here.  I currently use a Blackberry Curve on AT&T (prior to ...

motorcycle track day

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Over this past Memorial Day weekend, I went to Willow Springs Raceway near Edwards Air Force Base for a track day run by Hyper Cycle.  A track day allows you to bring a motorcycle to the racetrack and ride it as fast as you dare.  The cost is only $150, ...

political podcast

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Sam Harrelson started a new political podcast over at Geekcast.fm called RedHatBlueHat and invited me to participate on the first episode. There were some issues with the sound quality but the discussion went well. Take a listen and leave a comment. Thanks!

lessons learned - starting a blog

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Since I just launched this blog, I thought I would outline the steps I took to get it where it is today while it is still fresh in my mind.  I am by no means a code jockey, so this may seem pretty basic to some of you.  I hope ...

toddtalks is live!

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Well, after years of meaning to and a few false starts, I have finally launched my very own blog.  I want to first thank Wayne Porter for never giving up on me blogging and harassing me for the past several years to do this. I would also like to ...