Well the big day is here. Tomorrow we find out if this new child is a male or female. So far the Doctor has prematurely proclaimed that it has been each, first he said he thought it was a boy, then he thought it was a girl…. why he said that, I have no idea. Please post your guess in the comments and the winner might win one of these. (Fine print: if Joy tells you and you post after you know for sure, you will owe me a chocolate malt milkshake from Smashburger)
My Dad has turned me on to the best food in Utah County! Better yet, you get a six course meal, drink, and fun for $10! It’s the Culinary Arts School at UVU as they practice their fine dining dishes. They don’t do it regularly, but when they do, it’s amazing. I took a group from work about a week ago for Wild Game day and here is what we had:
On of the great things about Firefox is the huge library of add-ons. It’s a double edged sword though as anytime you add abilities to the browser you run the risk of adding more time to each page load, especially if that add-on scans the page for content. Lets look at a flash ad blocker, the ad blocker can’t block ads until the whole page loads and it can then figure out where ads are to block. For you the end user the page won’t appear fully loaded until that whole process is complete. This isn’t a problem with just Firefox, it’s a problem with any browser that allows you to add functionality to it. To stop this fomr happening you can uninstall add-ons that you don’t use, and you can disable the add-ons you don’t use daily. Then just enable them when you need them. Firefox also just started publishing which add-ons slow down the browser the most. I was bummed to see add-ons I use on there, and I laughed when I saw the faster browser add-on on there (just proves that those lame add-ons do not increase speed). Hopefully this helps or perks your interest.
Check out the list of add-ons that slow down the browser
P.S. Thanks to everyone who made my b-day so awesome!
I came home from work to find out that Chase had added to his pool of talents. (Backstory) Bracken and Katie are moving next month, and when we were over at their house Chase and Charlotte enjoyed jumping on their Love Sac (big bean bag). Then B&K gave it to us. (Yippie) First thing Chase did? He taught himself how to do a back flip!! At first I was impressed and then I thought about the hours up at night I’ve spent with him and how less valuable that would seem if he broke his neck doing a back flip. So I asked him to not do any more until he is older.
Then he showed me that he could read a book! Great work Chase, you the man! To the video Batman!
In other Chase news: Chase turns 8 when daddy does his hair.
An email from my work. Email or IM me if you want to participate.
“We’re looking for a handful of people to participate in a handful of default future videos for the Change Anything website and we’d like to enlist your help!
We’re looking for people who have a long-standing bad habit or behavior that contributes to poor results in their life. The only thing we’d like to capture on video is their default future statement, or what will their future look like if they are unable to change their behavior. We’re particularly interested in in 4 categories:
Career (ex. If I can’t learn to hold my tongue when things get tense in meetings, I’ll be passed over for that promotion and eventually be shown the door.)
Finance: (If I can’t curb my spending, we’re going to lose the house.)
Relationship: (If we don’t figure out a better way to discuss our marital problems, divorce just seems inevitable.)
Addiction: (If I continue smoking, lung cancer is likely in my future and I may never live to see my grandkids)
Please let me know if you, a family member, or friend would be interested in participating. This is a great chance help on the new site and hopefull yto help thousands of other visit their default future in order to kick-start the desire to change. We’re also offering the the interviewee a $100 gift card to Amazon for their time, and we’ll give you, the finder, a free lunch at Malawis Pizza.
We’re hoping to shoot these early next week, so act fast if you’re interested. Please email me with any candidate suggestion by Monday the 28th.”
These two could be in an Abercrombie catalog.
a businessman was at the pier of the small Tuvaluan island when a boat with a fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were fish. The businessman complimented the Tuvaluan on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The fisherman replied only a little while.
The businessman then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish? The Tuvaluan said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The businessman then asked, but what do you do with the rest of you time? The Tuvaluan fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap with my wife, Puna, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitars with my friends; I have a full and busy life.”
The businessman scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. You could sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would need to leave this small fishing island-nation and move to Australia, then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise.”
The Tuvaluan fisherman asked, “But how long will this all take? To which the businessman replied, “15 to 20 years.” “But what then, sir? The businessman laughed and said, “Thats the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and make millions, flying around on your own corporate jet!” “Millions, sir? Then what?” The businessman said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing island where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a nap with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your friends.”
The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, “Isn’t that what I’m doing right now?”
-Author Unknown
And Firefox 4 is coming out on March 22nd. 🙂
I don’t really like basketball, but I love clicking things. And Cotton made a March Madness tourni bracket called McBracket, so I had to go in and click away. Want to join in the fun for whatever reason you’d like? Get your Yahoo, Google, or Facebook ID ready and click away. Lets hope Joy’s Alma mater makes it all the way!
Join in the fun
Can’t click the link above?
Go to Yahoo.com
Group ID#: 30241
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Microsoft has created one of my favorite new websites: www.theie6countdown.com. The site is dedicated to the eradication of Internet Explorer 6. What’s funny is that Microsoft created internet explorer 6 and now they’ve built the website counting down to it’s death. If you remember, McBlog used to promote switching browsers if you visited on anything besides Firefox. With Chrome coming in and being a very capable competitor, we took down that campaign. Although I’m happy to report that our latest stats show 0 McBlog readers using internet explorer 6!! Good job readers! Now remember if you have to use Internet Explorer for some reason, upgrade to the latest version. Internet Explorer 9 is slated for March 14th. If you don’t care, I would grab Chrome or Firefox still.