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A Weekend in Indiana 1

May

23

2008

Two weeks ago, we traveled to Indiana for my brother-in-law’s wedding. We had a great trip out (about 10.5 hours or so), and the wedding was a great time. I learned a couple of things about Indiana during the weekend, and I thought I’d share them here. At McDonald’s in Indiana, you can rent new ...

Seize the Rock 1

Apr

30

2008

This past weekend our church hosted its first Seize the Rock concert, which featured Manafest and Fireflight. Here’s a breakdown of how the weekend went… Friday night – go out to eat with Manafest and our friend Mara at the Dumping House in Wellsboro (more on that later) Later Friday night – play Rock Band ...

Using Yahoo Search in TV Ads 2

Apr

18

2008

Ever noticed that some companies like to tell you to, “search for us on Yahoo! and learn more…” ? That seems like a risky strategy to me, and here’s my reasons why. 1.) Why not just send the person right to your web site? If you’ve ever read Don’t Make Me Think , this will ...

Expelled

Apr

18

2008

We just returned from Williamsport, where we watched Ben Stein’s new documentary, Expelled, with our friend Mara. I didn’t know too much about the movie, but I did know that it was supposedly in support of Intelligent Design, and I like Ben Stein, so I figured it would be a good time. I was definitely ...

Credit Card Scanner Mystery

Apr

12

2008

Something always puzzles me about the credit card scanners at our local Wal Mart. In fact I’m not even sure if that’s the correct term for them, but for the purpose of this post, it will suffice. What always gets me is that the scanner knows when you’ve swiped a debit card, and it proceeds ...

Greed in Action

Mar

19

2008

The definition of greed was on display over the last couple of days in the form of the Boston Red Sox players. A little background on the story for those of you who aren’t sports nuts. Boston is playing their season opening game in Japan, which is a huge deal, due to the popularity of ...

Write About Google, Drive Traffic to Your Site

Mar

4

2008

A post I recently wrote about the test of Google Health drove some unexpected traffic to my blog from an unexpected source – none other than Google itself. The following is one of my “Jedi Web Geek” tips on how to drive some traffic to your site from the world’s biggest search engine. The steps ...

Thoughts on Moses

Feb

28

2008

Danielle and I were reading through the story of Moses the other night, and a couple of things really stuck out to me that I either hadn’t read before or just never really noticed. 1.) Moses changed the course of history. You might say, “well yeah, Jared, we know that.” I’m not talking about the ...

Microsoft Mulling Yahoo! Takeover Tactics

Feb

21

2008

It appears that after Yahoo! rebuffed Microsoft’s $40+ Billion hostile takeover bid, Microsoft might be taking another route to acquire the company. Apparently Microsoft is considering a proxy fight to gain control of Yahoo! Apparently they really don’t want to take “no” for an answer. Both Microsoft and Yahoo! seem to have a way to ...

Google Wants Your Medical Records? 1

Feb

21

2008

Apparently the much-rumored Google Health is going to enter testing soon with a group of patients from a clinic in Cleveland. I’m not sure what to think of this program yet. I don’t really like the idea of any other company having access to my health records, but let’s face it, how do we know ...