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Why I believe the media makes our political system worse 17 Jul 2011 | 01:18 am
I am absolutely convinced that the media deserves a significant amount of the blame for the problems with our politics in this country. Within about 10 minutes of each other I read an analysis of the ...
The importance of verbal communication - debunking the myths 21 May 2011 | 06:51 am
My entire life I've heard people say that 80-90% of all communication is nonverbal. The top result on Google claims 93%. The problem is, I just can't believe it. I believe the verbal part of communic...
Change axis font in Excel 2007 23 Nov 2010 | 01:34 am
Want to change the axis font in your Excel 2007 chart, and can't find it anywhere in the Format Axis window? Just click the axis and then use the toolbar items to change it just like you would any oth...
Kudos for Customer Service done right 4 Oct 2010 | 02:35 pm
I've had a good string of excellent customer service experiences lately, so I thought I'd take a moment to recognize these companies for a job well done: Netflix About 6 months ago we conceeded that ...
ASP.NET Gridview - Group Header Rows and Export to Excel 29 Sep 2010 | 02:46 pm
I'm working on an ASP.NET portal project that has 2 very common blocks of code in it, but could not find good information on integrating these two together. First I need to great a group header row o...
Leadership Benton County 24 May 2010 | 10:34 am
On Thursday I will graduate with the Leadership Benton County class of 2009-2010. I was honored to be selected to participate in this year-long program, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The Lea...
Replace $1 bill with $1 coins 10 May 2010 | 02:34 pm
The United States has been trying to get a $1 coin circulating for at least 30 years, since the introduction of the Susan B. Anthony dollar in 1979. Every attempt has failed for one simple reason: we ...
ASP.NET and AJAX Incremental Page Loading 7 May 2010 | 04:31 pm
I had been searching the internet at work this week for a good example of using AJAX to do an incremental page load. As often happens, I just couldn't quite find the right page, though I found a promi...
Why the latest polls on health care don't mean anything 30 Mar 2010 | 03:27 pm
I felt compelled to comment on an article I read today in USA Today, declaring "Public almost evenly divided on health care law" based on a new poll that shows that 50% call passage of the bill "a bad...
Infrastructure and Economics - a local view 12 Mar 2010 | 01:23 pm
Last month in my blog about high speed rail, I made the point that through our country's history, investment in infrastructure has been followed by economic growth. Today at Leadership Benton County, ...
