Archive for August, 2008

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Are You Gunna Order Anytin?

I was watching the olympics at the airport today… sitting in this little ‘bar’ / ‘restaurant’ in the middle of the LAX terminal. I think it was water polo, and we were tied with the Netherlands. I was eating McDonalds food, and not too happy about my lack of options. I’m amazed with the lack [...]

21Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Decision making within the life cycle of complex systems

Matt and I were talking today about the role that decision making plays in our lives… and I mentioned how when you’re younger, you have fewer decisions to make… but they are more critical, while as you age, you have a greater number of decisions to make the older you get (until it plateaus at [...]

19Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Momentum as one of your greatest assets

A few months ago, I had a friend who’s car would not start while he was visiting me at my house. Fortunately it was a stick shift… and anyone who has driven one of these knows what it means to ‘pop’ start it when the battery is dead. For those who have not had the [...]

14Aug2008 | Jim | 4 comments | Continued
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“In 5 years your wealth will equal the average of your 5 closest friends.”

I love that quote from Kevin Trudeau, and i’ve heard it said similarly by others… it is so very true… but I would also say that true wealth cannot be measured the way that the world currently measures it. one of the most difficult things for me to learn has been that 100% of this [...]

14Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Güenther the water dog

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More video of Güenther in the water… it was really hot, so he wasn’t all that active!

6Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Güenther at the dog park

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here is Güenther playing with a couple of other dogs at the local ‘bark park’ on College Street here in Murfreesboro. There are normally a lot of other dogs there, but today there were only a couple. I think we went a little too early.

6Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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‘Morning’ Sickness?

I don’t know why they call it morning sickness. Melissa is sick all the time. I feel so bad because there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do! Bananas help. Gatorade helps… though she is really tired of it, says it’s too sweet. Ginger tea helps… but there’s only so long you can live [...]

6Aug2008 | Jim | 1 comment | Continued
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Creating SugarCRM Modules

This tutorial shows how to create custom modules in SugarCRM, my favorite open source CRM!
I’ve used SugarCRM for years, and have always loved it. *gush* … with the advent of v5.0, we now have the ability to build modules using the module builder. I’m so in love with this little thing!
 

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6Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued
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Hosting Provider Challenges

1 year.
That’s about my average stay at any given hosting provider. I think it must be timed with hosting software product releases or something, because it’s actually pretty spooky… but it always seems like right around 1 year renewal is when I inevitably start looking for a new relationship. Like that car that ran great [...]

3Aug2008 | Jim | 2 comments | Continued
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Why go to auctions?

Call me jaded, but I never really figured that there were deals to be had at estate auctions. I’ve always figured that bids naturally rise to close to fair market value regardless, so I never really saw the point in getting involved. If I’m only able to pick up properties at 20% of FMV, it [...]

2Aug2008 | Jim | 0 comments | Continued