Author: Jesse

HAMing It Up 4

HAMing It Up

Many moons ago (a few over 200 to be more exact), I had a teacher who was big-time into HAM radio. I was pretty interested in it from the few times I saw him using one and started studying what...

More Office Pranks 6

More Office Pranks

Everyone in the office knows to lock their PCs when they step away from their desks, even for a moment. You might ask why this is. It's because if you don't, you risk getting Hoffed.  That's where your background gets...

A Special Note to Kenneth White and the Builders of White City 5

A Special Note to Kenneth White and the Builders of White City

You Suck. I mean, seriously. Have you guys ever seen a measuring tape, a level or a square? Is it really that hard to ensure that cabinets hung next to each other are at the same height? Is it too...

Some Quick Voucher Myths and Facts 30

Some Quick Voucher Myths and Facts

It seems that strong opinions and high emotions are working hard to keep clarity in the voucher debate well at bay. In the last several days, I've witnessed an incredible number of absolutely false statements concerning Utah's voucher law ranging...

C'mon Mark, I'm not buying it. 16

C'mon Mark, I'm not buying it.

After getting caught in his latest spam-fest, Mark Towner is now trying to claim he setup some kind of intentional "trap" to "catch me". (Catch me doing what, exactly, I have yet to figure out.) I'm guessing that in his...

Holy Crap! Mark Towner Exposes His Entire Subscriber List 7

Holy Crap! Mark Towner Exposes His Entire Subscriber List

If you're going to roll your own mail server and set up a mailing list, it really helps to know what you're doing. You know, so that you don't, say, inadvertently expose your entire 5,824-member list to anyone who happens...

Mark Towner, Quit Spamming Me! 3

Mark Towner, Quit Spamming Me!

I got the following in my inbox this morning: Welcome to the [email protected] mailing list! To post to this list, send your email to:  [email protected] General information about the mailing list is at:  http://thespyglass.us/mailman/listinfo/spyglass_thespyglass.us If you ever want to unsubscribe...

Utah Blogosphere Hall of Shame: Open the Comments! 10

Utah Blogosphere Hall of Shame: Open the Comments!

What separates blogs from passive content is the ability to comment and counter-comment on any written article. These comments often serve to illuminate the reader and allow him or her to add to the discussion, providing clarification, counter-points and all...

To Build or Not To Build 10

To Build or Not To Build

There comes a time in the course of a computer geek’s computing that he (or she) realizes that upgrading has been put off for WAY too long. That time came the other night as the desktop started choking on HD...

Millcreek Says "Smell you later" to Other Townships 1

Millcreek Says "Smell you later" to Other Townships

An article recently published in the Salt Lake Tribune comes as further evidence that Millcreek is playing a game of "look out for number one" at the expense of other townships. It seems that the township considers incorporation or annexation...