Dec
03

Clever Slogans

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Sign over a Gynecologist's Office:
"Dr. Jones, at your cervix."

In a Podiatrist's office:
"Time wounds all heels."

On a Septic Tank Truck:
Yesterday's Meals on Wheels

At a Proctologist's door:
"To expedite your visit, please back in. "

On a Plumber's truck:
"We repair what your husband fixed."

On another Plumber's truck:
"Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."

At a Tire Shop in Milwaukee :
"Invite us to your next blowout."

At a Towing company:
"We don't charge an arm and a leg.
We want tows.."

On an Electrician's truck:
"Let us remove your shorts."

In a Nonsmoking Area:
"If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."

On a Maternity Room door:
"Push. Push. Push.."

At an Optometrist's Office:
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."

On a Taxidermist's window
"We really know our stuff."

On a Fence:
"Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive!"

At a Car Dealership:
"The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."

Outside a Muffler Shop:
"No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."

In a Veterinarian's waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"

At the Electric Company
"We would be delighted if you send in your payment.
However, if you don't, you will be."

In a Restaurant window:
"Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up."

In the front yard of a Funeral Home:
"Drive carefully. We'll wait."

And don't forget the sign at a
CHICAGO RADIATOR SHOP:
"Best place in town to take a leak."

on the back of another
Septic Tank Truck:
"Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"
Aug
08

What mothers teach

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I got this in an email the other day and thought I would share.

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE .
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning..”

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
“If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
” Because I said so, that’s why.”

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC ..
“If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
“Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
“Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about..”

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS .
“Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONIST.
“Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA …
“You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
“This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
“I brought you into this world, and I can take you out..”

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION .
“Stop acting like your father!”

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
“There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.”

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
“Just wait until we get home.”

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING .
“You are going to get it when you get home!”

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
“If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.”

19. My mother taught me ESP.
“Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
“When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT .
“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
“You’re just like your father.”

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
“Shut that door behind you.  Do you think you were born in a barn?”

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
“When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”

And my favorite:

25. My mother taught me about JUSTICE .
“One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”

 

Dec
30

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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Dear friends and family:
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We just wanted to drop you a note and wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday.  We had a great year and look forward to the New Year.

Love
Brad and Becki Pace

Jul
23

Apple iphone app store vs. selling Palm apps

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If you read this blog you will know I love my iphone.  And I love my iphone apps.  Being that my last phone was a Palm Treo and that I have purchased and installed many apps on both the treo and the iphone I wanted to compare the 2 processes from both a user perspective and a business perspective.

iphone app store.  I love how the app store works.  It is easy to use and navigate.  From a user perspective it is nice to know all the apps are located in one place.  One problem with palm apps was that there was hundreds of sites that sold apps.  This made it hard to know what was available.  Everything is in one place at the apple store.  It is also nice to know that apple has reviewed all the apps in the store and they adhere to some type of quality standard.  One big worry with the palm apps was if you were going to get a virus or something from downloading the app.

From a business point I think apple has nailed it.  App developers know that they can just build their apps and sell them.  Sure apple takes 30% (or whatever it is).  Plus Apple will make a ton of money from this.  I don’t think that Palm made much money from apps.  This is also good I think for the users.  It is nice to know that with only one place to buy you are getting the best (and only) price.  Some may complain that no competition in this area is bad.  But I think it works for all parties involved (users, developers, and apple).  That is why it will do so well in the years to come.

Palm Apps:  I appreciate that palm opened up their platform and tried to make it available for anyone to sell and install an app.  But just imagine if Palm had used the centralized store model that apple is using now.  That cash info may have saved palm and made them into a power in the smartphone industry.  As a user I just hated searching and pricing all the palm apps.  I never did quite trust many of them and did not trust many of the developers.  I never once purchased an app directly from the developer.  And never purchased from the palm app store.  It was always from a trusted 3rd party.  I was always worried about getting the app again if I had to reinstall.  With the iphone I know that my purchased apps will always be available.

All in all I love the experience of the iphone application process. My only problem with it is that everything goes through the itunes software on my PC.  This works great for the music, video and podcast stuff.  But I loved how the palm pc software seamlessly integrated all my contacts and notes.  I liked doing things on the PC and just syncing it to my treo.  Mostly notes.  I would take short notes on the palm and then expand on the ideas on the PC later.

Jan
14

My upgraded home office

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Now that I am working from home it was time to upgrade my office. So last weekend we had new carpet put in and purchased all new furniture for the room. Including a single table top desk across one side of the room with some storage space. I still have my guitars and suns hung on the walls. Plus my son Jairus gave me 3 matching clocks for Christmas. On for Utah time, one for India, and one for the Philippines so I can know what time it is for my developers. I was also able to setup my new digital photo frame which matched perfectly. I also have a fish bowl on a statue of a fish. I don’t have a fish yet but I will. I have a great view of Utah Valley and on a clear day I can Provo, BYU, and all the way to Lehi. Here are some photos.

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Jan
03

Hulu Rocks!

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A few weeks ago I got my invite to the hulu beta. I have watched several episodes and I have to say, I love it! I think that NBC has really nailed this. It streams flawlessly both in IE and Firefox (take note Netflix). They have some great programming and tons of shows I want to see. I look forward to them really expanding their library.

Nov
07

Triple digit connections in LinkedIN

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I am proud to say I finally reached over 100 connections in LinkedIN (111 actually).  This is not many compared to some, but it is a major milestone for me.  I started using LinkedIn several years ago but did not really start trying to grow my network until a year or so ago. I can honestly say that I do know everyone in my network.  I do not accept or invite anyone in LinkedIN, Facebook, or any other social network that I would not feel comfortable sending an email. You can see my profile at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/213/a74.

My goal is to get much better at networking and meeting new people.  So my goal is to double my network in the next 6 months.

Aug
23

The Google Dance

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At Search Engine Strategies (SES) this week I attended the Google dance. Me and about a BILLION other people. This is a huge party put on by Google at the Googleplex. I have never been to Google and wanted to check it out. I am not a “party guy” but I have to admit that it was fun. I only stayed for an hour or so (it took me that long to walk through the party from one side to the other).

Google’s headquarters was quite impressive. The simple white 3 story buildings had many windows and looked to be light and airy inside. They had some very nice employee areas including lunch rooms and a cafe. They also have a huge game room with video games. In the courtyard they have a sand volleyball court, outdoor couches with legos, pool tables, and even a vegetable garden. Easily one of the coolest work places I have ever seen. Although I don’t think it is nicer than the Novell Provo campus (just with more fun stuff).

The party was crazy. Tons of food, snacks, and fun. Everything was free obviously. My favorites where the video games (all racing games which I love), the milk shakes, and the candy bar. The candy bar had large bins filled with all the candy you could fill your pockets with (ok they had little google branded candy sacks). Being the master brander Google is the candy bar was color coded to match the google logo. 2 bins each of blue, red, yellow, blue, green and red. (have you ever wondered why the colors are that way in the logo? Both g’s are blue, but both O’s are not red.)

Apr
11

Get Seth Godin to Utah – Spread the Word

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We need 500 people to pledge $50 and Seth Godin will come to Utah to speak on May 24th! Everyone who pays gets 5 copies of his new book, 1 to keep, 4 to give away. Other states are competing to get him to their state. People pay $1500 to hear him speak in other states, so this is a screaming deal. I love Seth and plan on pledging. I would love to hear him in person!

But we have to hurry…

Monday April 16, is our FINAL DEADLINE.

Janet’s blog post:
http://www.newspapergrl.com/622/get-seth-godin-to-utah-we-have-3-days/

Pledge your $50 at:
http://www.pledgebank.com/SethGodinUtah

p.s. let me know if you can help film a video to put on YouTube where we stop bald men on the street and ask, excuse me sir, are you Seth Godin???

Feb
03

The power of wikipedia – FREE PC GAMES!

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There has been a lot of talk lately about the shortcomings of wikipedia and I understand both sides. But there are some things that are perfect for widipedia and don’t exist anywhere else. One example is the entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware. This is information that many people have looked for in years gone by and have never found. Well here it is.

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