I have to wonder what all the fuss is about? Yes, I get that about half the population believes the "Health Care" bill is a constitutional violation and takes us even closer to bankruptcy. The bond market is already showing signs. But really, it's quite simple to kill the health care bill -- All you need to do is not participate. ... [more]

For a recent project I was working on I needed to work with very large select lists, which can be a pain to develop and a pain to use. Luckily, I stumbled across a site called BarelyFitz.com created by Patrick Fitzgerald, a fellow Georgia Tech graduate (go Jackets!). He has on offer a great little javascript library called filterlist.js for filtering large select lists via regular expressions. For my needs, I required one feature that isn't included in his release--the ability to unfilter the list and maintain your selections. ... [more]

Well, ok, it wasn't really a giant stump. It sure felt like it was one at times. You see, it all goes back to when my soon to be in-laws were visiting last year. My soon to be father-inlaw was kind enough to cut down a dead oak tree in our back yard, leaving the stump to deal with later. Well later came recently when we decided to have our late April wedding party in our back yard. ... [more]

As the house is set to vote today on the historic "Health Care" legislation it occurred to me that we should also prevent the insurance companies from excluding people from or charging higher rates for life insurance based on health factors and age. It's just not fair. My 90 year old grandfather who has a host of health problems should not be excluded or charged more than I would for a $1,000,000 policy. Those evil insurance companies are standing between my family and a cool $1,000,000. ... [more]