I am often afraid of sharing my stories from business here on my blog. Some of the more interesting stories will contain mistakes I’ve made and I worry that that could cause companies not to want to hire us or possibly even lawsuits from people who might feel like I have defamed them. However, I think it would be extraordinarily helpful to other CEO’s and Founder’s for these stories to be shared so that we can all learn from them and not just have each of us make the same mistakes over and over.
Big Bear With Ryan
Ryan and I went to Big Bear this weekend. Skied on Saturday, hiked 12 miles today. Went to a bar last night that had a great singer, bartender, and drinks.
Grandpa on his 80th Birthday Skiing
Proposal
The apartment was quiet and spotlessly clean. Lots of delicious food was on the counter, along with a bottle of good champagne. I stood by the front door, shifting from foot to foot and sweating, dressed in a nice dark green button down shirt and a good pair of dark jeans. After an interminable wait, there was finally the rattling of the key in the lock.… read more “Proposal”
Using the Same Variable in Recursive Function in PHP
I am still trying to figure out how to have a recursive function work on the same variable in PHP. What I am going to try next is to create an object outside of the recursive function and have that be operated on in the function.
Google Recaptcha
I use Google Recaptcha for several web applications, but it appears that they did a change that broke backwards compatibility today. Mike is debugging it now to get it fixed.
New Article on Intuit and HR Block Lobbying against easier taxes
Be Careful Buying From Amazon – Lots of Counterfeits
Vistage First Meeting
I am about to go to my first meeting with my new Vistage group today. Vistage is a CEO peer & advising group that is supposed to help CEO’s grow in their abilities to lead their companies.
I will apparently be doing an introduction of myself and then will be able to bring questions / issues to the group for assistance.… read more “Vistage First Meeting”
Bit Manipulation
My programming skills have greatly improved over the last few years, but one area I never have really used much is Bit Manipulation. One of my goals over the coming week or two is to learn more about this to help round out my basic programming abilities.