When many people in the business world hear about their marketing department, they roll their eyes. Marketing has a reputation of being mostly fluff and very little results delivered. Sales people go and find new clients, production people deliver whatever the company makes, but no one really understands what in the world marketing people really do.… read more “Marketing: Science or Scam?”
New Features on Joel’s Blog
I added two new features today that I think my readers will like:
1. Polling. I can place ajax powered polls on my site and you can vote and instantly see how everyone else is answering. Polls will appear in posts and along the right hand column near the bottom.
2. Ratings. If you open an individual post, you can rate it at the bottom out of 5 stars.… read more “New Features on Joel’s Blog”
Great Birthday!
My birthday was a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who came!
I ate a ton of sushi at Imo in Pioneer Square. Imo is a tasty sushi bar in Seattle that has one of the best happy hours around. You can have 3 sushi rolls for $9.95, $4 margaritas and $7 Imo Punch (a giant concoction of lots of different boozes).… read more “Great Birthday!”
Interesting Internet Info
The following are entertaining things that I have found online lately:
-James McDonough, the newly retired head of the Florida prison system, said that before he arrived the prison system was extremely corrupt. He describes drunken orgies, unhealthy obsession with softball and a violent mafia-style prison system run by drug lords. “I cannot explain how big an obsession softball had become,” McDonough said.… read more “Interesting Internet Info”
King of America: Luke Esser (WA state Republican Party Chairman)
Luke Esser is one of the King of America’s newest heroes. Currently serving as the Republican Party Chairman in Washington state, Luke Esser decided he knew what the outcome of voting in Washington state would be before the votes were in. Luke Esser called 
the election in John McCain’s favor over Mike Huckabee with only 93% of the vote counted.… read more “King of America: Luke Esser (WA state Republican Party Chairman)”
Justin White
Justin White is one of my oldest friends, though we didn’t become close until high school. We started a lawn and landscape company together at the end of our Cascade Christian high school careers that was a fun learning experience.
I think that Justin White is one of the more interesting people that I know; Justin is sort of like Job in the Bible.… read more “Justin White”
How to put a Favicon in WordPress Blog
Favicons are the cool little symbols that are right to the left of your title in the browser bar. 
Favicons are also used in the bookmarks section of your web browser (see left side image). For example, the black circle with a white U to the left of the Underdog Sports Leagues name is a favicon.… read more “How to put a Favicon in WordPress Blog”
Joel’s Family Christmas Pictures
I am a bit late in getting these pictures up, oh well. I am trying out Google’s Picasa slideshow feature, let me know what you guys think. I probably won’t switch from my standard method of putting pictures on my blog, but this allows me to display higher quality photos without using up all of my bandwidth with 1and1.com.… read more “Joel’s Family Christmas Pictures”
Joel is learning AJAX!
Go check out the page on my website that I have made using an AJAX tool. AJAX allows me to display different HTML pages on one page with a cool “glide” action between them. Let me know what you think!
Regular Readers
Any new regular blog posts I write will be kept underneath the post on Fred Stephens death out of respect for him, his family and his friends for the time being.
I appreciate your understanding