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”
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!”
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”
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 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”
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”
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”
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!
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
My good friend Rachelle has begun to write a blog. Rachelle’s blog includes various posts on fashion, 
photography and her life (if you look at the older posts). Rachelle worked at Microsoft for about a year as a contractor and after her contract expired, she has been doing various freelance jobs writing for newspapers and others.… read more “Rachelle Blog”