Because I am Here: Recent Episodes
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Due to unfortunate abuse, the Church has generally disabled the ability to download membership data in CSV (Excel) format. Church technical support will tell you that this feature is completely disabled. That’s not quite true. Stake clerks (and ONLY stake clerks) have this ability. Here is how to download Membership data in CSV, after you […]
Here is the script your members will hear when they pick up the phone: On behalf of your stake president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are calling to see how the hurricane has affected you. We may not be able to help, but we will try. The information you give […]
There are several different ways to tell if you are overweight or obese, the quickest of which is a long hard look in the mirror. However, simply looking yourself over is sometimes not enough to tell if you are at increased risk of any health problems because of your weight and even the standard measure […]
At the request of Elder Jeffery Olson, Area Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I recently created a hurricane recovery website for church, which digests disaster recovery principles, tactical guidelines, checklists, and frequently asked questions for stake presidents, bishops, recovery leaders, visiting stakes, and volunteers. This information was shared with Salt […]
Welcome to New Jersey and New York. As west coast and Midwest import, I would like to share some of the more pronounced regional differences I’ve learned that will help you understand, appreciate, and love the great land of New Jersey and the 3 1/2 States of New York. Unprotected Left-Hand Turns Have the Right-of-Way […]
Thank you kindly for the refund check of $8.50. Because I purchased all of my LED lights within the past 3 months, I simply returned all of my lights to Home Depot for a full refund instead. Therefore, I am returning the check. In case you are interested, I will never again purchase another LED […]
Cross-posted here. Are we there yet? As Project Manager for Crisis Cleanup, the most frequently asked questions I receive are, “When will it be done?” or “How much money do you need to finish Crisis Cleanup?” A variation on this is, “Well, it works, right? Why do you need more money if it works?” That’s […]
I have been looking for a cloud storage, backup, and syncing solution for some time. I heard about Bitcasa’s much-hyped “infinite storage,” and decided to give it a chance. Here’s the high Level Take-away: I do not yet regret paying Bitcasa $100: The value proposition of paying $100 per year to meet my ever increasing […]
Update 24 Mar 2013: I have Finally launched the Official Crisis Cleanup Blog, including a more up-to-date version of this post. Over the past several months a few developers and I have created a Collaborative Work Order System for disaster recovery (now at CrisisCleanup.org, Twitter: @CrisisCleanup). The project is open source under the Apache 2.0 […]
A Christmas Vision Music and lyrics by Hayley Winslow. Adapted from a poem by Edgar Howard on the death of his young daughter. A Christmas Vision- Hayley Titus, Edgar Howard (MP3 Audio) A Christmas Vision (Live Recording) Perhaps this Christmas time is like all Christmas tides gone by. Children’s faces are as bright with every […]
On June 29th, 2012 a major thunderstorm made its way across a third of the country, knocking down trees and cutting power to more than a million people. The damage from this storm in Cumberland County, New Jersey and Atlantic County, New Jersey was severe and wide-spread. Tens of thousands of trees crushed roofs and […]
I was not in Washington DC or New York ten years ago on that shattered Tuesday, but the deaths of thousands weighed heavily on us all. I spent the day in college and work, physically exhausted and emotionally wounded. The Eleventh of September was a dark day, and it seemed as though the flame and […]
Instructions to Construct a Manual Auxiliary PVC Pipe Sump Pump UPDATE: 8/28 9:00AM EASTERN: The power went out last night at 2am and didn’t come back on until 8:15am. The pump worked well, but I completely underestimated the volume of water entering my basement. I could not pump fast enough, so we retreated, and Hurricane […]
This post is a follow-up to our April 15, 2011 whitepaper and accompanying presentation. NSTIC envisions a secure �Identity Ecosystem Framework,� or �the overarching set of interoperability standards, risk models, privacy and liability policies, requirements and accountability mechanisms that structure the Identity Ecosystem.� While the Identity Ecosystem will provide value to any participant which needs […]
Even outrageous statements on controversial topics often contain flecks of truth. This is an attempt to pan through the muddy waters of NSTIC media coverage in relation to NSTIC to as a “National ID,” identify the golden flecks and nuggets of truth, and frame the debate on this important topic. As NSTIC develops, we can […]
