Jake’s blog

Financial Crisis and the Glass-Steagall Act

2009-10-08T16:36:28Z

I've been wondering over the last couple years during this financial mess, why did we allow those financial institutions to become "too large to fail" in the first place? Aren't there some kind of regulations to prevent that? Today, I learned a ...

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What is Google Wave?

2009-10-01T23:12:37Z

I've been hearing a bunch about Google Wave, but didn't really know what it was. I just wanted a simple idea of what it was all about, but couldn't easily find it. After learning more than I originally expected, here is the simple explanation I ...

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Proud to be an American?

2009-01-20T20:32:28Z

Earlier today, upon the inauguration of President Barack Obama, I said that I was proud to be an American again. Something has always troubled me about that phrase, though; “proud to be an American”. Does it mean “I’m proud that I’m an Ameri...

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Stone Temple Pilots Set List

2008-07-08T18:01:13Z

At Lazerfest 2.0 at the Memorial Balloon Field in Indianola, IA on July 5, 2008, Stone Temple Pilots headlined with the following set: Big Empty (Purple, Crow soundtrack) Wicked Garden (Core) Big Bang Baby (Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gi...

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Wine in Iowa

2008-06-25T21:59:10Z

Two different wine-related events last Saturday competed for my attention: a book signing by wine expert, Gary Vaynerchuck, and Swine Fest, a celebration of local wine and pork-related food. Gary Vaynerchuck (@garyvee on twitter) was at East Vill...

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Flooding in Iowa

2008-06-10T20:36:46Z

We've had a TON of rain this Spring. I was gone over the weekend (at NCMR) and when I returned, my rain gauge that I emptied before my trip, was completely full. That's at least 6 inches of rain over the weekend. Most of that was probably from ...

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NCMR

2008-06-10T20:24:02Z

Just attended the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR) this past weekend in Minneapolis hosted by FreePress.net. The speakers were very inspiring. It's an exciting time for independent journalists and filmmakers. The big power and money-h...

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Funny Spam

2008-04-25T21:42:26Z

First off, spam (of the mail or email variety) is bad. As an IT consultant with several email addresses and information about me scattered around the internet, I get plenty of it. Due to the way I have my email systems configured, most of it get...

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Home Owners’ Association Woes

2008-04-01T22:08:08Z

I live in a new-ish development that was set up by Rottlund Homes. There are 22 other single family homes besides mine on the west side of the main road. Then there are like 284 condominium units on the other side of the road. For some reason ...

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Internet Etiquette

2008-02-25T21:06:34Z

Here's an excellent video on VideoJug that gives a little lesson on how to behave in forums on the internet. Thanks to Jayson from xeai (a private forum) for the link! I have nothing more to add.

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