Having just wrote an article featuring a media streaming service called Orb, I was recently turned on to another media streaming service that I’ve been testing over the weekend. Libox is a media streaming service that allows you to stream your music, photos, and video from your computer. It works similiar to Orb in th

As a youngster, I rarely missed Fran Tarkenton, John Davidson, and Cathy Lee Crosby and the cast of characters who brought us the ready for prime time show That’s Incredible. Today, and I do mean TODAY, Oregon’s very own Governor had an epiphany that our state government is in a financial free fall. That’s

I finally got fed up with trying to remember all of my darned passwords for the various websites I visit. I think I’m somewhere around 30 different usernames and passwords. Being a freak about security, I don’t have the same password or username for anything. Also, my passwords are long and not the type that [..

Where do I start? Let’s start with today’s May jobs report. Wow. Obama promised me Hope and Change. He promised you Hope and Change. He promised all of us Hope and Change. If any of you hold any paper in the stock market, you sure did get some change. Probably about a 3-5 percent drop [...]

The internets are full of websites. I have come across only what I can characterize as possibly the most intelligently funny website on the internet. It is a rare occurrence that I make such recommendations. Go Away gets top honors in a cast of millions of websites. I encourage you to visit and make it [...]

My good buddy, Dave Crow, recently took some time off from fishing to rescue an eagle from certain peril. I’ve known Dave since “back in the day” when we used to paint the town. Sobriety wasn’t exactly our strong point. When he isn’t out fishing or saving eagles, Dave is a great drywall craftsm

Have I mentioned I have a large music collection? For the past year, I have managed to convert my hundreds of CD’s to digital format so I can preserve them and of course listen to them with my computer. I have also bought Western Digital’s WDTV Live so I can wirelessly stream them from my [...]

This weeks Verizon Wireless release of the new HTC Incredible smart phone was perfect timing for yours truly since I have been due for a “new every two” phone for the past 6 months. For those of you who aren’t Verizon customers, “new every two” is a free or seriously discounted phone every two

It’s no secret that port commissioner Floyd Holcom is putting a lot of pressure on port director Jack Crider to come up with a business plan for North Tongue Point.  For those that aren’t aware, this nearly led to Mr. Crider resigning.  Rumor has it that Holcom is still putting on the pressure and Crider [...]

This has been a busy month for me. I have been remiss at blogging for good reason. I’m building a Veterans Administration clinic in 60 days. Actually, I’m building a VA clinic in 60 days less 3 weeks because it is a design build project and we had to fast track the design in 3 weeks. [...]

After the recent events surrounding the LNG lease with Oregon LNG and the current commission’s inability to grasp the fact they have a valid lease, I am more than convinced they have NOT taken the time to carefully think through the ramifications of their idea to export logs. There is consensus in the community that t

Since I made the move to Windows 7 about a year ago, I was unable to continue to use one of my favorite programs. AxCrypt is a program that will encrypt a file or folder and will also compress and shred files. My primary use is to encrypt my personal information in the event prying [...]

This was slated to be my last article on exporting logs at the Port of Astoria but there is just too much to be said so there will be more articles. There are many unanswered questions that have yet to be explained to the public. Looking back at some of the past articles, my biggest [...]

After considerable time was spent evaluating the types of business the Port could be successful at, we decided to move forward with a new strategic business plan which was followed up with a master plan that was conducted by planning consultants Mitchell / Nelson (who has since merged with Maul Foster Alongi). As a group of

This just in: Toyota is considering Clatsop County as their nationwide car recall center. It is widely known now that Clatsop County is the Recall center of the universe. Brett Vandenheuvel and Olivia Schmidt were unavailable for comment as of this writing.

In about 1999 or so, we hired Peter Gearin as the new Port Director. At about this same time, two new faces would appear in the commission line up – Jim Bergeron who defeated Bob Filori and Don McDaniel who replaced June Spence who decided not to run again. There were several commissioner changes leading up to [...]

For those of you who don’t follow local Clatsop County Port of Astoria politics, our not so ready for prime time port commission is embarking on entertaining a company to export logs from Port property. Over the next few days, walk with me as I take us for a trip down memory lane. The conclusion [...]

In the world of web based music media players, there are many to choose from.  I know many of you are quite content with the pre-packaged media players that come with the Microsoft operating system.  However, if you want to listen to other file types such as OGG or FLAC, or, say you want to [...]

Yes, yes, yes. I know. I have been beating the Avira AV antivirus drum for over a year here. I read how Google now packages Avast antivirus with their “package” now and couldn’t resist trying it. I took the dive, downloaded and installed it. I hate to admit it but I really like it. There [...]

Way back in December of 2001, Martha Stewart was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency, and making false statements to a federal investigator. I was particularly interested in Ms. Stewart’s case because at the time I was actively day trading stocks. It was brought to light that Ms. Stewart had sold abo

I’m pretty excited. I’m finishing off 2009 as a kick butt year. While most of the construction industry was in a free fall, the firm I work for and myself had a banner year. 2010 looks to be a little bit tougher and as of right now, I don’t have any backlog [...]

Our recently elected Attorney General is in over his head. He speaks from two sides of his mouth. From one side, he speaks of “transparency” in government. From the other, he holds the truth for ransom. Our good friends over yonder at North Coast Oregon (NCO) have done a great job in uncovering what may [...]

I have a vast collection of music on CD. I remember buying my first CD in about 1989. 20 years later, I have hundreds of cd’s. For the past couple of years, I have been backing up my cd music collection to FLAC lossless audio which basically copies the music without any discernible loss [...]

How many of you are home video nuts? Perhaps you have a few AVI, Mpeg4, or maybe some MKV video files sitting around on your computer that you would like to burn to a DVD so you can watch them on your TV. If that’s the case, this article is for you. There is a great [...]

Just out from our wonderful Portland Oregon based newspaper – The Oregonian, is an article that sheds light on the recent Oregon LNG vs The Port of Astoria lawsuit and goes on to say that our Governor who can’t seem to keep jobs in our esteemed state is NOT going to investigate the port/Oregon LNG [...]

At work I’m in scan heaven. We have an autofeed high speed scanner. Since I run a paperless office, any paper documents that I get are immediately scanned and the paper is recycled. At home it’s a different story. For starters, I do not have a high speed scanner. For my scanning [...]

I’m not going to go to any great lengths today to explain why LNG is great for the common order. In the following cases, LNG, in fact, did not kill mine or anyone’s dog. In case number one, LNG has rescued some people who surely would have been killed in a perilous boating accident. In case number two, [...]

I personally don’t sync many files. I guess I’m just one of those kinds of people that don’t have the need. In fact, the only file I sync is my music folder. What can I say. I’m a music nut. I have hundreds of albums on my computer and the thought of [...]

Today I read a pretty good (BALANCED) article regarding Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) I have to hand it to the hard workers over at Columbia River Business Alliance. They certainly have their brainstorming efforts down. I don’t like to make a habit out of writing about (LNG), but there were several oddities that I jus

I’m over a hump today. I’m no longer angry. I’ve had a few people in my crosshairs for the past few years. Planning their downfall, plotting, etc. I’ve never hated anyone before. I don’t want to hate anyone anymore. I’m done hating as of today. I’ve simply expended too much [.