Tracking my development time

I know there are probably a thousand utilities to track timed events. In the case where I need to track how much time I spend working on a clients project, I found a great little application called TimeLeft. Why do I like it? It's small. I can keep it running on the top of my windows and it doesn't get in the way. I can take a quick glance and see where I'm at. I can quickly pause, or all together stop. Again, there a probably a thousand different utilities I could have used, but this one really fits my needs. Thought I would share. 

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WriteToMyBlog, easy and works great

I have been using WriteToMyBlog the last couple of days. It's a great little app, web based, supports several blogging API's. Here are a couple of my quick assessments:

1. It seems to have a lot of

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A theme that finally works

After dinking around with themes for the past oh, 3 months, or for ever, I have finally found one that I like and seems to work really well with Wordpress Widgets. I'll keep tweaking the interface, but as it stands, it really works well.

Tags: Site+News

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Back in the “IT” world

OK, so I thought I would try something different. And I did... sort of. I was never 100% out of the IT world. I was doing contract programming. And now... that's what I'm doing again, full time.

I guess it's in my blood. It's what I really want to be doing. There are a lot of variations of things I want to do, ideas I have. The down time gave me an opportunity to look at a lot of things.

Tags: Technology

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In memory of my Grandmother

M. Irene Ramey Allen Flygare Irwin 1919 ~ 2006 M. Irene Ramey Allen Flygare Irwin, age 86, passed away September 20, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah after a short, but valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Irene was born November 10, 1919 in Green River, Utah to Moad Ramey and Cynthia Adams Ramey. She graduated from Brigham Young University and Price Business School. She married Floyd K. Allen on August 9, 1941 in Green River, Utah. She married Carl Flygare, later divorced. She married Harvey Irwin who passed away July 20, 1991. She was a faithful member of the LDS Church and loved the gospel. She loved to dance, crochet and read. She had many friends at the West Jordan Senior Center, and was loved and will be missed by family and friends. Irene is survived by her daughter, Kaye Krueger; stepdaughter, Judy Irwin; son, Boyd (Susan) Allen; stepsons, Tom (Diane) Irwin and Robert (JoAnn) Flygare; many nieces and nephews; brother, Don (Marjorie) Ramey; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harvey Irwin; brothers, Wayne and Eugene Ramey. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Valley View Funeral Home Chapel, 4335 West 4100 South, West Valley City, Utah. The family will receive friends at a viewing from 9:30 until 10:45 a.m. prior to the service on Saturday. Interment: Valley View Memorial Park.

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