Ok, so maybe the title is a little misleading, but it was fun to write! A couple days ago I was driving through a Taco Bell drive thru picking up a highly-nutritious late evening dinner.
Right in front of me is a red SUV with magnetic Pete Ricketts signs on the side and www.peterickets.com across [...]
Entries from October 2006
I got Snubbed by a Pete Ricketts Campaign Worker!
October 31st, 2006 · No Comments
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Schrock Innovations Needs to Hire Another Full-Time Service Technician
October 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment
If you have awesome technical skills and a passion for customer service, Schrock Innovtaions is looking for another full-time technician to help us handle our on-site computer repair business. You can read our Full time Technician Job Description Here.
As a full time technician with Schrock Innovations you will have the opportunity to work on [...]
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Schrock Innovations Provides Support For Extreme Makeover Home Edition
October 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Unless you are living under a rock, you probably already know that the home of the Machacek and Fullerton families in Lincoln, NE is currently being demolished by Ty and the gang with Extreme Home Makeover Edition. What you probably have not thought about is the technology it takes to keep a build like [...]
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Good Companies Keep Good Company
October 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment
I am proud to announce that Schrock Innovations has just teamed up with the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce to handle their technology needs!
The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the organization that “protects you from the people you elect.” They are the watch dogs that ensure your livelihoods remain strong and sustainable.
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Mozilla Releases Answer to IE7
October 25th, 2006 · 3 Comments
Mozilla released a new version of Firefox yesterday hoping to steal the spotlight away from IE7 with their Firefox 2.
Firefox 2 has new security features that include anti-phishing technology and a completely redesigned interface made up from user feedback and input from organizations like NASA.
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To Those Few Google Haters Out There: No One Else Can Compete
October 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment
This afternoon I had a conversation with one of our web development customers about the placement of her website in Google. She was concerned that she was not close enough to the top of the results in Google, which puzzled her given that she ranked well in Yahoo and MSN.
I explained to her that [...]
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E-Trade and TD-Ameritrade Users Listen Up - You May Have Been Hacked!
October 23rd, 2006 · 3 Comments
Computer hackers based in East-Europe, Asia, and Thailand have successfully hacked into thousands of TD-Ameritrade, E-Trade, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab user accounts in what is being called the biggest single identity theft crime in history.
The heist is currently being investigated by the FBI, the SEC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and with good [...]
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A Brief Introduction to Internet Explorer 7
October 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments
Microsoft has officially released its newest member of the Internet Explorer family, IE 7. While the reviews from many industry leaders are mixed, as usual you can count on me to give you an unbiased evaluation of the new web browser.
As a preface, a few months ago I started recommending that all Windows users [...]
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A LIBA Lunch Debate and a Free Notebook - Congratulations Paige!
October 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments
I had the opportunity to attend last Tuesday’s LIBA lunch, and boy am I glad I did. There was a lively debate between Jeff Fortenberry and his Democratic opponent. As far as debates go, it was fairly informative and there were just enough political jabs going back and forth to make it entertaining.
But [...]
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Nebraska’s Lee Terry and the Colbert Report
October 17th, 2006 · 3 Comments
With all of the talk about the bad things you can find on www.youtube.com, I thought I would find something funny and entertaining that would show you how this technology can be used to entertain as well.
The Colbert report is a news-like show on Comedy Central that takes the news of the day and addresses [...]
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