Archive for December, 2005
Bike Rally Festival
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the newsletter or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A spring bike rally would be nice in Idaho Falls. This could be held at Tautphaus Park and/or our greenbelt. Besides bicycle-related attractions, the rally’s major event could be a police-escorted public bike ride around Idaho Falls. [...]
Fortify New Computers Against Internet Evils
I have had to reinstall enough computer systems for myself, friends, and family that I want to give some advice to the many Idaho Falls residents who just received computers for holiday gifts. Fortify your computer with the software I recommend below to ensure it does not become infected with viruses, popup ads, spyware, adware, [...]
Google Map Tools Targeted for Idaho Falls
Google Maps have become quite prolific. They not only display great visuals with the simplest interface controls, they also can be tied in to several databases and provide amazing information. We would like to develop some some custom maps for information in the Idaho Falls area (such as restaurants, free air hoses, cheapest gas, etc.) [...]
Broadway McDonalds Barely Functions
The McDonald’s restaurant on Broadway (part of a Chevron gas station) has been experiencing several problems lately and should be avoided until they fix themselves.
I eat burger meals between two and four times weekly, so I am well aware of how the local fast food places are functioning. This McDonald’s seems to always be [...]
Left Turns Curtailed at Target Lot
It was nice to see on Saturday, December 24th that the left-turn lane from Target onto Hitt road was blocked off. Furthermore, signs directed drivers that they could only make a right turn. This lane is always a tough turn onto a busy street, and I pity the fools who try to do it in [...]
Domino’s Woes from Big Sale
A buddy told me about how today his bosses bought 50 pizzas from a local Domino’s. That’s right, 50, F-I-F-T-Y pizzas in one delivery order! How did Domino’s react to the order? The delivery guy chewed out my buddy’s boss for placing the huge order without prior notice. He complained he ran out of dough, [...]
Watching ‘Intervention’ Should Be Required for Local Teens
Idaho Falls Teenagers: you must strive to watch Intervention, an hour-long program airing on Sundays on the A&E channel. This show could be so important to your long-term life success that you should go to a friend’s house to watch if you don’t get A&E at your home. I do not mean to preach, but [...]
Light up Water Tower and Bridges
Idaho Falls should string Christmas lights up the big water tower that is near the library. Doing so would make it much more interesting and festive. The water tower is one of our tallest structures, part of our (albeit limited) skyline, and lights up and down the legs and around the holding tank would be [...]
“Live from Wal-Mart” is Not News
I recently turned on the early morning news on our local channel 3 station, and found them broadcasting “Live from Wal-Mart” for holiday gift-giving ideas. This happened in the first five minutes of the broadcast. There was no reporter on the scene, only the Ammon Wal-Mart store manager showcasing some of their sales. This is [...]
Taming TiVo Suggest
A buddy threw up his hands in disgust the other day when his TiVo DVR started recording paid commercial programs. The infomercials were recorded as a result of TiVo’s ‘Suggest’ feature. Here are the steps to turn off this feature and rein in your TiVo.
The TiVo DVR used to be king of the industry, but [...]
Moderate Viewpoint
Five surgeons are discussing who makes the best patients to operate on.
The first surgeon says, “I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered.”
The second responds, “Yeah, but you should try electricians! Everything inside them is color coded.”
The third surgeon [...]
Burn the Island in Celebration
I propose we burn Keefer’s Island every spring in a renewal festival. That’s right, burn the entire island down to the dirt.
Idaho Falls‘ political leaders have positioned our strengths as a service economy, so why don’t we embrace it and host more tourist events? Let’s face it, our signage is still schizophrenic so visitors rarely [...]
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