Entries from March 2008 ↓

Fifty Studio client Duval Development was featured in the New York times yesterday for its Dakota Mountain Lodge luxury condominiums being built at the Canyons Resort.

I like it. On the front end, WP 2.5 looks no different, but the admin interface is another story.

It makes much more sense from a user perspective. It’s not so cluttered. It’s made for the end user.

Here’s an example of why you shouldn’t link to photos on other websites by simply pulling a file. This Superdell photo on my site was hijacked by a site that is very pro-Democrat, so I decided to a have a little fun and made screen shots of the blog post for proof.

(Click on the photos to Enlarge)

I’ve seen examples of worse…

It’s time for another installment of roll-your-eyes news headlines.

The following news headlines are real. Some I heard on the radio; some I found online.

KSL Radio
“Coming up next . . . the high priced call girl who ruined Eliot Spitzer’s political career.”

• Are you serious? Poor, poor Spitzer. Somebody should have warned him about this one.

After shrine vandalized, questions arise about LDS missionary training
“…events in Colorado continue to raise questions about whether Mormon missionaries receive sufficient training in cultural sensitivity before entering the mission field.”
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Eliot Spitzer: forever known as the guy who gave into his carnal desires. It’s too bad because he was an early sounding board for many of the current financial problems that exist in the economy today.

He most notably pursued cases against companies involved in computer chip price fixing, investment bank stock price inflation, and the 2003 mutual fund scandal. He also sued Richard Grasso, the then-chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, who he claimed had violated his position after receiving upwards of $140 million as a deferred compensation pay package.

I don’t agree with all of his politics, but the guy was a bulldog when it came to fighting white collar crime, and Wall Street has got to be jumping for joy that he’s stepping down.

- In 2002 he won a case for stock price manipulation that resulted in nearly every large investment bank paying a total of $1.4 billion in fines. Ten firms paid fines to settle the case: Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney, UBS Warburg.

- 2003 - More than $1 billion in fines paid for late trading and marketing timing from mutual funds.

- 2004 - Spitzer uncovers more than $50 million in royalties owed to musicians

It seems pumping $200 million into banks isn’t the only reason the Dow had its best day in five years.

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