Author Archives: Doug Porter

Poor, Poor Butch…

Any of you that read this space or know me are familiar with one of my favorite musicians, Butch Walker. Unfortunately tragedy has struck him out in California. I just saw this from Butch Walker’s MySpace Blog and this news … Continue reading

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Sons of William

Recently Casey and I (along with Brian, Vicki, Kasey, and Kenny) headed over to New Orleans to see Better Than Ezra play at the House of Blues. I’ll write up the concert another time, but what I wanted to write … Continue reading

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Hearing Protection and You

As any of you that have been to a concert with me recently have seen, I have become something of a hearing protection fanatic. Back in my younger days I would go to rock shows, leave with ringing ears, be … Continue reading

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Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Searching for Lost Aviator

Amazon.com has pointed their amazing Mechanical Turk towards the task of examining satellite imagery in search of lost explorer Steve Fossett. Fossett’s plane was reported missing on September 3, 2007 after he failed to return from a flight over the … Continue reading

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September 2007 Free Credit Report – TransUnion

Once again I’m late on getting my last credit report for the year writeup but here we go. As many of you may know, you are entitled by law to a copy of your credit report from each of the … Continue reading

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