KevinStirtz.com http://kevinstirtz.com Here's a peek into my world. Be careful... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:25:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 I built Don Ho’s first website. http://kevinstirtz.com/i-built-don-hos-first-website/ http://kevinstirtz.com/i-built-don-hos-first-website/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:21:37 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/i-built-don-hos-first-website/ Raise your hand if you remember Don Ho. I’m too young to remember his music or to have been a fan. But I do remember he was a famous singer From Hawaii and he was (probably) best known for his hit “Tiny Bubbles”. Mr . Ho had a long career, starting in the 1960s and going almost to His death in 2007.

So he wasn’t Elvis or Paul McCartney but he was a world famous celebrity and I met him…sort of. Okay I didn’t actually meet him. But I did design his first website.

This was in the early to mid 90s when websites were still about as rare as the MN Vikings making a Super Bowl appearance. Mr. Ho’s brother contacted my boss who knew him somehow. Apparently everyone else was busy that day so I got the project. I certainly was not chosen for my design skills.

I spoke with Don Ho’s brother about what he wanted. About a week later the new website was published for the world to see. I never heard if the singer liked the website or if he even knew it existed.

But that’s my Don Ho story and I’m sticking with it!

]]> http://kevinstirtz.com/i-built-don-hos-first-website/feed/ 0 Say goodbye to hot weather (and summer) http://kevinstirtz.com/say-goodbye-to-hot-weather-and-summer/ http://kevinstirtz.com/say-goodbye-to-hot-weather-and-summer/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:53:38 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/say-goodbye-to-hot-weather-and-summer/ Checked the weather forecast this morning. We’re now seeing daily highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s (even 40s).

Bye Bye Summer

The summer heat blast is over. Whew!

I’m glad, since I’m not a big fan of hot, muggy weather. The “dog-days” annoy me (and most people I know).

And fall is one of my favorite seasons, I think this is because it brings change, and because it signals a “getting back to work” of sorts. As a kid, I always enjoyed going back to school, seeing old friends, meeting new people.

But in some ways, I hate seeing summer leave. Okay, I know it’s not gone yet, but the end is near. When I was younger I reveled in such change. Now, I hesitate a little, hoping to hold on to a tiny piece of the past. Or maybe I just want to slow the pace of change slightly.

How about you? How do you feel about seeing summer pass?

]]> http://kevinstirtz.com/say-goodbye-to-hot-weather-and-summer/feed/ 0 So I get into an elevator tonight with t… http://kevinstirtz.com/so-i-get-into-an-elevator-tonight-with-t/ http://kevinstirtz.com/so-i-get-into-an-elevator-tonight-with-t/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:39:57 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/so-i-get-into-an-elevator-tonight-with-t/ So I get into an elevator tonight with two friends. Another guy we didn’t know joins us. He was the last on and, therefore, closest to the elevator door. Instead of turning around to face the door, with his back to us, he stands there facing us, staring like a sweaty statue that needed a shave.

He never moved until the elevator got to our floor. Then, he stayed in the elevator, making us go around him and he exited the elevator after we were all out.

Can you say “awkward”?

It didn’t help that he looked like (and was dressed like) the chubby guy from “One flew over the cuckoo’s nest”.

Okay, it went way past awkward and well into to creepy.

Next time I’ll take the stairs.

]]> http://kevinstirtz.com/so-i-get-into-an-elevator-tonight-with-t/feed/ 0 Shane O’Neill from BusinessWeek shares t… http://kevinstirtz.com/shane-oneill-fro-businessweek-shares-t/ http://kevinstirtz.com/shane-oneill-fro-businessweek-shares-t/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:26:44 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/shane-oneill-fro-businessweek-shares-t/ Shane O’Neill from BusinessWeek shares ten new ridiculous technology acronyms: http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-08-24/ten-ridiculous-new-tech-acronyms.html

]]> http://kevinstirtz.com/shane-oneill-fro-businessweek-shares-t/feed/ 0 Looking at SEO training programs and fou… http://kevinstirtz.com/looking-at-seo-training-programs-and-fou/ http://kevinstirtz.com/looking-at-seo-training-programs-and-fou/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:09:34 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/looking-at-seo-training-programs-and-fou/ Looking at SEO training programs and found something amusing.

The SEO certification review on this page:

actually refers to the Pennsylvania Sewage Enforcement Officer certification here:

]]> http://kevinstirtz.com/looking-at-seo-training-programs-and-fou/feed/ 1 The movie “27 Dresses” is on for the 2… http://kevinstirtz.com/the-movie-27-dresses-is-on-for-the-2/ http://kevinstirtz.com/the-movie-27-dresses-is-on-for-the-2/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:19:31 +0000 KevinStirtz http://kevinstirtz.com/the-movie-27-dresses-is-on-for-the-2/ The movie “27 Dresses” is on for the 214th time this summer. It’s a cute movie but come on…

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