<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369</id><updated>2012-02-10T16:22:37.031-07:00</updated><category term='introspection'/><category term='Weird Al'/><category term='self-serving'/><category term='rambling'/><category term='Devo'/><title type='text'>JJ Olsen, Since 1977</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4979057313927503127</id><published>2011-01-03T21:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T21:32:46.347-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2011 - Time for a blog post...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I've been meaning to make a blog post for a while, but life gets busy, and time passes quickly.

We've been back in the icy clutches of Canada for 7 months now. As you can tell I am no fan of the cold. I do have a job now (for those who were wondering) doing market research consulting. It's mostly designing surveys and analyzing/reporting the results. I enjoy it and it's just challenging </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4979057313927503127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4979057313927503127' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4979057313927503127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4979057313927503127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-time-for-blog-post.html' title='2011 - Time for a blog post...'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/TSKhn6d4WnI/AAAAAAAACQA/E4kvHn6fZQ8/s72-c/MouseNest.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-6673908129860281840</id><published>2010-06-19T19:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-19T19:24:19.545-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday</title><summary type='text'>My family has this thing they've been doing this year where everyone is supposed to answer all these questions when it's their birthday. Here are mine:

Name: JJ Olsen
Birthday: Sunday, June 19, 1977 (Father’s Day)

1. How old are you turning this year? 33

2. What is your favorite food? Pizza, Hot dogs and Steak.

3. What is your most frequently purchased grocery item? Soda Pop

4. What is your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/6673908129860281840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=6673908129860281840' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6673908129860281840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6673908129860281840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-birthday.html' title='Happy Birthday'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8039658879592063791</id><published>2009-11-07T15:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T15:30:00.304-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Blog Post</title><summary type='text'>Ok, maybe that last blog entry was a bit of a joke. I have been up to a little bit over the last several months. I keep coming up with important thoughts that I mean to include here, but of course I never write any of them down, so I can't remember most of them. More about books: During my MBA time I did a lot of reading, but it was nearly all textbooks and case studies. So after I graduated I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8039658879592063791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8039658879592063791' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8039658879592063791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8039658879592063791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-blog-post.html' title='New Blog Post'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2576939932593083951</id><published>2009-10-18T20:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T20:50:31.123-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The last 4 months</title><summary type='text'>I noticed that I hadn't posted anything in the last 4 months. So here's what I've been up to:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2576939932593083951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2576939932593083951' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2576939932593083951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2576939932593083951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/10/last-4-months.html' title='The last 4 months'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-5795677833211018941</id><published>2009-06-06T20:49:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T21:09:45.492-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home alone for 17 days...</title><summary type='text'>My family is set to return in about 4 days. I haven't gone completely insane yet, but there is still time left.I have continued to look for a job. There is a job that I'm hoping for, but it wouldn't start until after the summer, so I'm conflicted about how hard to look for something else. That being said, I have turned in a plethora of applications.I've been reading a lot. I decided to read the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/5795677833211018941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=5795677833211018941' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5795677833211018941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5795677833211018941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/06/home-alone-for-17-days.html' title='Home alone for 17 days...'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-6789419256758528073</id><published>2009-05-21T17:18:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T20:42:57.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Home Alone - Day 2</title><summary type='text'>Today is the second day that I'm alone in AZ.Here's a rundown of some of the things I've been up to:I took the iMac in to a repair shop to see whether it's a $250 job or a $1150 jobI went to the Business school to do some photocopyingI went to Staples to get some envelopesI finished up my OPT applicationI decided to learn Don't Stop Believing on the piano(it's not as easy as it sounds)I made </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/6789419256758528073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=6789419256758528073' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6789419256758528073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6789419256758528073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/05/home-alone-day-2.html' title='Home Alone - Day 2'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2653535310057854440</id><published>2009-05-20T18:56:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T19:32:31.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Home Alone 5 - Unemployed MBA in AZ"</title><summary type='text'>Some of you are probably wondering why I'm not in Canada at Tiffany and Jimmy's wedding. Without boring you with all the details, it's because I can't leave the country and then re-enter until a particular visa application is approved AND I have a job. Because both of these criteria are so-far unmet, I have to stay put for the time being. Chrissy, Laela, and Ivy all flew out this morning to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2653535310057854440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2653535310057854440' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2653535310057854440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2653535310057854440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/05/home-alone-5-unemployed-mba-in-az.html' title='&quot;Home Alone 5 - Unemployed MBA in AZ&quot;'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8042994966531230196</id><published>2009-05-05T20:15:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T20:54:44.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laela may be insane</title><summary type='text'>"Mommy, sometimes I feel like everyone I see is a reindeer in disguise!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8042994966531230196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8042994966531230196' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8042994966531230196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8042994966531230196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/05/laela-may-be-insane.html' title='Laela may be insane'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SgEJQu1t9II/AAAAAAAACBQ/hMBPaeEbA0Y/s72-c/Laela-FunnyFace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-276253563598067402</id><published>2009-05-04T08:00:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T08:00:00.464-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Update from the Last Week of Business School</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone out there in internet land. It's me JJ Olsen. You may remember me as the Friday morning DJ on WSFX radio in Nanticoke, PA in the fall of 1996, but that was a long time ago and not at all relevant to this post. Anyway, I have only a single week left until I have completed all the requirements for an MBA degree. I had been fairly certain until just a couple days ago that I would be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/276253563598067402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=276253563598067402' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/276253563598067402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/276253563598067402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/05/random-update-from-last-week-of.html' title='Random Update from the Last Week of Business School'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2127637716955031906</id><published>2009-03-29T11:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T11:59:00.755-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Car Names</title><summary type='text'>Why is it that there are no car names that contain the number "1,000,000" ?There's the Hummer H2, the Audi A3, the Smart fourtwo, the BMW M5, the Pontiac G6, the Mazda RX-8, the Saab 9-5, the Infinity G37, the Mayback 62, the Volvo C70, the Ford F150, the Chrysler 300C, the Nissan 350Z, the Ford Five Hundred, the Mercedes Benz S600, the Ferrari 612, the Porsche 911, the Dodge Ram 3500, and the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2127637716955031906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2127637716955031906' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2127637716955031906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2127637716955031906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/03/car-names.html' title='Car Names'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-404516075358897393</id><published>2009-03-24T15:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T15:53:55.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random stuff</title><summary type='text'>I now have only 7 weeks left until graduation. Yikes! And I found out that our commencement speaker will be Barack Obama, so that’s kind of cool. It’s not every day you have a sitting president speak at your graduation.I still haven’t found a job. The place where I’m working as an intern has instituted a hiring freeze until June, so I’m now looking elsewhere more aggressively. I recently applied </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/404516075358897393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=404516075358897393' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/404516075358897393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/404516075358897393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/03/random-stuff.html' title='Random stuff'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-9147098727786024979</id><published>2009-03-16T23:39:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T00:20:20.263-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Netflix, Star Wars, etc.</title><summary type='text'>We periodically rent movies from either Blockbuster or iTunes, and recently we decided to try a couple of other alternatives.First we tried 'Redbox.' There's a Redbox dispenser at a gas station nearby, so I went over and looked through the menu. It wasn't much better than iTunes as far as selection, but it was somewhat of a novelty. We rented The Rocker starring Dwight from The Office. It was a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/9147098727786024979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=9147098727786024979' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/9147098727786024979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/9147098727786024979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/03/netflix-star-wars-etc.html' title='Netflix, Star Wars, etc.'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-1963601357986056365</id><published>2009-03-15T11:28:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T11:59:45.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2 months to go!</title><summary type='text'>I only have 2 months left until I graduate with my MBA. If you'd have asked me a few years ago if I'd ever get an MBA, I would have laughed at you. My undergrad degree was in Psychology. I also took a lot of classes in Logic and Philosophy, as well as Linguistics. At the time I really had no idea what I'd end doing with a Psychology degree.I occasionally mused about pursuing further education and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/1963601357986056365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=1963601357986056365' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1963601357986056365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1963601357986056365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/03/2-months-to-go.html' title='2 months to go!'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4133318751107414863</id><published>2009-02-10T02:22:00.011-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T20:09:04.063-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weird Al'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rambling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introspection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-serving'/><title type='text'>Music into which I am</title><summary type='text'>I know I had a recent post about concerts, but because music is important to me I decided to write a post about music in general.As a kid most of what I listened to was kid's music like Raffi and Disney songs that I had on LPs. For those of you that don't remember, music used to come on dinner plate-sized disks made of vinyl. They were known as an LP because they rotated slower than a 45 or a 78.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4133318751107414863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4133318751107414863' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4133318751107414863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4133318751107414863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/02/music-into-which-i-am.html' title='Music into which I am'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-6283696325957902352</id><published>2009-02-06T15:00:00.013-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T09:05:05.060-07:00</updated><title type='text'>100 Random things about me...</title><summary type='text'>There has been a lot of buzz lately about this '25 Random things about me' chain letter thing. Because I'm almost exactly 4 times more interesting than other people, I am posting 100 random things about me:1. I was born in Edmonton, Alberta2. I have 3 laptop computers3. I have 3 Palm PDAs4. I have been to Mexico five times5. My favorite color is invisible6. I have attended six colleges/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/6283696325957902352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=6283696325957902352' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6283696325957902352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6283696325957902352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/02/100-random-things-about-me.html' title='100 Random things about me...'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4804871601405948966</id><published>2009-02-03T23:37:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T23:45:46.451-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Not Part 2</title><summary type='text'>So, I kind of lost interest in my autobiography. I'll do that later.Right now I just wanted to say how much I like the theme song from the Gummi Bears cartoon. It's got a catchy tune, a sing-along chorus, and the real selling point - a key change from Bb to C in the middle of the second verse. Whoever wrote that song was a musical genius.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4804871601405948966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4804871601405948966' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4804871601405948966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4804871601405948966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/02/not-part-2.html' title='Not Part 2'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-7215593248150226944</id><published>2009-02-02T23:03:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-03T11:20:16.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>JJ Olsen - The Story</title><summary type='text'>WARNING! LONG POSTMy Dad was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1955. His mom, my grandma, moved from England to marry my grandpa who had been a missionary in England back in about 1950. My dad grew up modestly in Edmonton. His father was a school principal and his mother was a secretary. My mother was born in 1957 in Ottawa, but grew up mostly on a farm in southern Alberta; then moving into </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/7215593248150226944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=7215593248150226944' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7215593248150226944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7215593248150226944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/02/jj-olsen-story.html' title='JJ Olsen - The Story'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8428173888701013915</id><published>2009-01-26T23:50:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T00:12:57.515-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nothing special - just another post</title><summary type='text'>I've been waiting for something especially interesting to happen so I can post about it, but nothing really has. So here's just a boring update...I went to San Francisco the week after Disneyland. It was for a school trip for mostly marketing students. We visited GMR Marketing, IDEO, Hewlett Packard, The Oakland Raiders, Electronic Arts, and Facebook. We also had an alumni networking night with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8428173888701013915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8428173888701013915' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8428173888701013915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8428173888701013915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/01/nothing-special-just-another-post.html' title='Nothing special - just another post'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-1697766706423092280</id><published>2009-01-13T21:29:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T21:33:45.684-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Disneyland</title><summary type='text'>We took Laela and Ivy to Disneyland/California Adventure and Sea World last week. Ivy had a lot of fun on the rides, Laela got a little bit scared on most of the rides, and Chrissy and I were exhausted by the end of it all.I'll post some pictures of the trip somewhere, sometime.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/1697766706423092280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=1697766706423092280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1697766706423092280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1697766706423092280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2009/01/disneyland.html' title='Disneyland'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4743028782504919736</id><published>2008-12-22T10:11:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T10:31:12.958-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Concerts</title><summary type='text'>Janelle's post about Christmas music got me thinking about concerts I've been to.The first one was an Amy Grant Concert I went to with my mom in 1989. I was 12, and I didn't know any better. The next concert that I recall attending wouldn't have been until I was about 16 in 1993 or so when I saw the Rolling Stones on the Voodoo Lounge tour.After that it's kind of a blur. I saw about 50 bands in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4743028782504919736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4743028782504919736' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4743028782504919736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4743028782504919736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/12/concerts.html' title='Concerts'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-1187390949090060905</id><published>2008-12-15T09:05:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T09:18:03.195-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What have I been up to?</title><summary type='text'>For the 0.5 people who regularly read my blog, I must apologize for neglecting it. I've been spending a bit more time than I'd like to have spent on school. I've been taking this Digital Media Entrepreneurship class over at the Cronkite School at the downtown Phoenix campus. This past Thursday was the deadline for our final project,  Boomstick, which is finished, but still not accessible to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/1187390949090060905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=1187390949090060905' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1187390949090060905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1187390949090060905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-have-i-been-up-to.html' title='What have I been up to?'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-7239537117197975837</id><published>2008-12-11T21:26:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T21:35:41.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's headlines...</title><summary type='text'>Auto Bailout Talks Collapse Auto bailout talks collapse over union wagesU.S. auto bailout package dies in SenateIt's Over: Auto Rescue Bill Fails in Senate, Voting 52-35Rescue Bill Dies: End of the Road for Big Auto?Auto Deal CollapsesAuto bailout talks collapseBreaking News 11:29 PM ET:Auto Bailout Talks Collapse in the Senate"Three Words" Sink Auto Bailout In SenateCar bailout falters in US </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/7239537117197975837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=7239537117197975837' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7239537117197975837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7239537117197975837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/12/todays-headlines.html' title='Today&apos;s headlines...'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-3016386996546800251</id><published>2008-12-02T00:32:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T00:34:32.937-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Detroit 'Big 3' Metaphor:</title><summary type='text'>“The situation can be likened to a lifeboat with three passengers, one has gangrene from his toes to his bellybutton. That’s Chrysler. Another, GM, is a 350-pound man, and there’s a 250-pound man, Ford. There’s only enough food on board for two thin men. So who should get the food?” from Bloomberg.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/3016386996546800251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=3016386996546800251' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3016386996546800251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3016386996546800251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/12/detroit-big-3-metaphor.html' title='Detroit &apos;Big 3&apos; Metaphor:'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-5084782195835862706</id><published>2008-11-30T23:49:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T01:46:28.611-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi)</title><summary type='text'>We ordered a new camera a couple of weeks ago. Chrissy has been collecting AirMiles reward points for about 15 years, and we decided to finally redeem some of them.Our old camera, a Sony DSC-V1, takes great photos, but lately we've been having some issues with it. When we were at the Grand Canyon it ran out of batteries. And the last couple of batches of photos have all been out of focus in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/5084782195835862706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=5084782195835862706' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5084782195835862706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5084782195835862706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/canon-eos-450d-digital-rebel-xsi.html' title='Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi)'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-7966886749370735881</id><published>2008-11-26T16:12:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T16:17:59.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From TIME:"At the end of a presidency of stupefying ineptitude, he has become the lamest of all possible ducks.""He is less than President now, and that is appropriate. He was never very much of one."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/7966886749370735881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=7966886749370735881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7966886749370735881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/7966886749370735881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-time-at-end-of-presidency-of.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SS3YR3B_eOI/AAAAAAAABoo/k3gRBC8xfGw/s72-c/bush.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-835756160713093776</id><published>2008-11-24T10:24:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-24T10:33:20.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Binary</title><summary type='text'>8-bit:64 32 16 8 4 2 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1=64+32+16+8+4+2+1=1271 0 0 0 0 0 0 1=64+1=650 0 0 0 0 1 1 1=4+2+1=70 0 0 0 0 0 0 1=1There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/835756160713093776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=835756160713093776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/835756160713093776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/835756160713093776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/binary.html' title='Binary'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SSrlSTjeyCI/AAAAAAAABog/FgdKr239jxE/s72-c/wrapping_paper-binary.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2082356487055656871</id><published>2008-11-19T23:47:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T00:08:47.798-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why is NBC TV show online viewing so difficult?</title><summary type='text'>I was trying to watch Heroes today with Chrissy, whose birthday is was. For some reason watching shows on NBC.com works well only about 60% of the time. Why can youtube have millions of perfectly-functioning videos, but NBC not? iTunes always works too for that matter.The question then becomes: is NBC inherently defective, or does the problem simply lie with the people that work at NBC? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2082356487055656871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2082356487055656871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2082356487055656871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2082356487055656871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-is-nbc-tv-show-online-viewing-so.html' title='Why is NBC TV show online viewing so difficult?'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SSUKoz2_r9I/AAAAAAAABnw/wBZvywu6noM/s72-c/NBC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-442846808599899358</id><published>2008-11-17T14:38:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T14:43:50.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy 450th Anniversary Queen Elizabeth!</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that Queen Elizabeth has been queen for 450 years? She was crowned on November 17, 1558.Oh, someone just told me that wasn't the same Queen Elizabeth.Never mind, I guess.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/442846808599899358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=442846808599899358' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/442846808599899358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/442846808599899358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/happy-450th-anniversary-queen-elizabeth.html' title='Happy 450th Anniversary Queen Elizabeth!'/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-1096220426456077584</id><published>2008-11-10T23:08:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T23:21:05.172-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Living on the BeachOur family has spent the past four days staying in a condo overlooking the Sea of Cortez in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. Every time I come to Mexico I can't help but try to figure out a way to not have to leave. Even Laela and Ivy have been asking if we can stay here.  Living in AZ has made it a lot easier (and cheaper) to come down here, but the 4.5 hour drive, combined with the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/1096220426456077584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=1096220426456077584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1096220426456077584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/1096220426456077584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/living-on-beach-our-family-has-spent.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2290418018257815951</id><published>2008-11-04T16:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T16:42:25.069-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Election DayHappy election day everyone.Hopefully this president won't be both evil AND a complete moron.Then again, we didn't necessarily know that about GWB in 2000 did we?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2290418018257815951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2290418018257815951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2290418018257815951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2290418018257815951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/election-day-happy-election-day.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-6148978168745321529</id><published>2008-11-03T00:59:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T01:14:44.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Missing CanoeHaving something stolen is one of the most aggravating things that can happen.I had a cop over this evening. He pretty much said that there's nothing we could have done. Even if it was locked up someone would've taken it if they wanted to.Right now there's an ad on craigslist that matches the description pretty closely. He's selling a red Coleman canoe for $100 ($200 less than any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/6148978168745321529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=6148978168745321529' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6148978168745321529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6148978168745321529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/missing-canoe-having-something-stolen.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SQ6xi9TlwZI/AAAAAAAABlo/feaYv9pCB-o/s72-c/AZB434AS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4150134168693819225</id><published>2008-11-02T00:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-02T00:24:55.601-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Someone stole our canoe right out of the back yard! It was tied up to the dock and everything. Who does that? I'm so mad that I don't even know what to say.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4150134168693819225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4150134168693819225' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4150134168693819225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4150134168693819225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/11/someone-stole-our-canoe-right-out-of.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8839010565537566310</id><published>2008-10-28T07:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T07:14:55.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Regression AnalysisIf you don't know what this means, you're missing out!Regression analysis is a statistical method that allows you (among other things) to determine how well a set of variables can predict another set of variables. There are all sorts of caveats and conditions, but I've been spending a lot of time figuring out how it works. If you only have one set of dependent variables and one</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8839010565537566310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8839010565537566310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8839010565537566310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8839010565537566310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/regression-analysis-if-you-dont-know.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-655491000034690434</id><published>2008-10-27T00:05:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T00:18:22.422-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Final ExamsFinal exams start for me today. This is the fourth of six 10-week trimesters in my 2-year MBA program.Final exams are generally anti-climactic. I never feel really great coming out of them; but then again, they never really change my grades that much.After finals are done I get a whole week off school. That means I actually get to see my daughters every single day for a whole week! It </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/655491000034690434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=655491000034690434' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/655491000034690434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/655491000034690434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-exams-final-exams-start-for-me.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-44513515751269981</id><published>2008-10-26T15:17:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T15:27:09.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I like living in AZI'm sitting here in the back yard studying for final exams and I just can't believe how nice it is. There are turtles and ducks swimming by, the palm trees are swaying in the gentle breeze, and the temperature is perfect.Not bad for the end of October!Who knew that Arizona had such a great climate? Well, probably the other 4 million people who live in Phoenix. And everyone who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/44513515751269981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=44513515751269981' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/44513515751269981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/44513515751269981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-like-living-in-az-im-sitting-here-in.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SQTtmWKi4RI/AAAAAAAABlA/OpUQfvRZn5k/s72-c/Lake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-3508044870926315605</id><published>2008-10-25T22:26:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-25T22:51:38.562-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Barack ObamaWe here on the editorial board of JJ Olsen have decided to officially endorse Barack Obama as our pick in the 2008 presidential elections.This decision wasn't reached easily. We had to weigh how many times we had seen each candidate in-person, and that wasn't an easy task. Well, it was kind of easy.As the photos clearly demonstrate, I had a very up close and personal encounter with Mr</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/3508044870926315605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=3508044870926315605' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3508044870926315605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3508044870926315605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-we-here-on-editorial-board.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SQQD4xsauXI/AAAAAAAABk4/1YvXDTWUdUA/s72-c/Obama.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-2922087603817281254</id><published>2008-10-24T06:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T06:15:01.316-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>AZ is Cold &amp; Dark!This morning at 5:15 when I left the house for work, it was as dark as it is in the middle of the night. It reminded me of when I worked as a landscaper in Edmonton in December 1997 when it was dark until 10:00 AM. It felt almost as cold as Edmonton too!This is my first blog entry via phone.I just thought you should know that.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/2922087603817281254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=2922087603817281254' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2922087603817281254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/2922087603817281254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/az-is-cold-dark-this-morning-at-515.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-5758214602418941352</id><published>2008-10-18T15:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T15:31:46.537-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Quotes: I'm retiring this from facebook and sticking it here. They both come up with hilarious lines every day, but I'm not quick enough to write them all down.Laela: "Mommy, do you know what would be inconvenient?If you shoot your mother with a cannon."(Ivy gets in bed with us in the middle of the night)Chrissy: "Is there a lizard crawling around in here?"Me: "No, it's just Ivy"Chrissy: "I mean </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/5758214602418941352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=5758214602418941352' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5758214602418941352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5758214602418941352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/quotes-im-retiring-this-from-facebook.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-3297395855902718367</id><published>2008-10-13T00:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T00:48:51.842-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>JJ Olsen -AuthorI recently finished writing my autobiography. It is less than 1,200 characters long because that is all the space that the Blogger "about me" text field would accept. Now that I'm an accomplished author I think that I will take some time off to do research for my next book...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/3297395855902718367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=3297395855902718367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3297395855902718367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/3297395855902718367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/jj-olsen-author-i-recently-finished.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8997420756146543813</id><published>2008-10-07T10:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T10:20:08.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sun MicrosystemsTomorrow I'm going to listen to the Chairman of Sun Microsystems speak. I think it's pretty cool to hear from people like this, but that opinion is not shared strongly by my fellow MBA students. I've been trying to invite just 5 people. So far, of the 10 or so people I've spoken to, only 3 of them have confirmed they will come.It's almost as if nobody is interested in UNIX or the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8997420756146543813/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8997420756146543813' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8997420756146543813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8997420756146543813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/sun-microsystems-tomorrow-im-going-to.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SOuZhrGqYvI/AAAAAAAABjk/uppES8UYAoo/s72-c/sun.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-5140177636883008648</id><published>2008-10-04T14:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-04T14:34:08.058-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Cockroaches Today Chrissy found a large cockroach in Tim's fishbowl. Tim is Laela's Betta Fish. The cockroach was just floating there, and Tim wasn't paying any attention to it. I didn't know that cockroaches could climb into fishbowls. Ah, the joys of living in Arizona!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/5140177636883008648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=5140177636883008648' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5140177636883008648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/5140177636883008648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/cockroaches-today-chrissy-found-large.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SOfgs7TKTqI/AAAAAAAABjc/6kgA-68tb8I/s72-c/250px-Cockroachcloseup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-6395208798748924290</id><published>2008-10-01T13:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T13:57:21.334-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>BASIC.I've been an 'amateur' computer programmer since I was a teenager. I wrote a program this morning on the bus with "Palm Basic" on my Palm Treo 755p. It pretty much just approximates the functionality of an Etch-a-Scetch.I decided to post here.print "Welcome to Etch-a-755p"print "PLEASE SELECT BRUSH:"print " 'a' for inverted"input " 'b' for draw: "ll$print""input "Need Instructions? (y/n) "i</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/6395208798748924290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=6395208798748924290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6395208798748924290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/6395208798748924290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/10/basic.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-4856188511305522938</id><published>2008-09-30T20:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-30T20:41:12.501-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>UBUNTUI use Linux on my main computer. Linux is an operating system like Windows, but it doesn't have all those broken parts like Windows does. It's a lot more like Mac OS X, but you have a lot more control over the way everything works. Anyone can install Linux on their computer. All you need is a free* CD. Ubuntu is the easiest 'version' of Linux for a beginner to install. You can download it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/4856188511305522938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=4856188511305522938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4856188511305522938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/4856188511305522938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/09/ubuntu-i-use-linux-on-my-main-computer.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-8126018389083728506</id><published>2008-09-29T09:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T09:40:36.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>OK,So it turns out I've been a "blogger" for nearly 5 years now. Who knew. Quite a prolific one at that I might add.For those of you who don't know what I look like, see the picture on the left.The picture on the right is a 'tesseract' which is the 4-dimentional analogue of a cube. There will be a test on that so make sure you understand it.Our family went to parent-teacher-student conferences </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/8126018389083728506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=8126018389083728506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8126018389083728506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/8126018389083728506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2008/09/ok-so-it-turns-out-ive-been-blogger-for.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/SOECbsKN51I/AAAAAAAABik/CeMbaDwRkrE/s72-c/JJ-Face.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-114187184065655752</id><published>2006-03-08T19:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-03-08T19:37:20.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The other day I was at a gas station and as I was leaving a truck cut me off so I drove over a small curb and my airbag went off.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/114187184065655752/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=114187184065655752' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/114187184065655752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/114187184065655752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2006/03/other-day-i-was-at-gas-station-and-as-i.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-114083503984843122</id><published>2006-02-24T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T19:37:19.853-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I have now installed the Blogger widget for Mac OS X. Huray!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/114083503984843122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=114083503984843122' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/114083503984843122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/114083503984843122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-have-now-installed-blogger-widget-for.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6184369.post-107096087807752229</id><published>2003-12-09T02:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T17:08:59.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This may work. If I don't like it I'll stop using it. over and out.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/feeds/107096087807752229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6184369&amp;postID=107096087807752229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/107096087807752229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6184369/posts/default/107096087807752229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjolsen2.blogspot.com/2003/12/this-may-work.html' title=''/><author><name>JJ Olsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05650198934692995589</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZXdD2Ld1HEc/S66Ryc4XE7I/AAAAAAAACLI/WS3IiG7vT2E/S220/JJ-Tie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
