Scott Elkin

Author: Scott

  • The Simpson-Elkin Family

    Scott, Phoenix & Samantha Elkin Shout out to the Simpsons Movie website.

  • Rampage

    After I got a picture with Randy, I figured what the heck, I’ll try to get one with the new Light Heavyweight champ.  He was really cool about it and actually stopped doing an on camera interview to take a picture with me (although he probably just wanted out of the interview). Rampage is one…

  • Randy Couture

    This was after UFC 71: Liddell vs. Rampage downstairs at the press conference.  Dude, seriously…look how much bigger his fist is than mine.

  • Using Windows Live Writer For WordPress Blogs

    Here is my quick How-To for my non-technical friends and family so they can blog from Windows.  (This will work for more than just WordPress blogs, but since I am only giving them WordPress…you get the picture.) Click the big green “Download” button here to download Windows Live Writer. Find the link to the program in…

  • Myspace Statistics

    I am watching a programming presentation from the Myspace tech team right now. They are going over their stats and was blown away by the numbers (as of April 2007): 185 Million Registered Users 50.2% Female / 49.8% Male Primary Age Demo: 14 – 34 Over the last 5 months, had between 39 and 45…

  • Home Wireless Security Systems Review

    A neighbor was burglarized a few days ago, and although the idea of yet another monthly charge was upsetting to me, I decided to check out what options were available.  I called ADT, Brinks, Metro Guardian, Protection One and Protect America. I went into this knowing nothing other than a few of the big names,…

  • Protect America Home Security

    In the process of evaluating many home security companies, I found Protect America.  They assert themselves as the, “largest authorized installer of GE Home Security”, and on the phone I was told that they were the, “third largest home security company in the US”. My initial phone call was pretty good.  The woman, Michelle Scully, was…

  • My Photos Were Published

    Pretty cool!  I got sent a snapshot of which photos from the Jiu Jitsu tournament were published in this Japanese Magazine:

  • Alphabetizing Words in a Phrase Using SQL

    I had the need to today to alphabetize a phrase using SQL. For example, I needed “red cowboy pretty hat” to read “cowboy hat pretty red”. Here is the code I wrote to do so: declare @input varchar(100) set @input = “red cowboy pretty hat” –declarations DECLARE @i            int         ,@len        int         ,@word        varchar(100)         ,@char        varchar(1)         ,@newphrase    varchar(1000) –Variable/Constant initializations SET @i = 1 SET @len = LEN(@input) SET @word = “” SET @newphrase = “” create table #temp(word varchar(100)) WHILE @i < @len   begin     SET @char = SUBSTRING(@input, @i, 1)     IF @char = ” ”       begin             –add word to temp table…

  • Better Than Bookmarks: Delicious Firefox Extension

     Wow, I am really, really impressed.  Single handedly, an extension changed how I store and find webpages.  You can get it here.  The new delicious firefox completely and totally eliminates the need to use Bookmarks anymore.  This is what it does: 1.  Instead of saving a bookmark, you would click this button: 2.  Doing so…