SandiDog http://www.sandidog.com home of the Pedersen family Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:42:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Pick for 9/6/2010 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=55 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=55#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:42:36 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=55 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. This my pick for the week. It is greatly undervalued and they have great potential. Here is the link: CLF

It should open at $67.08 on Tuesday.

]]> http://www.sandidog.com/?feed=rss2&p=55 Picks for week of: 8/9/2010 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=32 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=32#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:56:08 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=32 Here are my 8 top picks for the week.  Click each to see the google.com/finance page.  PPCO is being merged with another pharm company.  The buyout price is set at $5.  Unfortunately, the cap on this one is already set and they are also being investigated.

Symbol Monday-Open Friday-Close Results for Week
CYD $18.95 $16.66 -13.75%
SHOO $39.57 $35.01 -11.02%
PCLN $295.25 $297.19 0.66%
IDSA $19.82 $15.98 -19.37%
PPCO $4.21 $4.97 18.05%
TSTC $12.98 $10.34 -20.34%
CTXS $58.32 $56.76 -2.67%
NANO $12.33 $12.24 -0.73%

Overall, a total of 2 Winners and 6 Losers. Ugh. An overall -49.17% return. This was a radical week for most stocks.
This formula used: top 5 bullish-searches from vv-views sorted by vst. Then top 8 picked with dups in other searches.

]]> http://www.sandidog.com/?feed=rss2&p=32 Removing old mysql install http://www.sandidog.com/?p=28 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=28#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:09:39 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=28 The first thing I’ve run into is “how to get rid of an already existing install of MySql on Mac OS/X”.  Seems like it would be simple.  Guess I thought wrong.  I finally found this set of steps:  http://akrabat.com/computing/uninstalling-mysql-on-mac-os-x-leopard/

I’m trying to remove MySql because XAMPP is a complete suite of tools bundled together and controlled with a simple panel.  XAMPP has been around for some time and is great for setting up a LAMP (Linux, Mysql, PHP) development environment.

]]> http://www.sandidog.com/?feed=rss2&p=28 Joomla Component Development http://www.sandidog.com/?p=24 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=24#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:40:16 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=24 I’ve started a separate page to document my Joomla Component development that was started today.

Click on the link at the top of the page or here.

]]> http://www.sandidog.com/?feed=rss2&p=24 The Best Drip Coffee Pot http://www.sandidog.com/?p=14 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=14#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:33:02 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=14 Ok.  We were playing with a Sony Vegas 9 and decided to make a short movie about the latest coffee maker that we own.  How exciting, huh?  Oh well, Sony Vegas 9 is excellent software!  The video came out nice.  Check it out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ4ylRgMcqI

So, why coffee a video about a coffee pot?  Since I’ve traveled a bit, I’ve noticed that coffee tastes soooo much better in Europe.  I started researching why and found out that the majority of American coffee makers don’t get the water hot enough to extract the proper flavor from the grind.  The Technivorm does.  Soon, I will also demo a coffee pot that I originally found in Germany.  It is a Vacuum pot made by Yama.  I know you can’t wait for that video  :-)

]]> http://www.sandidog.com/?feed=rss2&p=14 Leadwerks Engine http://www.sandidog.com/?p=4 http://www.sandidog.com/?p=4#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:48:56 +0000 Don http://www.sandidog.com/?p=4 I’ve been playing with the Leadwerks engine.  It is quite impressive.  I would like to use this engine to start work on some promotional videos for some of our companies software.

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