Archive for June, 2006

Change Is In The Air »

One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.”
— Robert E. Quinn
You hopefully have noticed that you are not on the same familiar site byershome.com anymore.
In an effort to do more with personal branding I am moving my blog here to joshbyers.com. [...]

Anybody Hungry? »

I have long been annoyed with raving lunacy of PETA.
I understand that we shouldn’t tie firecrackers to a cat’s tail, but boy would it be somethin! No seriously I like most animals but I draw the line at giving them more special treatment than most humans. Since my birthday is coming up in [...]

Soccer is Ridiculous »

Soccer will never become a mainstream professional sport in the United States.
I’m not saying this because we lost or because I’m a soccer hater. I was really excited for the World Cup. In fact I recorded the US games and shut out the sports world those days so I wouldn’t find out [...]

Phishing with Dynamite Part 2 »

If you click on the get verified link in the fake PayPal email you will be redirected to an Internet site that looks like the PayPal homepage. If you have gotten this far and still haven’t realized your being scammed there are even more blatant signals that something is not on the level.

When the [...]

Phishing With Dynamite »

I received an email today from someone who appeared to be PayPal. I periodically receive emails from PayPal and other financial institutions that I have dealings with. Most of them are either trying to get you to sign up for a new service they are offering or else they are just reminding you that you [...]

Photos of the New House »

I went by our new house today and took some pictures outside.
Listed below are the specs on the ol’ homestead taken straight from the sell sheet. You can see all the rest of the pics on Flickr. And no, the boat doesn’t come with the house, but I’m trying convince the seller [...]

Panoramas from Israel »

On our trip to Israel I took around 2000 photos. Most all of them are available to view and download from Flickr. I also took different series of photos that I would later stich into panoramic pictures. I have been working on this project for the past couple of days and you [...]