Category Archives: Old Blog

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I haven’t posted recently to the site. This is largely because I’ve spent a considerable amount of time working on my current hobby: investing. Ever since I was a little kid I’ve been fascinated at … Continue reading →

What’s with George Bush’s hands? Why can’t he stop moving them when he speaks!? They’re all over the place! Did you see his “Victory in Iraq” address tonight? Honestly, to say nothing of his public policy, what a terrible public … Continue reading →

Leaving evidence of my existence is the true reason I write. It is why we all write. For what other purpose would I chronical my life for the world to see? Even in private our desire lives that some day … Continue reading →

I finished my first Sudoku puzzle tonight! Woohoo! Although it was only a medium puzzle, it took three games before I could figure it out. It’s nice to play a puzzle that you know you can always win if you’re … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in an earlier post, time is of the essence. With that in mind, I’ve been trying to come up with a list of things that I really want to focus on in my free time. Other than … Continue reading →

I was talking with some guys at work a few weeks ago, and one of them was saying how little time he had to do the things he enjoyed. When I was in college, I had time coming out of … Continue reading →

[This will be the first post following me as I upgrade ChrisWelch.com. What follows will be an overview of the project, and later posts will describe the various steps along the way.] As I mentioned in my previous article, I … Continue reading →

One of the things that constantly frustrates me is my inability to have one place to share my life with those that I care about and those I don’t know. ChrisWelch.com has been a 4-year project to publish a cross-sample … Continue reading →

Being a long Republican, I arrived at that point in my political life where I found myself struggling to uncover the soul of the Republican party. I needed to find a message that was deeply meaningful to me, a truth … Continue reading →

Just spent a bunch of time working on what appeared to be viewstate bugs (i.e. "feature") in ASP.NET 2.0 Beta 2. Here’s what I found: When your page uses a master page, both your master page’s and your page’s EnableViewState … Continue reading →