First Royals Home Opener with Crown Vision produces victory!

The Royals were able to come out with a win on opening day at Kaufman Stadium against the struggling New York Yankees. Here is a photo I found someone had posted on missourinet.com showing the Crown Vision in full action! It looks amazing! The article on missourinet.com also mentioned that we need not worry about the signature crown on top of the board, as they saw it in pieces ready to be put on top of the board in good time. I hope the Royals can keep their undefeated streak at home alive at least for the next 2 games and complete the sweep of the New York Yankees. Go Royals!

Dominos 555 Deal verses 777 deal (Part 2 of 2)

Size of the 14 inch pizza (large) = pi * (7^2) = 153.93804 square inches
Size of the 12 inch pizza (medium) = pi * (6^2) = 113.097336 square inches.

153.93804 - 113.097336 = 40.840704 square inches less per pizza 555 deal compared to the 777 deal.

40.840704 * 3 = 122.522112 square inches total missing in the 555 deal verses the 777 deal.

If you take the amount missing from the 555 deal and divide by the total square inches in the 777 deal you get the following...
122.522112/461.81412 = 0.265306119
0.265306119 * 100% = 26.53% less pizza in the 555 deal verses the 777 deal.

$7 * 3 = $21
$5 * 3 = $15

It is $6 cheaper to get the 555 deal... so lets find out what percentage cheaper that is...
6/21 = 0.285714286
0.285714286 * 100% = 28.57%

So, the conclusion is the 555 deal cost 28.57% less than the 777 deal, but you only lose 26.53% of the pizza... therefore making the 555 deal a better deal, but not by much.

Just to hit it home... here is the price per square inch for each deal indicating the 555 deal gets you the most pizza for your money. Enjoy!
555 deal - $15 / 339.2920 sq. in. = 0.0442 ~ 4.4 cents per square inch
777 deal - $21 / 461.814 sq. in. = 0.0454 ~ 4.5 cents per square inch
444 deal - $12 / 235.6194 sq. in. = 0.0509 ~ 5.1 cents per square inch

**UPDATE**
I've been told that they actually charge $5.55 per pizza for the 555 and $7.77 for the 777... that would change the math a bit... see the following...

555 deal - $16.65 / 339.2920 sq. in. = 0.0442 ~ 4.907 cents per square inch
777 deal - $23.31 / 461.814 sq. in. = 0.0454 ~ 5.047 cents per square inch
444 deal - $12 / 235.6194 sq. in. = 0.0509 ~ 5.1 cents per square inch

It still leaves the 555 deal as the best option, with the 777 in second place, but the margins are not as big. Thanks!

(See Part 1 of 2 for more information)
Note: Delivery charge, Tip, and/or taxes have not been taken into account

Dominos 444 Deal verses 555 deal (Part 1 of 2)

The claim is that the new Domino's Pizza deal of 444 is a 'Recession-Buster' deal... lets find out...

The area of a pizza is calculated by 3.14 (pi) * radius squared...

Size of the 10 inch pizza = pi * (5^2) = 78.5398163 square inches

Size of the 12 inch pizza (medium) = pi * (6^2) = 113.097336 square inches.

So there are 34.5575197 square inches less per pizza in the 444 deal.
34.5575197 * 3 = 103.672559 square inches total missing in the 444 deal verses the 555 deal.

If you take the amount missing from the 444 deal and divide by the total square inches in the 555 deal you get the following...
103.672559 / 339.292008 = 0.305555559
0.305555559 * 100% = 30.555555559% less pizza in the 444 deal verses the 555 deal.

$5 * 3 = $15 for the 555 deal.
$4 * 3 = $12 for the 444 deal.

It is $3 cheaper to get the 444 deal... so lets find out what percentage cheaper that is...
3 / 15 = .2
.2 * 100% = It costs 20% less to get the 444 deal...

IT'S A SCAM! You pay 20% less for 30% less pizza! It's a better deal to do the 555 deal! They also have a 777 deal... I have not done the math on that one yet, but be looking for a later post to find out if it's a better deal than the 555 deal.

(See Part 2 of 2 for more information about the 777 deal and overall price per square inch)
Note: Delivery charge, Tip, and/or taxes have not been taken into account

Connection has timed out when trying to hit Google...

Over the past couple weeks I have been getting this error message saying, "The connection has timed out" when trying to reach google related websites such as http://google.com/ and http://gmail.com/ ... I even got it the first time I tried to login to blogger to write this post. It has really been frustrating and I'm beginning to wonder if it is a problem with my ISP (Charter Communications) or if Google is truly having problems? In any case, I have been forced to use Yahoo! when I am unable to access Google. This is disappointing and I hope that my issues will be resolved soon. If anyone has any suggestions on ways I can remedy this problem, please let me know. Thanks!

The Kansas City Royals Sweep The Detroit Tigers!

What an awesome way to start the season. 3-0, 1st in their division, undefeated and a sweep of the team picked to win the world series this year! All this, done while on the road. Greinke pitched a great final game of the series and came out with the win. I look forward to seeing more games won by Greinke this year.

LETS GO ROYALS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking'

Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumors and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation...

My TV Converter Box Coupons arrived in the mail today!

Well, I had a nice surprise in my mail box today when I picked up the mail. My two TV Converter Box coupons had arrived. I have a picture of them attached to this post. They can only be used at certain stores, but the list seems to cover a wide variety. I hope that the $40 comes pretty close to covering the cost of the Converter Box... or else I'm not sure I'm going to use them. Anyhow...was wondering if anyone else had gotten theirs? If so, which Converter Box did you buy with them if any?


Apply for yours now if you haven't already here: https://www.dtv2009.gov/ApplyCoupon.aspx

Crown Vision Panels are in place!

Not much to say here but WOW! MLB's largest High Definition LCD video board! I will definitely have to make a trip to KC for a Royals game if not just to view this amazing HD screen in person. Go Royals!

Super Tuesday Morning...

Well, today is the big Super Tuesday. Voters in 24 states are going to at the very least narrow down the playing field for the 2008 presidential election. I was reading a CNN article about Super Tuesday which stated an interesting fact about the state of Missouri.

"Missouri is one of the nation's most reliable bellwethers in presidential politics. For the last century --1904 to 2004 -- it has voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election but one: going for Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower in 1956."

I hope for record voter turnouts across the nation today. Please do your research and don't let the media polls or peer pressure sway your vote. Stick to your gut and vote for the person that you would honestly like to see as our next president. This is our chance to express our inalienable rights as citizens of the United States of America. Let your voice be heard and get out and vote!

How to get AdBrite to work on your Office Live Basics website

Well, this turned out to be easier than I originally thought it would be.

1. Create a separate blank .html file in notepad named adbrite.html
   
2. Paste your AdBrite code into the adbrite.html file and save it
   
3. Upload your adbrite.html file to your Document Gallery in your office live basics account
   
4. Add a HTML module to your office live basics page where you want the AdBrite ad to be placed
   
5. Put an < iframe > inside the HTML module like this (note that size of iframe will differ depending on what size ad you are placing, and be sure to replace 'your_domain_name_here' with your actual domain name... in my case it was 'tubeforme.com')
   

   < iframe src="http://your_domain_name_here/Documents/adbrite.html" height="100" width="800" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" > </iframe>

   
   

And there you have it. You can now put AdBrite ads on your office live basics pages. This same method works for many other things you might want to embed into your site. Using the same method above I was able to get my statcounter code to work for office live basics. It will also work for google adsense ads. I hope this helped.