The best time for entrepreneurs to start a new business is during a recession.

Please note that the FreeTradeMarksForStartups.com promotion ended on 06/30/09, but like all pages on this blog, I leave this blog post here for posterity.
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Since Barack Obama’s election, I have been inspired and motivated to figure out something that I can… [read full post]
Posted November 11, 2008, in About, Air Force, Milestones, MIT, Politics by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1094.html)
One veteran’s thoughts on being patriotic in the face of conflict.

How do you maintain your patriotism when surrounded by peers who don’t share the same values? How do you work within the system to effect positive change? These were some of my challenges as I served in the Air Force. I joined the Air Force for all the right reasons, I… [read full post]
Posted November 05, 2008, in Politics by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1091.html)
I’m sorry. Please accept my apology.
I apologize for not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is.
I apologize for the Katie Couric interview.
I apologize for not giving any interviews after that.
I apologize for answering real questions with canned talking points.
I apologize for suggesting that Russia has entered Alaska’s air space on my watch and claiming that living next to Russia… [read full post]
Posted October 13, 2008, in Baseball, Politics by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1075.html)
Still, I’m watching every inning of ALCS game 3. Eight runs in an inning? Could happen.… [read full post]
Posted October 10, 2008, in Air Force, Internet Law, Politics, Videos by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1071.html)
Breaking my political silence.

I am an independent voter and have never been a member of any political party. I have avoided talking about politics on this blog. Today I have added a “politics” category (for those who want to avoid it) and I explain why I’m voting for Barack Obama for… [read full post]
Posted September 24, 2008, in Domain Names, IP Law, Law, Politics, Trademark Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1068.html)
Registering domain misspellings is cheap insurance.

I read a blog post today in Google Reader (via Rick Klau’s shared items feed) from Obama headquarters about using VoteForChange.com to make sure that you are registered to vote. When I clicked through on VoteForChange.com, I ended up at a nonexistent domain VoteForCahnge.com (note the swapped “a” and “h”). There was… [read full post]
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I lived the life of Dilbert when I was in the Air Force. Once while… [read full post]
Posted February 25, 2008, in Baseball, Politics, Random by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1007.html)
Cat pundit.
I was chatting with Rick Klau today. (Whoo hoo! Name dropping! My traffic will soar now!) About how my cat regularly picks Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton. Here’s the explanation from our chat session:
me: One of my cats repeatedly has chosen Obama when given the choice between Obama and Hillary Clinton. I keep meaning to blog about that.
Rick
Posted February 09, 2008, in Google, Politics, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/997.html)
Conversion from Eudora makes finding email easier.

In January 2008, I converted to Gmail after using Eudora for 15 years. Learning a new user interface was one challenge. A bigger challenge was importing all of my email. Since there is no direct “import” feature in Gmail, I had import my Eudora email into Thunderbird and then indirectly import the email from… [read full post]