I am a huge fan of the iPad, as you can see by my recent posts. I find myself reading more and more on my iPad and iPhone. One of the best things about the iPad is you can get magazine subscriptions using Zinio. I can’t say enough good words about the software. I love to get a magazine quickly and …
Every year I take the opportunity to do some winter cleaning on my computer systems. Clean up directories, remove unused applications, and backup. I typically choose Black Friday for this event because I can run out and get cheap storage (Hard Drives). Last year I purchased 2 portable drives and an internal drive. This year, I did not want …
After my bike breaking and having to fix the crank. I had a chance to test drive a few new rides at my local bike shop. (www.freewheelerbikeshop.com). I probably should not have done that. Now I am ready to make a change. I realize that the bikes I have are great (1995 schwinn and a 2010 Fuji Road bike) The Fuji …
I have seen some great online resources recently for .net development training. Pluralsight is a fantastic resource: Some are free : MVC controller http://www.pluralsight-training.net/microsoft/players/PSODPlayer.aspx?author=scott-allen&name=mvc3-building-controllers&mode=live&clip=0&course=aspdotnet-mvc3-intro For beginners this one is fantastic: http://mottishaked.com/training/dot-net-tutorial
This past summer I got a new road bike. I chose a Fuji because of the price and the great ride. I test rode quite a few bikes and this one just felt right. After riding for a while and talking with many people I realized that there are not too many bike builders. It sounds like many bikes are manufactured in …
Last week I finished riding home from work and noticed a bit of play in my pedal and crank. When I took a closer look the pedal was not straight in the crank. After a bit of work, I was able to get the pedal off to take a look. At a first glance it looked like the pedal was …
Remote PC support has come a long way. It used to be a long phone call and people would explain what they were seeing. Then we added remote desktop sharing tools like VNC. Now many sites and applications have these features. I have discussed remote desktop sharing / support apps before – http://jimiz.net/2008/07/open-source-applications/ Since then I have tried many versions. Go2MyPC, …
My wife sent me this link in an email today. http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/vehicle-hits-bicycle-in-robinson-township It is tragic to see someone get hit on a bicycle. Since I have been riding into work I think about this often. I have had a few close calls, but I have not been hit. A co-worker was struck last year. He suffered a broken leg and a lot …
I’ve been involved in some mobile application development and have had the need to test a site and application with many mobile devices. During this process I have found two good iOS emulators. http://www.electricplum.com/dlsim.html and http://code.google.com/p/ibbdemo2/ I just recently learned that the ibbdemo2 was replaced by the electric plum version above. I found these to be great emulators and tools …
I updated all devices at our house today. Ipads, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4s. Everyone now has ios 5 and all devices are backed up and have iCloud working. If you have not ever heard of all the “i” things can you imagine what I just said. Before the iPhone people did not even know what an app was… now we …
I came across this advertisement on a blog that I read about urban biking / commuting. I thought it was a pretty common sense advertisement. I think there is another that compares electric cars as well. Original Link http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/reality.jpg
Here is a great video tour of Artprize 2011 from people in the crowd. What a great video. The Art of Inspiration from Bill Bergen on Vimeo.
I decided to upgrade iTunes and also my iOS version to 5. The install of iTunes version 10.5 took about 20 min to download and install. The install of iOS 5 is taking a bit of time to install – 8 hours. Eight hours, that is one heck of a long time. I did a quick speed test just to …
I’ve been commuting to work on my bike for a bit now. I have about 7 miles to travel each direction on some busy roads. During the commute I listen to music via my Motorola s10 headphones. These allow me to keep my phone in my backpack and adjust anything via the controls on the device. I …
I had a few setbacks on commuting this week. Over the weekend I let someone borrow my bike for a race here in GR. During the race the chain broke. Thankfully we were able to get them another bike in about 15 min. I felt bad that the chain broke, especially since they were in the middle of a race. …