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Blog posts and ramblings to chronicle my adventures in life. This may contain technology, family, business or products that I enjoy.

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Hi, I’m Jim. A father, husband, business owner, entrepreneur, and a person who loves technology. I semi-often update this blog.

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Feel free to reach out to me with questions, contact, business ideas, projects or just a random Hello. Located in the Mitten state.

Recent Posts


Invisible Bike helmet

I was reading a blog I follow and I came across this great article about the invisible helmet.  As an avid bike rider I had to check this out.   After watching the video and reading the article I was still intrigued.  The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus…

New Theme–Responsive Design–Part 2

I launched a new theme on the site 2 weeks ago.  I Mentioned at the time a new technology.  I have switched to a responsive design theme.   If you are not familiar with responsive design it is: (wiki pedia) Responsive Web Design (RWD) essentially indicates that a web site is…

Music–Suits TV Show

I’m a fan of the TV show Suits USA Network. SUITS.  It has a great concept of a lawyer show.  It is not like the Ally McBeal show of the past.    It has drama, some acting, and a little suspense.    One interesting part that I have found interesting is the…

New Theme

I’ve been pushing to get a lot done outside of work lately.  Some deadlines on applications and other technologies.   In doing so, I decided it was time to re-do the theme on my blog.  I’ll push out more details regarding the theme once it’s done.  I figured the only way…

How to crack a combination bike lock

I commute to work frequently on my Raleigh i8.  A while back someone asked me what kind of lock do I use.  I did not have a response, I had not been using one.  Last year when I started commuting I would ride to offsite meetings and other events and…

Cheaper bandwidth–(not the last mile)

I was reading an article on gigaom regarding how bandwidth is getting cheaper. http://gigaom.com/2012/08/02/guess-what-bandwidth-is-getting-cheaper/ The article was not about our home or business bandwidth but rather IP transit costs.  The cost to move data from one location to another (overseas).   The reference the value from a business perspective, if that…

Yahoo CEO suggestions unsolicited

I got this post in an email from a co-worker. I thought the insight into Yahoo was interesting. Some of the comments were great and really hit home. http://sriramk.com/unsolicitedyahoo.html Every company has issues, and some of these are pretty fun to read about.

iPhone App Development Story

This is a great article on what works when developing a mobile app.  The team from Pocket Lists http://www.1312.ru/Pocket-Lists-sales-13500-in-first-3-months/ This is a great story of how to make money on an app. (see this clip of the article) Category: Productivity (to-do & checklist app) Price: initially priced at $4.99, then…