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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.
About
Hi, I’m Jim. A father, husband, business owner, entrepreneur, and a person who loves technology. I semi-often update this blog.
Contact
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
My wife went to a seminar today and came back with a good idea. That she and I should have an emergency contact card in our wallet. She also mentioned an ICE contact for our phones. I had not heard of ICE contacts, “In Case of Emergency” – here is… I’ve been looking at upgrading the old commuter and in the process of looking at some custom bikes ran across this site. http://www.cycleexif.com/ What a wonderful collection of some of the best looking bikes available. The site is maintained by Adam Leddin. Keep up the great work. How often do you get to go for a ride on Dec 30th. I took off from walker and hit the Millennium park trails. I wanted to see the new bridge across Maynard, that connects the millennium area to the Kent trails. I had a chance to use my new… This new year I plan on blogging more. For one reason, it is a good stress relief. The other reasons revolve that I like to do it. To make the process easier I plan on utilizing Windows live writer. The reason for using live writer is the simple ease of… It is that time of year again. Every December before the new year, I evaluate the technology I have. I typically look at my laptop and determine if it needs to be upgraded first then look at my other machines. This year I decided that my trusty ThinkPad T410 did… I am amazed at some of the great videos I have seen recently of biking events and situations. This one is called 3 way street (tracking scary traffic). Watch the bikers weave in and out of traffic and the pedestrians. This video is from woodoocycles. They are just beautiful. I’m… Headphones while biking Since my last post I have been getting email and real life comments from people about using headphones while biking. So far my back of the napkin calculation is that it’s 60/40. 60% of those I talk to say it’s OK, and 40% are concerned. It is… There is a fantastic photo that shows all the statistics of what is happening on he web every 60 seconds. The article is title “Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet” The internet is so vast that everyday people use it for so much. Imagine when you… In the recent post on the app store comparisons from distimos http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/20/distimos-year-end-report-shows-why-developers-love-ios-iphone-4x-android-revenue-ipad-2x/ It states that the apple app store is the place to be for your applications if you are looking to make some money. The report claims that apple’s store produced near 4 times the revenue than google’s app…Emergency Contact information – card for wallet
Great looking bikes
Fred Meijer Millennium Trails–Dec 30th
Blogging Tool– Windows Live Writer
Thinkpad T410 and Hardware Upgrades?
Biking videos
Listening to music while biking (part 2) – headphones and biking
The internet in 60 Seconds
Apple App Store – iOS development