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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
I recently took a trip to Las Vegas for a conference. I took my ipad for both note taking and also to do work. It performed perfectly. I have to say that the majority of people at this conference had tablets and the clear winner in shear numbers was the… It is that time of the year. I love Christmas. I just realized at work that the the only pictures of the kids I have are getting pumpkins and a Christmas tree (multiple years). Yesterday we went and got the tree. It is always a fun event, and we have… I’ve been cleaning up my work area. Not only my real desktop at work but also my computer desktop. To help keep a cleanly system I decided to try Fences. http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/ Nice little gem of an application. Give it a try. It neatly organizes your icons or files on… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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…iPad top applications – Traveling
Christmas time of year
Desktop Cleanup
iPad Magazines : Zinio
Computer Backup – Black Friday
New Bike and Driving privileges
.net Training
Where is your bike made?
Broken Bike – Home Fix