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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
strong passwords – how to
Here is a great video to instruct people on how to create a easy to remember strong password
Christmas Gifts
Look out Christmas. Here is a new item I am purchasing for some friends (and myself). Medea Vodka – it has a 250 character LED banner on it that you can program. http://www.medeaspirits.com/how-to-tick/
IIS 7.5 Application Warm-up
Here is a great new feature for iis 7.5. A new Module called Application Warm-up. It allows you to specify a url to be launched after an iis-refresh or the application pool recycles. It basically launches the site prior to the first request hitting the server. This is great for…
Y Combinator – a look into what happens
Here is a great look into the Y combinator. It walks you through their program. Paul has a great record for start-ups. http://ycombinator.com/atyc.html
ASP.net Security Patch
The Microsoft team has put out a patch for the POET vunerablity in ASP.net. http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/28/asp-net-security-update-now-available.aspx This vulnerability allowed access to files on the server. This is very bad considering some of the files on an IIS server are not meant to be shared, in particular the web.config file. Prior to…
IISreporter – new site
There is a new site over at iisreporter.com. Check out the new look and feel and leave some comments or suggestions. IISreporter is an application that shows you connections and information regarding IIS in real-time. It allows administrators to see how many people are currently connected to the server. It…
Text Messages from AOL – turn off
I have had an AOL AIM instant message account for a long time (jimiz12 – IM me if you like). Just recently in the last 4 days, I started to get text messages on my Cell Phone from AIM. I thought that was interesting because I don’t remember every giving…
Football / Soccer Season is here (how do you watch live games)
I am excited, the weather has got a bit colder and today ND football starts. Not only that the EPL (english soccer) has been playing for the last 3 weeks and it has been great. Saturday morning means getting excited about all the games going on. So with all the…