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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.

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Finding Good sites on the web.

I seem to use google reader more and more. Instead of going directly to a site I end up reading the post in GR (google Reader). Some of the major sites I follow Lifehacker.com switched.com digg.com (not so great any more) techcrunch.com makeuseof.com engadget.com gizmodo.com blogmaverick.com It does not seem…

iPad application

The team over at Universal Mind has created a great brainstorming capture and sharing application called ibrainstorm. You can download this app over at itunes. This app works for both the iPhone and the iPad. What a great working app to create and share ideas. iPad http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibrainstorm/id382252825?mt=8 iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibrainstorm/id382252825?mt=8 The…

Road Bike

I have recently purchased a road bike. I have been looking for an alternative to running. Not that I don’t enjoy running but when you run 5 miles or greater after a while it gets repetitive. I attempted to use my mountain bike and do some miles on the road…

Public WiFi is not SAFE.

http://wwj.cbslocal.com/2010/07/08/dangers-of-free-public-wifi/ If this article is news to you, please take the time to learn how to be secure. If the idea of doing more work to be secure scares you then please take the time to do a few minor things. Understand that when using public wifi (anywhere you don’t…

DIY iPhone 4 bumper

If you are part of the group that is having reception issues with your new iPhone 4, here is a great DIY bumper. http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/iphone-4-gets-a-1-alternative-to-pricey-bumpers/ Instead of purchasing a $30 bumper, you can make one with a $1 Bracelet. What would be interesting is if you could find an Apple branded…

Microsoft “Kin”

The project known as “Kin” is now being killed inside microsoft. Engadget is running a post that explains what they believe is going on. http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/what-killed-the-kin/ The concept behind the Kin was to create a low price device that would allow people to stay connected to social media / cloud information….

World Cup 2010

I have been watching a lot of soccer. My Tivo has been working overtime. Because the games are during the hours I work, I’ve been watching them in the evening. It was good to have a break today from watching games. I am disappointed to see the US out of…

USA World cup game

As an avid soccer fan this has been a great world cup so far. Lots of goals, lots of action and news. So far I have seen great play, fantastic failures, bad ref’s, and great goals. 6/23/2010 USA vs Algeria 10:00 AM EST. Can we make it to the 2nd…

iPhone 4 shipment

It looks like apple is shipping / delivering the iPhone 4 before June 24th. Maybe this is a good faith gesture for all the issues that surrounded the pre-order of the iPhone 4. No matter what the cause or the reason, this is great to see a company hit a…