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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


Home office

If you are looking for some ideas on how to do a home office right (or setup your desk) here is a great site for ideas (Deskography) http://www.deskography.org/

Failure – it’s not that bad

Great article on Lifehacker.com about failure. It shows that failure is not just a status you can place on things. In the case of the article, skills and knowledge was learned that will allow the author to succeed in the future http://lifehacker.com/5161844/failure-is-the-highway-to-success

Updated My iPhone : Jailbreak 2.2.1

I don’t sync my iPhone that much and when I hooked it up to itunes yesterday I was due for the new firmware 2.2.1. I realized that since my phone was already Jailbroken (is that a word) I would have to Jailbreak it again. Other than the 1.5 hour download…

Web site support or Help chat

Digsby has a great little widget to allow you to have live chat on your site. Please look below in the right side and I have added this widget to the blog. This allows you to use your existing IM system (I use Digsby) to be a communication tool to…

Windows Service : installer

I have not coded a windows service for a long time. The last time I touched a service I used the “installutil” from the framework to install it. I decided to make an IISreporter Service that would push your IIS stats out to a twitter site. In the process I…

Justify purchasing an Iphone

I have to admit that I like my new iphone. I am able to do the things I require of a phone, make and answer calls. But I am also able to do the things that I require from a smart phone, read email (exchange), view calendar, sync contacts, and…

Online help / Chat

There are a lot of online chat / helpdesk programs out there that allow companies to offer live help on their site. In most cases they cost a pretty penny. I have used LivePerson in the past, a great program. It is a bit expensive but very useful. If you…

Windows Media Center + Netflix = too much fun

I have a HTPC (windows media center vista) hooked to a projector in my basement. It has been great for us to watch movies and play the wii. Recently I added a new plug-in to Windows Media Center called myNextflix (mynetflix) This plug-in allows for us to watch Instant access…

Oomph Examples

I have been working with the oomph tool kit and see how this can be a valuable tool.  It can work well for corporate sites and areas where people need to share contact and events.   It really does make the process of posting an event easy and allowing for a…