Jim Becher - Surfing the Web

Microsoft recently released silverlight to compete with flash. Adobe has now just release (pre-released) their new release of flash. It has some interesting additions in this release Flash 10 “Astro” prerelease You will have to read the link above to get all the new enhancements, but I am interested to…

Here is a link to an interesting article and chart showing that the bandwidth of the amazon services is higher then all the global amazon sites. That is pretty amazing, when you think of all the commerce and shopping going on with amazon. This just validates that people are getting…

Here is a great list of all the current and future ultra portable laptops. I am really starting to think about getting one for home / travel use. (Lilputing) I had only heard of the EEE pc now realize there are a few others available. The main element I am…

I have been talking about “one device to rule them all” for a long time. If you look in my posts you see that I have a vision that one day I’ll have a device (may look like a cell phone) that I call my computer. It has some type…

The Olympic torch has always been a special thing. I can remember as a kid watching someone carry it by, we must have been in a large city at the time. I always thought how cool it would be to carry the torch. A symbol of unity and the beginning…

I love it when I find a great new application that helps me. My most recent find was “youmail”- www.youmail.com. It is a voice mail application that allows you to customize your voicemail message for individuals and it can also be automated. One of the best features is that it…

I was asked by a client on how to tell if someone’s password was strong enough. I was not sure on the need, and at first I was looking to either build or find a webservice that would test strength. After hearing the need over the phone we were able…

I love “Mar#h M@dness”. I would have used the words but did not want to get sued. I’m currently just relaxing and watching basketball. My brackets are not doing well, however it is still fun to watch.