Blog
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
In the past few weeks the number of security incidents in the news has increased. Home depot, Jimmy John’s and also Shellshock. From credit card theft via malware to online security vulnerabilities you need to keep on guard. This most recent ShellShock vulnerability is going to be big. Since a… I recently had an issue with a theme when updating wordpress. After the upgrade I was unable to get into the site or the admin. What I discovered was the Theme was causing the issue. I needed a way to change the theme outside of the admin. This… I attempted a while back to see if I could limit my exposure on the web. Looking at all the security concerns and even my own security fun I decided to see what i could limit. First Steps The first place I looked was to stop all the online… I read a few blogs but recently have been so busy at work have not really kept up with any technical blogs or news. I find that HackerNews keeps me up-to-date as much as possible. If you don’t subscribe to the newsletter I would recommend it – go here… It is summer time and people are traveling for vacation. Heading to hotels, campgrounds, parks, and friends. If your like my family you have many devices you take with you; tablets, smart phones, laptops, and all kinds of wifi devices. As people travel they see free… I recently read an article from Mads Kristensen (http://madskristensen.net/post/url-rewrite-and-the-www-subdomain). He was posting regarding using a url rewrite for IIS and the use of a subdomain. After reading the article and viewing some info regarding the two camps of “use WWW” and don’t use “www”. I could not help but reflect… Selling Domains A few years ago I purchased a few domain names. I got a great price and have held them since. Recently I decided to sell off those domains. I have not had much experience selling a domain before. The experience I have had, was around… My old Thinkpad that I used as a mini server died, and on that machine I ran an old version of Quickbooks. I have used Quickbooks for invoicing and accounting for about 7 years. It has served me well, however when the machine died I decided to look at… PhoneGap 3 I recently wanted to test an idea on an android device. To quickly write up a proof of concept I decided to use PhoneGap. I have used PhoneGap in the past but the current Version 3.1 (at the time of writing) is more mature than when I previously…ShellShock – How to test your system
Change WordPress Theme from Database
Minimal Footprint online – No Google
What are you reading?
VPN – Why you should use one
To use WWW or not – Naked Domains
Selling domains
Quickbooks Alternative
Install phonegap 3 on Windows 8
