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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
Favicon–What / Why / and How
If you do not know what a favicon is , it would be hard to explain with out a picture. The Favicon is the little icon that shows up in your browsers tab for a website. In this picture the favicon is highlighted, it happens to be my site’s icon. …
Mobile Screenshots for presentations
I often have to do presentations or showcase a site or an application. I find taking pictures or showcasing the application can help many people get a sense of what I am talking about. I recently discovered a great tool to take a screenshot of your app or website using…
Web Developer Checklist
Update for 2023 The team at TopTal has revised and updated the web checklist – Here is the updated link https://www.toptal.com/developers/webdevchecklist Great Improvement: this is a great tool to prepare for a website or application launch. — I was reading some of my news feeds and came across this great…
Magento : Premature end of script headers: index.php
I recently had an error show on a Magento site. The error showing was : Premature end of script headers: index.php After some searching I found that this is a common error with a few different solutions. In my case I logged into the server and looked at the apache…
Thinkpad x1 Touch
I am a ThinkPad junkie (proof 1, 2). I currently have 3 active thinkpads in our home. My primary laptop T410, My wife’s T410, and our home server (everything PC) t61p. Today I just purchased another thinkpad to add to the collection. I got a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Touch. This…
Tech Travel
I recently went on a trip to San Francisco for the Microsoft Build Conference. First and foremost the conference was excellent. You can say what you want about Microsoft, but they are making both hardware and great software. Packing for a trip like Build, where everyone got a Surface Pro…
Home Phone – Free using google talk
I just setup our home phone to have free calling and kept our existing number. The new setup I am using incorporates Google voice and an obitalk Obi110 ($40) device. I have been a VOIP user at our house for the last 7 years. I started with Vonage and have…
Printers – Home Laser Printer
I hate printers. They have caused me so much headache over the years. Printers bother me from the standpoint that they don’t work when you need them, and most likely they are near or out of ink when they do work. In the past few years, I have had the…
Giro Reverb – Commuter Helmet
I recently upgraded my helmet to a more fully bodied helmet for commuting to work. I have a Giro Road helmet that really allows for air flow and the ability to cool your head. But for commuting to work and being packed away in my desk it was not all…