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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


What OS do you run

For years you had a only one option for an OS on your computer, Windows. Well there have been some exceptions over the years (Unix, OS2, vax, etc..) but for your typical user it was just Windows. Machines ordered (dell, hp, etc…) all came with windows. This has changed in…

National Treasure – spout.com

I just watched national treasure again and realized how much I liked that movie – read about it on spout (National Treasure). While watching the film they were promoting the new National Treasure 2 (National treasure – Book of Secrets) I am actually excited to see this movie.

Input Devices

Since I have been using my Thinkpad more frequently at home for coding and any work while at home. I realized how much I love the Thinkpad trackpoint (red dot – eraser thing). What a great layout, I am much more efficient with that then the Dell version (Latitude D820)….

IISreporter on iis.net

It’s always great to see your software on other sites. Here is a link to download iisreporter from www.iis.net http://www.iis.net/downloads/default.aspx?tabid=34&g=6&i=1372 At one time it was a featured download

Live CD

I keep thinking of all the live CD’s I’ve used I like the Bart PE version the best. It is a familure windows view, runs all the windows tools (ad aware, search bot destroy, filerestore, perm delete). I just can’t figure out why the other Live CD’s I’ve tried did…

WordPress upgrade

I just was informed that my commenting system was not working correctly.   I updated wordpress last night and will fix the issue today or tomorrow. 

Tools I use online

Every day you hear of people using online tools, word processing, lists, etc… Well I figure I should share what I use.  My favorite items. 1. Tadalist – tadalist.com – I keep my daily todo up there to reference any where I am.  They give you a direct link username.tadalist.com 2….

Cellphone – PDA – SmartPhone

I currently use the Samsung Blackjack from ATT.  I really do like this phone but have a few issues with the technology.  For some reason Samsung decided not to use a standart USB plug to charge the phone, they have their own connector.   Also, they decided that you can’t charge…